4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition 1978 World Aquatics Championships
Venue West-Berlin GER
Held
Status Medal
Competitors 75
Countries 17
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 United States USA 7:33.63
(1 h3)
7:20.82
(1 F)
Bruce Furniss 1:51.18
Bill Forrester 1:49.70
Bobby Hackett 1:49.85
Rowdy Gaines 1:50.09
David Larson 1:53.97 *
David Dickson 1:55.20 *
Mark Greenwood 1:52.23 *
Jim Montgomery 1:52.23 *
🥈 Soviet Union URS 7:34.66
(1 h2)
7:28.41
(2 F)
Sergey Rusin 1:53.72
Andrey Krylov 1:52.77 1:51.40
Vladimir Salnikov 1:52.88
Sergey Koplyakov 1:51.59 1:50.41
Sergey Krasyuk 1:55.77 *
Ivar Stukolkin 1:54.53 *
🥉 Germany GER 7:37.88
(2 h3)
7:33.29
(3 F)
Andreas Schmidt 1:55.47 1:52.76
Peter Knust 1:54.24 1:54.11
Karsten Lippmann 1:55.73 1:54.91
Frank Wennmann 1:52.44 1:51.51
4 Sweden SWE 7:34.73
(2 h2)
7:33.48
(4 F)
Per Holmertz 1:53.39
Per-Ola Quist 1:53.59 1:53.68
Gary Andersson 1:53.08 1:53.85
Per-Alvar Magnusson 1:54.41 1:52.56
Inge Andersson 1:53.65 *
5 Italy ITA 7:38.51
(3 h2)
7:34.89
(5 F)
Paolo Revelli 1:53.89 1:53.21
Marcello Guarducci 1:56.81 1:51.46
Raffaele Franceschi 1:52.41 1:54.61
Giorgio Quadri 1:55.40 1:55.61
6 East Germany GDR 7:42.27
(1 h1)
7:38.53
(6 F)
Roger Pyttel 1:54.94 1:54.17
Detlev Grabs 1:56.01 1:54.44
Günter Schröder 1:56.46 1:55.58
Rainer Strohbach 1:54.86 1:54.34
7 France FRA 7:41.22
(3 h3)
7:39.87
(7 F)
Pierre Andraca 1:55.12 1:54.29
Gilles Plançon 1:55.92 1:57.07
Didier Matusic 1:56.06 1:54.33
Fabien Noël 1:54.12 1:54.18
8 Australia AUS 7:41.94
(4 h3)
7:39.94
(8 F)
Graeme Brewer 1:54.28 1:53.98
Ron McKeon 1:56.22 1:54.29
Glenn Patching 1:56.54 1:57.56
Mark Morgan 1:54.90 1:54.11
9 Great Britain GBR 7:43.88
(4 h2)
David Dunne 1:53.66
Philip Hubble 1:56.12
Doug Campbell 1:56.62
Martin Smith 1:57.48
10 Netherlands NED 7:47.51
(5 h2)
Fred Eefting 1:56.32
Frans Debets 1:57.34
Gerard Smits 1:59.25
Cees Vervoorn 1:54.60
11 Spain ESP 7:50.73
(5 h3)
David López-Zubero 1:55.30
Juan Barro 1:56.72
Jesús Fuentes 1:57.97
Gonzalo Jiménez 2:00.74
12 Portugal POR 7:52.98
(2 h1)
Rui de Abreu 1:55.97
Paulo Frischknecht 1:58.16
José Gomes Pereira 1:58.13
José Leite 2:00.72
13 Israel ISR 7:55.64
(3 h1)
Nir Shamir 1:56.72
Amir Ganiel 1:59.56
Zohar Weiss 2:00.16
Ron Kehrmann 1:59.20
14 Puerto Rico PUR 8:05.80
(6 h2)
Fernando Canales 1:54.54
José-Ricardo de Jesús 2:02.13
Arnaldo Pérez 2:04.01
Carlos Berrocal 2:05.12
15 Ecuador ECU 8:17.52
(6 h3)
Gabriel Fierro 2:03.19
Alfredo Mackliff 2:00.88
Luis Bajaña 2:05.15
Daniel Pinargote 2:08.30
AC Canada CAN 7:41.19
(DQ h1)
Dennis Corcoran 1:56.05
Chris Erickson 1:54.96
Graham Welbourn 1:57.09
Peter Szmidt 1:53.09
AC Japan JPN 7:49.64
(DQ h1)
Hiroshi Sakamoto 1:56.93
Shinsuke Kayama 1:58.95
Hidenori Ishii 1:56.47
Shuji Tsukasaki 1:57.29
DNS New Zealand NZL
(DNS h1)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 East Germany GDR 7:42.27
Roger Pyttel 1:54.94
Detlev Grabs 1:56.01
Günter Schröder 1:56.46
Rainer Strohbach 1:54.86
2 Portugal POR 7:52.98
Rui de Abreu 1:55.97
Paulo Frischknecht 1:58.16
José Gomes Pereira 1:58.13
José Leite 2:00.72
3 Israel ISR 7:55.64
Nir Shamir 1:56.72
Amir Ganiel 1:59.56
Zohar Weiss 2:00.16
Ron Kehrmann 1:59.20
DQ Canada CAN 7:41.19
Dennis Corcoran 1:56.05
Chris Erickson 1:54.96
Graham Welbourn 1:57.09
Peter Szmidt 1:53.09
DQ Japan JPN 7:49.64
Hiroshi Sakamoto 1:56.93
Shinsuke Kayama 1:58.95
Hidenori Ishii 1:56.47
Shuji Tsukasaki 1:57.29
DNS New Zealand NZL

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Soviet Union URS 7:34.66
Sergey Rusin
Andrey Krylov 1:52.77
Vladimir Salnikov
Sergey Koplyakov 1:51.59
Sergey Krasyuk 1:55.77
Ivar Stukolkin 1:54.53
2 Sweden SWE 7:34.73
Per Holmertz
Per-Ola Quist 1:53.59
Gary Andersson 1:53.08
Per-Alvar Magnusson 1:54.41
Inge Andersson 1:53.65
3 Italy ITA 7:38.51
Paolo Revelli 1:53.89
Marcello Guarducci 1:56.81
Raffaele Franceschi 1:52.41
Giorgio Quadri 1:55.40
4 Great Britain GBR 7:43.88
David Dunne 1:53.66
Philip Hubble 1:56.12
Doug Campbell 1:56.62
Martin Smith 1:57.48
5 Netherlands NED 7:47.51
Fred Eefting 1:56.32
Frans Debets 1:57.34
Gerard Smits 1:59.25
Cees Vervoorn 1:54.60
6 Puerto Rico PUR 8:05.80
Fernando Canales 1:54.54
José-Ricardo de Jesús 2:02.13
Arnaldo Pérez 2:04.01
Carlos Berrocal 2:05.12

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 United States USA 7:33.63
Bruce Furniss
Bill Forrester
Bobby Hackett
Rowdy Gaines
David Larson 1:53.97
David Dickson 1:55.20
Mark Greenwood 1:52.23
Jim Montgomery 1:52.23
2 Germany GER 7:37.88
Andreas Schmidt 1:55.47
Peter Knust 1:54.24
Karsten Lippmann 1:55.73
Frank Wennmann 1:52.44
3 France FRA 7:41.22
Pierre Andraca 1:55.12
Gilles Plançon 1:55.92
Didier Matusic 1:56.06
Fabien Noël 1:54.12
4 Australia AUS 7:41.94
Graeme Brewer 1:54.28
Ron McKeon 1:56.22
Glenn Patching 1:56.54
Mark Morgan 1:54.90
5 Spain ESP 7:50.73
David López-Zubero 1:55.30
Juan Barro 1:56.72
Jesús Fuentes 1:57.97
Gonzalo Jiménez 2:00.74
6 Ecuador ECU 8:17.52
Gabriel Fierro 2:03.19
Alfredo Mackliff 2:00.88
Luis Bajaña 2:05.15
Daniel Pinargote 2:08.30

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 United States USA 7:20.82
Bruce Furniss 1:51.18
Bill Forrester 1:49.70
Bobby Hackett 1:49.85
Rowdy Gaines 1:50.09
David Larson
David Dickson
Mark Greenwood
Jim Montgomery
2 Soviet Union URS 7:28.41
Sergey Rusin 1:53.72
Andrey Krylov 1:51.40
Vladimir Salnikov 1:52.88
Sergey Koplyakov 1:50.41
Sergey Krasyuk
Ivar Stukolkin
3 Germany GER 7:33.29
Andreas Schmidt 1:52.76
Peter Knust 1:54.11
Karsten Lippmann 1:54.91
Frank Wennmann 1:51.51
4 Sweden SWE 7:33.48
Per Holmertz 1:53.39
Per-Ola Quist 1:53.68
Gary Andersson 1:53.85
Per-Alvar Magnusson 1:52.56
Inge Andersson
5 Italy ITA 7:34.89
Paolo Revelli 1:53.21
Marcello Guarducci 1:51.46
Raffaele Franceschi 1:54.61
Giorgio Quadri 1:55.61
6 East Germany GDR 7:38.53
Roger Pyttel 1:54.17
Detlev Grabs 1:54.44
Günter Schröder 1:55.58
Rainer Strohbach 1:54.34
7 France FRA 7:39.87
Pierre Andraca 1:54.29
Gilles Plançon 1:57.07
Didier Matusic 1:54.33
Fabien Noël 1:54.18
8 Australia AUS 7:39.94
Graeme Brewer 1:53.98
Ron McKeon 1:54.29
Glenn Patching 1:57.56
Mark Morgan 1:54.11