The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 5.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Nation Athletes Time Record 5 September Heat Michel Rousseau (51.73) 3:35.575 CR 5 September Heat Bill Miller (53.39)Stan Carper (53.42)Kurt Krumpholz (52.50)Rick Klatt (53.13) 3:32.442 CR 5 September Final Melvin Nash (52.65)Joe Bottom (51.42)Jim Montgomery (51.17)John Murphy (51.94) 3:27.183 CR
Results
Heats 14 teams participated in 2 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 - Bill Miller (53.39)Stan Carper (53.42)Kurt Krumpholz (52.50)Rick Klatt (53.13) 3:32.442 Q, CR 2 2 - 3:33.837 Q 3 2 - 3:34.700 Q 4 2 - 3:35.256 Q 5 1 - Michel Rousseau (51.73) 3:35.575 Q, CR 6 2 - 3:35.655 Q 7 1 - 3:35.882 Q 8 1 - Michael Wenden (52.61)Steve Badger (54.98)Neil Rogers (54.50)John Kulasalu (54.47) 3:36.566 Q, NR 9 1 - 3:36.915 10 2 - 3:37.686 11 2 - 3:39.171 12 1 - 3:42.949 13 1 - 3:48.080 1 -
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 Melvin Nash (52.65)Joe Bottom (51.42)Jim Montgomery (51.17)John Murphy (51.94) 3:27.183 CR 3 Igor Grivennikov (53.36)Viktor Aboimov (52.97)Vladimir Krivtsov (52.68)Vladimir Bure (52.35) 3:31.367 5 Roland Matthes (53.86)Roger Pyttel (52.37)Peter Bruch (52.84)Hartmut Flöckner (52.96) 3:32.031 1 Klaus Steinbach (52.67)Peter Nocke (53.13)Gerhard Schiller (53.43)P. Labudde (54.10) 3:33.336 6 Ruy de Oliveira (53.77)José Namorado (53.30)Jim Adams (53.69)José Aranha (52.63) 3:33.392 8 Michael Wenden (52.83)Steve Badger (54.29)Neil Rogers (54.16)John Kulasalu (53.99) 3:35.274 7 Roberto Pangaro (54.06)Alberto Castagnetti (55.53)Paolo Barelli (53.63)Marcello Guarducci (53.62) 3:36.842 2 Patrick Juge (55.96)Pierre-Yves Copin (54.79)André Foucart (56.20)Alain Hermitte (54.31) 3:41.267
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