The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 9 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 sixteen lengths of the pool. Each of the four swimmers completed four 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 9. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jerry Heidenreich Jim McConica Steve Genter Frank Heckl 7:45.8 WR Jasting Ron Jacks Brian Phillips Ralph Hutton 8:04.8 Alfredo Machado Ruy de Oliveira José Aranha Flávio Machado 8:08.4 SA 4 Gonzalez Syro Tomás Becerra Arango 8:13.3 5 Jorge Delgado Pinargoti Orejuela Gonzalez 8:24.1 6 John Daly Cañales Vivani Santiago 8:45.3 7 Lello Pacheco Gonzalez Olavide 8:49.7
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