4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1975 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Cali COL
Held	25 July 1975
Status	Medal
Competitors	60
Countries	13

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Germany	GER	7:49.76 (3 h2)	7:39.44 (1 F)
	Klaus Steinbach		1:57.43	1:54.14
	Werner Lampe		1:55.43	1:54.78
	HaJo Geisler		1:58.20	1:55.61
	Peter Nocke		—	1:54.91
	Folkert Meeuw		1:58.70	—	*
🥈	Great Britain	GBR	7:49.86 (4 h2)	7:42.55 (2 F)
	Alan McClatchey		1:58.11	1:57.27
	Brian Brinkley		1:54.53	1:58.92
	Gary Jameson		1:59.86	1:53.49
	Gordon Downie		1:57.36	1:52.87
🥉	Soviet Union	URS	7:49.42 (2 h1)	7:43.58 (3 F)
	Aleksandr Samsonov		1:55.68	1:57.11
	Anatoly Rybakov		1:57.74	1:56.76
	Viktor Aboimov		—	1:56.78
	Andrey Krylov		—	1:52.93
	Vladimir Mikheyev		1:57.06	—	*
	Andrey Bogdanov		1:58.94	—	*
4	Sweden	SWE	7:54.26 (6 h1)	7:47.05 (4 F)
	Anders Bellbring		1:57.18	1:57.27
	Bengt Gingsjö		—	1:54.55
	Börje Holmberg		1:57.97	1:58.13
	Peter Pettersson		1:58.96	1:57.10
	Sven von Holst		2:00.15	—	*
5	East Germany	GDR	7:50.03 (5 h2)	7:52.24 (5 F)
	Roger Pyttel		1:56.66	1:56.51
	Wilfried Hartung		1:57.19	1:57.74
	Andreas Meier		1:56.39	1:58.78
	Gerd Glogowsky		1:59.79	1:59.21
6	Canada	CAN	7:55.90 (8 h1)	7:53.21 (6 F)
	Jim Fowlie		1:59.35	1:58.93
	John Van Buren		1:59.45	1:58.43
	Bruce Robertson		1:57.76	1:59.13
	Steve Pickell		1:59.34	1:56.72
7	France	FRA	7:55.38 (7 h1)	7:57.61 (7 F)
	Marc Lazzaro		1:58.57	1:58.86
	Michel Rousseau		1:57.16	1:59.78
	Colin Ress		1:59.72	1:58.11
	Patrick Moreau		1:59.93	2:00.86 (7 F)
8	United States	USA	7:48.08 (1 h2)	[7:30.35] (DQ F)
	Robin Backhaus		—	[1:54.69]
	Jim Montgomery		—	[1:53.27]
	Tim Shaw		—	[1:51.11]
	Bruce Furniss		—	[1:51.28]
	Paul Hove		1:58.16	—	*
	Dave Hannula		1:57.62	—	*
	Tim McDonnell		1:56.10	—	*
	John Murphy		1:56.20	—	*
9	Italy	ITA	7:58.31 (9 h2)	—
	Roberto Pangaro		1:58.98	—
	Marcello Guarducci		1:56.83	—
	Paolo Revelli		2:02.01	—
	Claudio Zei		2:00.49	—
10	Australia	AUS	7:58.79 (10 h2)	—
	Graham Windeatt		1:57.10	—
	Mark Tonelli		2:00.11	—
	Peter Dawson		1:58.31	—
	Max Metzker		2:03.27	—
11	Bulgaria	BUL	8:02.64 (11 h1)	—
	Toni Statelov		2:01.19	—
	Krasimir Petrov		2:00.18	—
	Krasimir Enchev		2:02.06	—
	Stefan Georgiev		1:59.21	—
12	Brazil	BRA	8:07.41 (12 h1)	—
	Paul Jouanneau		2:01.40	—
	Paulo Zanetti		2:03.33	—
	Eduardo Alijó Neto		2:02.34	—
	Paulo Mangini		2:00.34	—
13	Colombia	COL	8:26.58 (13 h2)	—
	Freddy Clavijo		2:07.45	—
	E. Matiz		2:08.79	—
	E. Herrera		2:07.47	—
	Tomás Becerra		2:02.87	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
2	Soviet Union	URS	7:49.42
	Aleksandr Samsonov		1:55.68
	Anatoly Rybakov		1:57.74
	Viktor Aboimov		—
	Andrey Krylov		—
	Vladimir Mikheyev		1:57.06
	Andrey Bogdanov		1:58.94
6	Sweden	SWE	7:54.26
	Anders Bellbring		1:57.18
	Bengt Gingsjö		—
	Börje Holmberg		1:57.97
	Peter Pettersson		1:58.96
	Sven von Holst		2:00.15
7	France	FRA	7:55.38
	Marc Lazzaro		1:58.57
	Michel Rousseau		1:57.16
	Colin Ress		1:59.72
	Patrick Moreau		1:59.93
8	Canada	CAN	7:55.90
	Jim Fowlie		1:59.35
	John Van Buren		1:59.45
	Bruce Robertson		1:57.76
	Steve Pickell		1:59.34
11	Bulgaria	BUL	8:02.64
	Toni Statelov		2:01.19
	Krasimir Petrov		2:00.18
	Krasimir Enchev		2:02.06
	Stefan Georgiev		1:59.21
12	Brazil	BRA	8:07.41
	Paul Jouanneau		2:01.40
	Paulo Zanetti		2:03.33
	Eduardo Alijó Neto		2:02.34
	Paulo Mangini		2:00.34

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	United States	USA	7:48.08
	Robin Backhaus		—
	Jim Montgomery		—
	Tim Shaw		—
	Bruce Furniss		—
	Paul Hove		1:58.16
	Dave Hannula		1:57.62
	Tim McDonnell		1:56.10
	John Murphy		1:56.20
3	Germany	GER	7:49.76
	Klaus Steinbach		1:57.43
	Werner Lampe		1:55.43
	HaJo Geisler		1:58.20
	Peter Nocke		—
	Folkert Meeuw		1:58.70
4	Great Britain	GBR	7:49.86
	Alan McClatchey		1:58.11
	Brian Brinkley		1:54.53
	Gary Jameson		1:59.86
	Gordon Downie		1:57.36
5	East Germany	GDR	7:50.03
	Roger Pyttel		1:56.66
	Wilfried Hartung		1:57.19
	Andreas Meier		1:56.39
	Gerd Glogowsky		1:59.79
9	Italy	ITA	7:58.31
	Roberto Pangaro		1:58.98
	Marcello Guarducci		1:56.83
	Paolo Revelli		2:02.01
	Claudio Zei		2:00.49
10	Australia	AUS	7:58.79
	Graham Windeatt		1:57.10
	Mark Tonelli		2:00.11
	Peter Dawson		1:58.31
	Max Metzker		2:03.27
13	Colombia	COL	8:26.58
	Freddy Clavijo		2:07.45
	E. Matiz		2:08.79
	E. Herrera		2:07.47
	Tomás Becerra		2:02.87

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Germany	GER	7:39.44
	Klaus Steinbach		1:54.14
	Werner Lampe		1:54.78
	HaJo Geisler		1:55.61
	Peter Nocke		1:54.91
	Folkert Meeuw		—
2	Great Britain	GBR	7:42.55
	Alan McClatchey		1:57.27
	Brian Brinkley		1:58.92
	Gary Jameson		1:53.49
	Gordon Downie		1:52.87
3	Soviet Union	URS	7:43.58
	Aleksandr Samsonov		1:57.11
	Anatoly Rybakov		1:56.76
	Viktor Aboimov		1:56.78
	Andrey Krylov		1:52.93
	Vladimir Mikheyev		—
	Andrey Bogdanov		—
4	Sweden	SWE	7:47.05
	Anders Bellbring		1:57.27
	Bengt Gingsjö		1:54.55
	Börje Holmberg		1:58.13
	Peter Pettersson		1:57.10
	Sven von Holst		—
5	East Germany	GDR	7:52.24
	Roger Pyttel		1:56.51
	Wilfried Hartung		1:57.74
	Andreas Meier		1:58.78
	Gerd Glogowsky		1:59.21
6	Canada	CAN	7:53.21
	Jim Fowlie		1:58.93
	John Van Buren		1:58.43
	Bruce Robertson		1:59.13
	Steve Pickell		1:56.72
7	France	FRA	7:57.61
	Marc Lazzaro		1:58.86
	Michel Rousseau		1:59.78
	Colin Ress		1:58.11
	Patrick Moreau		2:00.86
7	France	FRA	2:00.86
DQ	United States	USA	[7:30.35]
	Robin Backhaus		[1:54.69]
	Jim Montgomery		[1:53.27]
	Tim Shaw		[1:51.11]
	Bruce Furniss		[1:51.28]
	Paul Hove		—
	Dave Hannula		—
	Tim McDonnell		—
	John Murphy		—