4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1975 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Cali COL
Held	23 July 1975
Status	Medal
Competitors	58
Countries	12

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	United States	USA	3:34.33 (2 h2)	3:24.85 (1 F)
	Bruce Furniss		—	51.82
	Jim Montgomery		—	50.53
	Andy Coan		—	50.61
	John Murphy		—	51.89
	Mel Nash		53.88	—	*
	Robin Backhaus		53.62	—	*
	Tim McDonnell		54.11	—	*
	Joe Bottom		52.72	—	*
🥈	Germany	GER	3:31.25 (1 h1)	3:29.55 (2 F)
	Klaus Steinbach		51.84	51.76
	Dirk Braunleder		52.90	52.75
	Kersten Meier		53.84	53.80
	Peter Nocke		52.67	51.24
🥉	Italy	ITA	3:34.79 (3 h2)	3:31.85 (3 F)
	Roberto Pangaro		52.77	52.82
	Paolo Barelli		55.23	53.88
	Claudio Zei		54.21	53.86
	Marcello Guarducci		52.58	51.29
4	Soviet Union	URS	3:35.50 (5 h2)	3:31.89 (4 F)
	Andrey Smirnov		—	53.44
	Andrey Krylov		—	52.49
	Georgijs Kuļikovs		—	53.34
	Vladimir Bure		—	52.62
	Anatoly Rybakov		53.64	—	*
	Vladimir Mikheyev		54.47	—	*
	Andrey Bogdanov		53.96	—	*
	Viktor Aboimov		53.43	—	*
5	France	FRA	3:34.85 (4 h2)	3:34.30 (5 F)
	René Écuyer		54.05	54.14
	Michel Rousseau		52.92	52.18
	André Foucart		54.57	54.87
	Benôit Laffineur		53.31	53.11
6	East Germany	GDR	3:36.78 (6 h1)	3:35.08 (6 F)
	Roger Pyttel		—	53.44
	Lutz Wanja		—	53.58
	Wilfried Hartung		53.02	53.55
	Ulrich Bär		54.75	54.51
	Hartmut Flöckner		55.23	—	*
	Andreas Meier		53.78	—	*
7	Spain	ESP	3:36.96 (7 h2)	3:37.46 (7 F)
	Jorge Comas		53.30	54.25
	Diego Rojas		55.58	55.57
	José Pujol		54.74	54.08
	Santiago Esteva		53.34	53.56
8	Bulgaria	BUL	3:37.34 (8 h1)	3:37.60 (8 F)
	Stefan Georgiev		53.71	54.70
	Dimitar Kolarov		55.11	54.45
	Toni Statelov		53.69	54.07
	Lyudmil Stoev		54.83	54.38
9	Canada	CAN	3:37.58 (9 h1)	—
	Bob Kasting		54.65	—
	Steve Hardy		55.26	—
	John Van Buren		53.40	—
	Bruce Robertson		54.27	—
10	Brazil	BRA	3:38.05 (10 h1)	—
	Ruy Oliveira		53.54	—
	Paulo Mangini		54.96	—
	Paulo Zanetti		54.11	—
	Paul Jouanneau		55.44	—
11	Ecuador	ECU	3:49.94 (11 h2)	—
	Jacinto Orozco		58.41	—
	Luis Bajaña		56.87	—
	A. Busch		57.07	—
	Alfredo Mackliff		57.59	—
12	Colombia	COL	3:51.75 (12 h1)	—
	Tomás Becerra		57.37	—
	Freddy Clavijo		58.82	—
	Germán Sierra		58.80	—
	Helmut Levy		56.76	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	3:31.25
	Klaus Steinbach		51.84
	Dirk Braunleder		52.90
	Kersten Meier		53.84
	Peter Nocke		52.67
6	East Germany	GDR	3:36.78
	Roger Pyttel		—
	Lutz Wanja		—
	Wilfried Hartung		53.02
	Ulrich Bär		54.75
	Hartmut Flöckner		55.23
	Andreas Meier		53.78
8	Bulgaria	BUL	3:37.34
	Stefan Georgiev		53.71
	Dimitar Kolarov		55.11
	Toni Statelov		53.69
	Lyudmil Stoev		54.83
9	Canada	CAN	3:37.58
	Bob Kasting		54.65
	Steve Hardy		55.26
	John Van Buren		53.40
	Bruce Robertson		54.27
10	Brazil	BRA	3:38.05
	Ruy Oliveira		53.54
	Paulo Mangini		54.96
	Paulo Zanetti		54.11
	Paul Jouanneau		55.44
12	Colombia	COL	3:51.75
	Tomás Becerra		57.37
	Freddy Clavijo		58.82
	Germán Sierra		58.80
	Helmut Levy		56.76

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
2	United States	USA	3:34.33
	Bruce Furniss		—
	Jim Montgomery		—
	Andy Coan		—
	John Murphy		—
	Mel Nash		53.88
	Robin Backhaus		53.62
	Tim McDonnell		54.11
	Joe Bottom		52.72
3	Italy	ITA	3:34.79
	Roberto Pangaro		52.77
	Paolo Barelli		55.23
	Claudio Zei		54.21
	Marcello Guarducci		52.58
4	France	FRA	3:34.85
	René Écuyer		54.05
	Michel Rousseau		52.92
	André Foucart		54.57
	Benôit Laffineur		53.31
5	Soviet Union	URS	3:35.50
	Andrey Smirnov		—
	Andrey Krylov		—
	Georgijs Kuļikovs		—
	Vladimir Bure		—
	Anatoly Rybakov		53.64
	Vladimir Mikheyev		54.47
	Andrey Bogdanov		53.96
	Viktor Aboimov		53.43
7	Spain	ESP	3:36.96
	Jorge Comas		53.30
	Diego Rojas		55.58
	José Pujol		54.74
	Santiago Esteva		53.34
11	Ecuador	ECU	3:49.94
	Jacinto Orozco		58.41
	Luis Bajaña		56.87
	A. Busch		57.07
	Alfredo Mackliff		57.59

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	3:24.85
	Bruce Furniss		51.82
	Jim Montgomery		50.53
	Andy Coan		50.61
	John Murphy		51.89
	Mel Nash		—
	Robin Backhaus		—
	Tim McDonnell		—
	Joe Bottom		—
2	Germany	GER	3:29.55
	Klaus Steinbach		51.76
	Dirk Braunleder		52.75
	Kersten Meier		53.80
	Peter Nocke		51.24
3	Italy	ITA	3:31.85
	Roberto Pangaro		52.82
	Paolo Barelli		53.88
	Claudio Zei		53.86
	Marcello Guarducci		51.29
4	Soviet Union	URS	3:31.89
	Andrey Smirnov		53.44
	Andrey Krylov		52.49
	Georgijs Kuļikovs		53.34
	Vladimir Bure		52.62
	Anatoly Rybakov		—
	Vladimir Mikheyev		—
	Andrey Bogdanov		—
	Viktor Aboimov		—
5	France	FRA	3:34.30
	René Écuyer		54.14
	Michel Rousseau		52.18
	André Foucart		54.87
	Benôit Laffineur		53.11
6	East Germany	GDR	3:35.08
	Roger Pyttel		53.44
	Lutz Wanja		53.58
	Wilfried Hartung		53.55
	Ulrich Bär		54.51
	Hartmut Flöckner		—
	Andreas Meier		—
7	Spain	ESP	3:37.46
	Jorge Comas		54.25
	Diego Rojas		55.57
	José Pujol		54.08
	Santiago Esteva		53.56
8	Bulgaria	BUL	3:37.60
	Stefan Georgiev		54.70
	Dimitar Kolarov		54.45
	Toni Statelov		54.07
	Lyudmil Stoev		54.38