The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.
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 9 September Heat 3:54.914 CR 9 September Final Mike StammJohn HenckenJoe BottomJim Montgomery 3:49.491 CR
Results
Heats 15 teams participated in 2 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 1 - 3:54.914 Q, CR 2 1 - 3:57.133 Q 3 1 - 3:58.034 Q 4 2 - 4:00.011 Q 5 2 - 4:00.351 Q 6 2 - 4:00.855 Q 7 1 - 4:01.119 Q 8 2 - 4:02.970 Q 9 2 - 4:04.098 10 1 - 4:04.358 11 2 - 4:04.814 12 2 - 4:09.074 13 1 - 4:09.799 14 1 - 4:14.632 15 1 - - DNS / DQ
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 4 Mike StammJohn HenckenJoe BottomJim Montgomery 3:49.491 CR 5 Roland MatthesJürgen GlasHartmut FlöcknerRoger Pyttel 3:53.246 2 Ian MacKenziePeter HrdlitschkaBruce RobertsonBrian Phillips 3:56.372 3 Klaus SteinbachWalter KuschFolkert MeeuwPeter Nocke 3:56.389 6 Igor GrivennikovMikhail KhryukinSergey ZakharovVladimir Bure 3:58.098 8 Brad CooperMichael CreswickRoss SeymourMichael Wenden 3:58.590 7 Colin CunninghamDavid WilkieMartin EdwardsBrian Brinkley 3:59.048 1 László CsehSándor SzabóZoltán VerrasztóIstván Szentirmay 4:01.642
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