The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 28. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Results
Heats
Heat 1heat 1
Place Swimmers Time Notes 1 3:32.72 2 3:35.84 3 3:37.59 4 3:38.77 5 3:38.81 6 3:41.36 7 3:43.46
Heat 2heat 2
Place Swimmers Time Notes 1 3:28.84 2 3:35.13 3 3:35.64 4 3:35.84 5 3:40.47 6 3:47.39 7 3:49.14
Final
Rank Nation Swimmers Time Notes David Edgar (52.69) John Murphy (52.04) Jerry Heidenreich (50.78) Mark Spitz (50.90) 3:26.42 Vladimir Bure (52.26) Viktor Mazanov (53.13) Viktor Aboimov (52.75) Igor Grivennikov (51.57) 3:29.72 Roland Matthes (52.89) Wilfried Hartung (53.31) Peter Bruch (53.20) Lutz Unger (53.01) 3:32.42 4 Ruy de Oliveira (53.62) Paulo Zanetti (53.61) Paulo Becskehazy (53.73) José Aranha (52.17) 3:33.14 5 Bruce Robertson (53.52) Brian Phillips (52.56) Timothy Bach (54.41) Robert Kasting (52.70) 3:33.20 6 Klaus Steinbach (53.45) Werner Lampe (52.81) Rainer Jacob (53.81) Hans Fassnacht (53.82) 3:33.90 7 Gilles Vigne (54.47) Alain Mosconi (54.57) Alain Hermitte (53.41) Michel Rousseau (51.66) 3:34.13 8 Jorge Comas (54.32) Antonio Culebras (55.02) Enrique Melo (54.77) José Pujol (54.09) 3:38.21
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