4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1977 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Jönköping SWE
Held	21 August 1977
Status	Medal
Competitors	52
Countries	11

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Soviet Union	URS	7:37.63 (1 h2)	7:28.21 (1 F)
	Vladimir Raskatov		1:52.79	1:53.42
	Sergey Rusin		1:54.04	1:51.91
	Sergey Koplyakov		—	1:51.04
	Andrey Krylov		—	1:51.84
	Sergey Labzo		1:55.29	—	*
	Andrey Smirnov		1:55.51	—	*
🥈	Germany	GER	7:43.68 (1 h1)	7:33.28 (2 F)
	Frank Wennmann		1:54.07	1:53.06
	Klaus Steinbach		—	1:51.89
	Peter Knust		—	1:54.21
	Peter Nocke		—	1:54.12
	Andreas Schmidt		1:55.85	—	*
	Werner Lampe		1:57.46	—	*
	Michael Kraus		1:56.30	—	*
🥉	East Germany	GDR	7:42.59 (3 h2)	7:36.94 (3 F)
	Rainer Strohbach		1:55.42	1:54.87
	Roger Pyttel		—	1:52.98
	Detlev Grabs		1:56.08	1:55.52
	Frank Pfütze		1:54.18	1:53.57
	Michael Tauber		1:56.91	—	*
4	Sweden	SWE	7:42.03 (2 h2)	7:40.06 (4 F)
	Pär Arvidsson		1:55.65	1:55.39
	Per Holmertz		1:54.43	1:54.63
	Gary Andersson		—	1:54.82
	Peter Pettersson		1:55.30	1:55.22
	Bengt Jönsson		1:56.65	—	*
5	Great Britain	GBR	7:44.90 (3 h1)	7:41.74 (5 F)
	Alan McClatchey		1:56.38	1:56.38
	Paul Sparkes		1:56.93	1:55.55
	David Dunne		1:55.87	1:56.01
	Gordon Downie		1:55.72	1:53.80
6	France	FRA	7:44.73 (2 h1)	7:42.58 (6 F)
	Fabien Noël		1:55.68	1:55.98
	Pierre Andraca		1:55.32	1:54.02
	Didier Matusic		1:57.36	1:55.77
	Marc Lazzaro		1:56.37	1:53.81
7	Italy	ITA	7:48.15 (4 h1)	7:47.21 (7 F)
	Paolo Revelli		1:56.11	1:55.73
	Roberto Pangaro		—	1:57.66
	Giorgio Quadri		1:56.87	1:57.86
	Marcello Guarducci		1:57.47	1:55.96
	Raffaele Franceschi		1:57.70	—	*
8	Netherlands	NED	7:47.87 (4 h2)	7:49.02 (8 F)
	Henk Elzerman		1:56.19	1:56.67
	Cees Vervoorn		1:58.97	1:58.31
	Fred Eefting		1:56.90	1:59.14
	René van der Kuil		1:55.81	1:54.90
9	Norway	NOR	7:49.57 (5 h2)	—
	Bent Brask		1:56.51	—
	Håkon Iversøn		1:58.57	—
	Øyvind Thorsen		2:00.32	—
	Arne Borgstrøm		1:54.17	—
10	Hungary	HUN	8:03.04 (5 h1)	—
	András Hargitay		1:59.69	—
	Zoltán Wladár		1:59.29	—
	Csaba Sós		2:02.12	—
	Zoltán Verrasztó		2:01.94	—
11	Portugal	POR	8:06.72 (6 h2)	—
	José Gomes Pereira		2:01.86	—
	Paulo Frischknecht		2:01.75	—
	Rui de Abreu		2:01.76	—
	António Botelho de Melo		2:05.35	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	7:43.68
	Frank Wennmann		1:54.07
	Klaus Steinbach		—
	Peter Knust		—
	Peter Nocke		—
	Andreas Schmidt		1:55.85
	Werner Lampe		1:57.46
	Michael Kraus		1:56.30
2	France	FRA	7:44.73
	Fabien Noël		1:55.68
	Pierre Andraca		1:55.32
	Didier Matusic		1:57.36
	Marc Lazzaro		1:56.37
3	Great Britain	GBR	7:44.90
	Alan McClatchey		1:56.38
	Paul Sparkes		1:56.93
	David Dunne		1:55.87
	Gordon Downie		1:55.72
4	Italy	ITA	7:48.15
	Paolo Revelli		1:56.11
	Roberto Pangaro		—
	Giorgio Quadri		1:56.87
	Marcello Guarducci		1:57.47
	Raffaele Franceschi		1:57.70
5	Hungary	HUN	8:03.04
	András Hargitay		1:59.69
	Zoltán Wladár		1:59.29
	Csaba Sós		2:02.12
	Zoltán Verrasztó		2:01.94

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	7:37.63
	Vladimir Raskatov		1:52.79
	Sergey Rusin		1:54.04
	Sergey Koplyakov		—
	Andrey Krylov		—
	Sergey Labzo		1:55.29
	Andrey Smirnov		1:55.51
2	Sweden	SWE	7:42.03
	Pär Arvidsson		1:55.65
	Per Holmertz		1:54.43
	Gary Andersson		—
	Peter Pettersson		1:55.30
	Bengt Jönsson		1:56.65
3	East Germany	GDR	7:42.59
	Rainer Strohbach		1:55.42
	Roger Pyttel		—
	Detlev Grabs		1:56.08
	Frank Pfütze		1:54.18
	Michael Tauber		1:56.91
4	Netherlands	NED	7:47.87
	Henk Elzerman		1:56.19
	Cees Vervoorn		1:58.97
	Fred Eefting		1:56.90
	René van der Kuil		1:55.81
5	Norway	NOR	7:49.57
	Bent Brask		1:56.51
	Håkon Iversøn		1:58.57
	Øyvind Thorsen		2:00.32
	Arne Borgstrøm		1:54.17
6	Portugal	POR	8:06.72
	José Gomes Pereira		2:01.86
	Paulo Frischknecht		2:01.75
	Rui de Abreu		2:01.76
	António Botelho de Melo		2:05.35

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	7:28.21
	Vladimir Raskatov		1:53.42
	Sergey Rusin		1:51.91
	Sergey Koplyakov		1:51.04
	Andrey Krylov		1:51.84
	Sergey Labzo		—
	Andrey Smirnov		—
2	Germany	GER	7:33.28
	Frank Wennmann		1:53.06
	Klaus Steinbach		1:51.89
	Peter Knust		1:54.21
	Peter Nocke		1:54.12
	Andreas Schmidt		—
	Werner Lampe		—
	Michael Kraus		—
3	East Germany	GDR	7:36.94
	Rainer Strohbach		1:54.87
	Roger Pyttel		1:52.98
	Detlev Grabs		1:55.52
	Frank Pfütze		1:53.57
	Michael Tauber		—
4	Sweden	SWE	7:40.06
	Pär Arvidsson		1:55.39
	Per Holmertz		1:54.63
	Gary Andersson		1:54.82
	Peter Pettersson		1:55.22
	Bengt Jönsson		—
5	Great Britain	GBR	7:41.74
	Alan McClatchey		1:56.38
	Paul Sparkes		1:55.55
	David Dunne		1:56.01
	Gordon Downie		1:53.80
6	France	FRA	7:42.58
	Fabien Noël		1:55.98
	Pierre Andraca		1:54.02
	Didier Matusic		1:55.77
	Marc Lazzaro		1:53.81
7	Italy	ITA	7:47.21
	Paolo Revelli		1:55.73
	Roberto Pangaro		1:57.66
	Giorgio Quadri		1:57.86
	Marcello Guarducci		1:55.96
	Raffaele Franceschi		—
8	Netherlands	NED	7:49.02
	Henk Elzerman		1:56.67
	Cees Vervoorn		1:58.31
	Fred Eefting		1:59.14
	René van der Kuil		1:54.90