4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1974 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Wien AUT
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	52
Countries	10

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Germany	GER	7:57.67 (2 h2)	7:39.70 (1 F)
	Klaus Steinbach		—	1:53.32
	Werner Lampe		2:01.07	1:56.12
	Folkert Meeuw		—	1:55.88
	Peter Nocke		—	1:54.38
	Stefan Wenz		1:57.94	—	*
	Gerhard Schiller		1:59.36	—	*
	Kersten Meier		1:59.30	—	*
🥈	Soviet Union	URS	7:45.80 (1 h1)	7:42.06 (2 F)
	Aleksandr Samsonov		—	1:54.41
	Andrey Krylov		—	1:56.82
	Viktor Aboimov		1:55.55	1:55.45
	Georgijs Kuļikovs		1:56.96	1:55.38
	Vladimir Mikheyev		1:56.41	—	*
	Anatoly Rybakov		1:56.88	—	*
🥉	Sweden	SWE	7:51.89 (1 h2)	7:43.10 (3 F)
	Bernt Zarnowiecki		1:57.68	1:56.75
	Anders Bellbring		—	1:55.78
	Peter Pettersson		1:57.86	1:56.17
	Bengt Gingsjö		—	1:54.40
	Rolf Pettersson		1:57.62	—	*
	Sven von Holst		1:58.73	—	*
4	East Germany	GDR	7:50.95 (2 h1)	7:43.43 (4 F)
	Roger Pyttel		—	1:54.22
	Wilfried Hartung		—	1:56.28
	Roland Matthes		—	1:56.22
	Steffen Böhmert		1:56.93	1:56.71
	Peter Bruch		1:58.49	—	*
	Hartmut Flöckner		1:57.49	—	*
	Andreas Meier		1:58.04	—	*
5	France	FRA	7:58.51 (4 h1)	7:49.08 (5 F)
	Marc Lazzaro		2:00.44	1:57.53
	Olivier Middleton		1:59.19	1:57.51
	Colin Ress		1:56.95	1:57.64
	Michel Rousseau		—	1:56.40
	Pierre Amardeilh		2:01.93	—	*
6	Italy	ITA	7:55.87 (3 h1)	7:49.91 (6 F)
	Roberto Pangaro		—	1:56.88
	Paolo Barelli		1:57.03	1:58.11
	Lorenzo Marugo		2:00.05	1:59.19
	Marcello Guarducci		1:57.67	1:55.73
	Francesco Marcucci		2:01.12	—	*
7	Spain	ESP	8:00.03 (5 h1)	8:00.41 (7 F)
	Santiago Esteva		1:58.39	1:58.33
	José Pujol		2:00.04	1:59.98
	Enrique Melo		2:00.84	2:01.41
	José Bas		2:00.76	2:00.69
8	Great Britain	GBR	7:59.78 (3 h2)	8:00.86 (8 F)
	Alan McClatchey		2:01.51	2:01.62
	Jim Carter		2:01.03	2:00.88
	Brian Brinkley		1:56.36	1:58.78
	Gordon Hewit		2:00.88	1:59.58
9	Norway	NOR	8:01.15 (4 h2)	—
	Fritz Warncke		1:58.22	—
	Håkon Iversøn		2:01.02	—
	Gunnar Gundersen		1:58.98	—
	Atle Melberg		2:02.93	—
10	Bulgaria	BUL	8:10.94 (5 h2)	—
	Stefan Georgiev		2:01.13	—
	Krasimir Enchev		2:02.32	—
	Lyudmil Stoev		2:04.20	—
	Toni Statelov		2:03.29	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	7:45.80
	Aleksandr Samsonov		—
	Andrey Krylov		—
	Viktor Aboimov		1:55.55
	Georgijs Kuļikovs		1:56.96
	Vladimir Mikheyev		1:56.41
	Anatoly Rybakov		1:56.88
2	East Germany	GDR	7:50.95
	Roger Pyttel		—
	Wilfried Hartung		—
	Roland Matthes		—
	Steffen Böhmert		1:56.93
	Peter Bruch		1:58.49
	Hartmut Flöckner		1:57.49
	Andreas Meier		1:58.04
3	Italy	ITA	7:55.87
	Roberto Pangaro		—
	Paolo Barelli		1:57.03
	Lorenzo Marugo		2:00.05
	Marcello Guarducci		1:57.67
	Francesco Marcucci		2:01.12
4	France	FRA	7:58.51
	Marc Lazzaro		2:00.44
	Olivier Middleton		1:59.19
	Colin Ress		1:56.95
	Michel Rousseau		—
	Pierre Amardeilh		2:01.93
5	Spain	ESP	8:00.03
	Santiago Esteva		1:58.39
	José Pujol		2:00.04
	Enrique Melo		2:00.84
	José Bas		2:00.76

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Sweden	SWE	7:51.89
	Bernt Zarnowiecki		1:57.68
	Anders Bellbring		—
	Peter Pettersson		1:57.86
	Bengt Gingsjö		—
	Rolf Pettersson		1:57.62
	Sven von Holst		1:58.73
2	Germany	GER	7:57.67
	Klaus Steinbach		—
	Werner Lampe		2:01.07
	Folkert Meeuw		—
	Peter Nocke		—
	Stefan Wenz		1:57.94
	Gerhard Schiller		1:59.36
	Kersten Meier		1:59.30
3	Great Britain	GBR	7:59.78
	Alan McClatchey		2:01.51
	Jim Carter		2:01.03
	Brian Brinkley		1:56.36
	Gordon Hewit		2:00.88
4	Norway	NOR	8:01.15
	Fritz Warncke		1:58.22
	Håkon Iversøn		2:01.02
	Gunnar Gundersen		1:58.98
	Atle Melberg		2:02.93
5	Bulgaria	BUL	8:10.94
	Stefan Georgiev		2:01.13
	Krasimir Enchev		2:02.32
	Lyudmil Stoev		2:04.20
	Toni Statelov		2:03.29

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	7:39.70
	Klaus Steinbach		1:53.32
	Werner Lampe		1:56.12
	Folkert Meeuw		1:55.88
	Peter Nocke		1:54.38
	Stefan Wenz		—
	Gerhard Schiller		—
	Kersten Meier		—
2	Soviet Union	URS	7:42.06
	Aleksandr Samsonov		1:54.41
	Andrey Krylov		1:56.82
	Viktor Aboimov		1:55.45
	Georgijs Kuļikovs		1:55.38
	Vladimir Mikheyev		—
	Anatoly Rybakov		—
3	Sweden	SWE	7:43.10
	Bernt Zarnowiecki		1:56.75
	Anders Bellbring		1:55.78
	Peter Pettersson		1:56.17
	Bengt Gingsjö		1:54.40
	Rolf Pettersson		—
	Sven von Holst		—
4	East Germany	GDR	7:43.43
	Roger Pyttel		1:54.22
	Wilfried Hartung		1:56.28
	Roland Matthes		1:56.22
	Steffen Böhmert		1:56.71
	Peter Bruch		—
	Hartmut Flöckner		—
	Andreas Meier		—
5	France	FRA	7:49.08
	Marc Lazzaro		1:57.53
	Olivier Middleton		1:57.51
	Colin Ress		1:57.64
	Michel Rousseau		1:56.40
	Pierre Amardeilh		—
6	Italy	ITA	7:49.91
	Roberto Pangaro		1:56.88
	Paolo Barelli		1:58.11
	Lorenzo Marugo		1:59.19
	Marcello Guarducci		1:55.73
	Francesco Marcucci		—
7	Spain	ESP	8:00.41
	Santiago Esteva		1:58.33
	José Pujol		1:59.98
	Enrique Melo		2:01.41
	José Bas		2:00.69
8	Great Britain	GBR	8:00.86
	Alan McClatchey		2:01.62
	Jim Carter		2:00.88
	Brian Brinkley		1:58.78
	Gordon Hewit		1:59.58