Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
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The men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in the Canadian city of Montreal on 22 July.[1] The United States used two different foursomes in the heats and final - each combination won the race and broke the world record.[2]
Final
RANK | FINAL | TIME |
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United States John Naber John Hencken Matt Vogel Jim Montgomery | 3:42.22 WR | |
Canada Stephen Pickell Graham Smith Clay Evans Gary MacDonald | 3:45.94 | |
West Germany Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Michael Kraus Peter Nocke | 3:47.49 | |
4. | Great Britain James Carter David Wilkie John Mills Brian Brinkley | 3:49.56 |
5. | Soviet Union Igor Omelchenko Arvydas Juozaitis Evgeniy Seredin Andrey Krylov | 3:49.90 |
6. | Australia Mark Kerry Paul Jarvie Neil Rogers Peter Coughlan | 3:51.54 |
7. | Italy Enrico Bisso Giorgio Lalle Paolo Barelli Marcello Guarducci | 3:52.92 |
8. | Japan Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Hideaki Hara Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | 3:54.74 NR |
Heats
Heat 1[3]
Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Pickell, Graham Smith, Bruce Robertson, Gary MacDonald (CAN) | 3:50.61 | |
2 | Gary Abraham, Duncan Goodhew, John Mills, Kevin Burns (GBR) | 3:52.35 | |
3 | Mark Kerry, Paul Jarvie, Neil Rogers, Peter Coughlan (AUS) | 3:53.98 | |
4 | Carlos Berrocal, Carlos Nazario, John Daly, Fernando Cañales (PUR) | 3:58.62 | |
5 | Mikael Brandén, Anders Norling, Bengt Gingsjö, Dan Larsson (SWE) | 3:58.82 | |
6 | Ignacio Álvarez, Gustavo Lozano, José Luis Prado, Guillermo García (MEX) | 4:02.69 |
Heat 2[4]
Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
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1 | Peter Rocca, Chris Woo, Joe Bottom, Jack Babashoff (USA) | 3:47.28 | WR |
2 | Klaus Steinbach, Peter Lang, Michael Kraus, Dirk Braunleder (FRG) | 3:51.57 | |
3 | Igor Omelchenk'o, Nikolay Pankin, Yevgeny Seredin, Andrey Bogdanov (URS) | 3:53.64 | |
4 | Tadashi Honda, Nobutaka Taguchi, Hideaki Hara, Tsuyoshi Yanagidate (JPN) | 3:56.18 | NR |
5 | Enrico Bisso, Giorgio Lalle, Paolo Barelli, Marcello Guarducci (ITA) | 3:57.30 | |
6 | Santiago Esteva, Pedro Balcells, Mario Lloret, Jorge Comas (ESP) | 3:58.22 | |
7 | Ramón Volcan, Glen Sochasky, Luis Goicoechea, Andrés Arraez (VEN) | 4:05.07 | |
8 | Paulo Frischknecht, Henrique Vicêncio, José Pereira, António de Melo (POR) | 4:20.84 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 415. ISBN 0140066322.
- ^ Heat 1
- ^ Heat 2
External links
- Official Olympic Report