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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay

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Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 5, 1973
Nations14
Winning time3:27.183 CR
Medalists
gold medal Melvin Nash
Joe Bottom
Jim Montgomery
John Murphy		   United States
silver medal Igor Grivennikov
Viktor Aboimov
Vladimir Krivtsov
Vladimir Bure		   Soviet Union
bronze medal Roland Matthes
Roger Pyttel
Peter Bruch
Hartmut Flöckner		   East Germany
1975 →
1973 FINA
World Championships
Diving
Individual
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Swimming
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
Synchronised swimming
Solowomen
Duetwomen
Teamwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmen

The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  United States (USA)
David Edgar (52.69)
John Murphy (52.04)
Jerry Heidenreich (50.78)
Mark Spitz (50.90)		 3:26.42 Munich, West Germany 28 August 1972
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Nation Athletes Time Record
5 September Heat  France


Michel Rousseau (51.73)		 3:35.575 CR
5 September Heat  United States Bill Miller (53.39)
Stan Carper (53.42)
Kurt Krumpholz (52.50)
Rick Klatt (53.13)		 3:32.442 CR
5 September Final  United States Melvin Nash (52.65)
Joe Bottom (51.42)
Jim Montgomery (51.17)
John Murphy (51.94)		 3:27.183 CR

Results

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Heats

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14 teams participated in 2 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2 -  United States Bill Miller (53.39)
Stan Carper (53.42)
Kurt Krumpholz (52.50)
Rick Klatt (53.13)		 3:32.442 Q, CR
2 2 -  East Germany


3:33.837 Q
3 2 -  Soviet Union


3:34.700 Q
4 2 -  Brazil


3:35.256 Q
5 1 -  France


Michel Rousseau (51.73)		 3:35.575 Q, CR
6 2 -  Italy


3:35.655 Q
7 1 -  West Germany


3:35.882 Q
8 1 -  Australia Michael Wenden (52.61)
Steve Badger (54.98)
Neil Rogers (54.50)
John Kulasalu (54.47)		 3:36.566 Q, NR[2]
9 1 -  Canada


3:36.915
10 2 -  Spain


3:37.686
11 2 -  Romania


3:39.171
12 1 -  Yugoslavia


3:42.949
13 1 -  Puerto Rico


3:48.080
1 -  Sweden


DSQ

Final

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The results of the final are below.[3][4]

Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4  United States Melvin Nash (52.65)
Joe Bottom (51.42)
Jim Montgomery (51.17)
John Murphy (51.94)		 3:27.183 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3  Soviet Union Igor Grivennikov (53.36)
Viktor Aboimov (52.97)
Vladimir Krivtsov (52.68)
Vladimir Bure (52.35)		 3:31.367
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5  East Germany Roland Matthes (53.86)
Roger Pyttel (52.37)
Peter Bruch (52.84)
Hartmut Flöckner (52.96)		 3:32.031
4 1  West Germany Klaus Steinbach (52.67)
Peter Nocke (53.13)
Gerhard Schiller (53.43)
P. Labudde (54.10)		 3:33.336
5 6  Brazil Ruy de Oliveira (53.77)
José Namorado (53.30)
Jim Adams (53.69)
José Aranha (52.63)		 3:33.392
6 8  Australia Michael Wenden (52.83)
Steve Badger (54.29)
Neil Rogers (54.16)
John Kulasalu (53.99)		 3:35.274
7 7  Italy Roberto Pangaro (54.06)
Alberto Castagnetti (55.53)
Paolo Barelli (53.63)
Marcello Guarducci (53.62)		 3:36.842
8 2  France Patrick Juge (55.96)
Pierre-Yves Copin (54.79)
André Foucart (56.20)
Alain Hermitte (54.31)		 3:41.267

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Details". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. September 6, 1973. p. 21.
  2. ^ "Swim team 'baby' lifts Aust hopes". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax Holdings. AAP-Reuters. September 6, 1973. p. 19.
  3. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 4x100m Freestyle Relay Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ^ "For the Record". Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 14 (10). North Hollywood, California: 73. October 1973.
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