4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1973 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Beograd YUG
Held	5 September 1973
Status	Medal
Competitors	61
Countries	13

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	United States	USA	3:32.442 (1 h2)	3:27.183 (1 F)
	Mel Nash		—	52.65
	Joe Bottom		—	51.42
	Jim Montgomery		—	51.17
	John Murphy		—	51.94
	Bill Miller		53.39	—	*
	Stan Carper		53.42	—	*
	Kurt Krumpholz		52.50	—	*
	Rick Klatt		53.13	—	*
🥈	Soviet Union	URS	3:34.700 (3 h2)	3:31.367 (2 F)
	Igor Grivennikov		—	53.36
	Viktor Aboimov		54.018	52.97
	Vladimir Krivtsov		56.894	52.68
	Vladimir Bure		—	52.35
	Leonid Dragunov		55.227	—	*
	Igor Grivennikov		52.561	—	*
🥉	East Germany	GDR	3:33.837 (2 h2)	3:32.031 (3 F)
	Roland Matthes		—	53.86
	Roger Pyttel		—	52.37
	Peter Bruch		54.016	52.84
	Hartmut Flöckner		52.846	52.96
	Wilfried Hartung		53.201	—	*
	Lutz Unger		53.774	—	*
4	Germany	GER	3:35.882 (7 h1)	3:33.336 (4 F)
	Klaus Steinbach		—	52.67
	Peter Nocke		53.05	53.13
	Gerhard Schiller		53.23	53.43
	Peter Labudde		54.63	54.10
	Folkert Meeuw		54.97	—	*
5	Brazil	BRA	3:35.256 (4 h2)	3:33.392 (5 F)
	Ruy Oliveira		53.765	53.77
	José Namorado		53.889	53.30
	James Adams		53.877	53.69
	José Roberto Aranha		53.275	52.63
6	Australia	AUS	3:36.566 (8 h1)	3:35.274 (6 F)
	Mike Wenden		52.611	52.83
	Steve Badger		54.988	54.29
	Neil Rogers		54.497	54.16
	John Kulasalu		54.470	53.99
7	Italy	ITA	3:35.655 (6 h2)	3:36.842 (7 F)
	Roberto Pangaro		52.952	54.06
	Alberto Castagnetti		54.913	55.53
	Paolo Barelli		54.390	53.63
	Marcello Guarducci		53.400	53.62
8	France	FRA	3:35.575 (5 h1)	3:41.267 (8 F)
	Patrick Jugé		—	55.96
	Pierre-Yves Copin		54.51	54.79
	André Foucart		54.59	56.20
	Alain Hermitte		54.74	54.31
	Michel Rousseau		51.73	—	*
9	Canada	CAN	3:36.915 (9 h1)	—
	Bruce Robertson		54.386	—
	Ian MacKenzie		54.31	—
	John Duncan		53.858	—
	Brian Phillips		54.361	—
10	Spain	ESP	3:37.686 (10 h2)	—
	Jorge Comas		54.40	—
	Alberto Roldán		55.02	—
	Antonio Culebras		54.05	—
	José Pujol		54.21	—
11	Romania	ROU	3:39.171 (11 h2)	—
	Zeno Opritescu		54.541	—
	A. Vitalariu		55.911	—
	Ion Miclăuş		55.213	—
	Marian Slavic		55.506	—
12	Yugoslavia	YUG	3:42.949 (12 h1)	—
	Jovan Kovačić		55.911	—
	Božidar Linhart		55.752	—
	Sandro Rudan		55.875	—
	Rene Lustig		55.411	—
13	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:48.080 (13 h1)	—
	Carlos Berrocal		57.275	—
	Alberto Vivoni		56.231	—
	Carlos Santiago		58.187	—
	José Ferraioli		56.387	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
5	France	FRA	3:35.575
	Patrick Jugé		—
	Pierre-Yves Copin		54.51
	André Foucart		54.59
	Alain Hermitte		54.74
	Michel Rousseau		51.73
7	Germany	GER	3:35.882
	Klaus Steinbach		—
	Peter Nocke		53.05
	Gerhard Schiller		53.23
	Peter Labudde		54.63
	Folkert Meeuw		54.97
8	Australia	AUS	3:36.566
	Mike Wenden		52.611
	Steve Badger		54.988
	Neil Rogers		54.497
	John Kulasalu		54.470
9	Canada	CAN	3:36.915
	Bruce Robertson		54.386
	Ian MacKenzie		54.31
	John Duncan		53.858
	Brian Phillips		54.361
12	Yugoslavia	YUG	3:42.949
	Jovan Kovačić		55.911
	Božidar Linhart		55.752
	Sandro Rudan		55.875
	Rene Lustig		55.411
13	Puerto Rico	PUR	3:48.080
	Carlos Berrocal		57.275
	Alberto Vivoni		56.231
	Carlos Santiago		58.187
	José Ferraioli		56.387

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:32.442
	Mel Nash		—
	Joe Bottom		—
	Jim Montgomery		—
	John Murphy		—
	Bill Miller		53.39
	Stan Carper		53.42
	Kurt Krumpholz		52.50
	Rick Klatt		53.13
2	East Germany	GDR	3:33.837
	Roland Matthes		—
	Roger Pyttel		—
	Peter Bruch		54.016
	Hartmut Flöckner		52.846
	Wilfried Hartung		53.201
	Lutz Unger		53.774
3	Soviet Union	URS	3:34.700
	Igor Grivennikov		—
	Viktor Aboimov		54.018
	Vladimir Krivtsov		56.894
	Vladimir Bure		—
	Leonid Dragunov		55.227
	Igor Grivennikov		52.561
4	Brazil	BRA	3:35.256
	Ruy Oliveira		53.765
	José Namorado		53.889
	James Adams		53.877
	José Roberto Aranha		53.275
6	Italy	ITA	3:35.655
	Roberto Pangaro		52.952
	Alberto Castagnetti		54.913
	Paolo Barelli		54.390
	Marcello Guarducci		53.400
10	Spain	ESP	3:37.686
	Jorge Comas		54.40
	Alberto Roldán		55.02
	Antonio Culebras		54.05
	José Pujol		54.21
11	Romania	ROU	3:39.171
	Zeno Opritescu		54.541
	A. Vitalariu		55.911
	Ion Miclăuş		55.213
	Marian Slavic		55.506

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:27.183
	Mel Nash		52.65
	Joe Bottom		51.42
	Jim Montgomery		51.17
	John Murphy		51.94
	Bill Miller		—
	Stan Carper		—
	Kurt Krumpholz		—
	Rick Klatt		—
2	Soviet Union	URS	3:31.367
	Igor Grivennikov		53.36
	Viktor Aboimov		52.97
	Vladimir Krivtsov		52.68
	Vladimir Bure		52.35
	Leonid Dragunov		—
	Igor Grivennikov		—
3	East Germany	GDR	3:32.031
	Roland Matthes		53.86
	Roger Pyttel		52.37
	Peter Bruch		52.84
	Hartmut Flöckner		52.96
	Wilfried Hartung		—
	Lutz Unger		—
4	Germany	GER	3:33.336
	Klaus Steinbach		52.67
	Peter Nocke		53.13
	Gerhard Schiller		53.43
	Peter Labudde		54.10
	Folkert Meeuw		—
5	Brazil	BRA	3:33.392
	Ruy Oliveira		53.77
	José Namorado		53.30
	James Adams		53.69
	José Roberto Aranha		52.63
6	Australia	AUS	3:35.274
	Mike Wenden		52.83
	Steve Badger		54.29
	Neil Rogers		54.16
	John Kulasalu		53.99
7	Italy	ITA	3:36.842
	Roberto Pangaro		54.06
	Alberto Castagnetti		55.53
	Paolo Barelli		53.63
	Marcello Guarducci		53.62
8	France	FRA	3:41.267
	Patrick Jugé		55.96
	Pierre-Yves Copin		54.79
	André Foucart		56.20
	Alain Hermitte		54.31
	Michel Rousseau		—