The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 7 August.O GLOBO News Archive The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.Hickoksports ResultadosAll Pan medalists - MaleAll Pan medalists - FemalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool. The first swimmer had to touch the wall before the second could leave the starting block.
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats
Final The final was held on August 7. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes David Edgar Steve Genter Jerry Heidenreich Frank Heckl 3:32.2 GR Timothy Bach Ian MacKenzie Brian Phillips Robert Kasting 3:38.2 Ruy de Oliveira Flávio Machado Paulo Zanetti José Aranha 3:42.5 SA 4 Celestino Pérez Michael Goodner José Ferraioli Gary Goodner 3:43.5 5 Guillermo García Escanero Roberto Strauss Jorge Urrueta 3:43.7 6 Jorge Delgado Pinargoti Orejuela Gonzalez 3:44.6 7 Arondo C.Gonzalez Tomás Becerra R.Gonzalez 3:44.9 8 Bello Monty Pacheco Olavide 3:54.2
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