Swimming At The 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 Metre Freestyle Relay
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The men's 4 × 200 metre
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relay was a swimming event held as part of the
swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, ten swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of th ...
programme. It was the third appearance of the event. A total of 29 swimmers, representing seven teams from seven nations, competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Sunday, August 29, 1920. Keith Kirkland was replaced by
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on the Australian squad between the semifinals and finals. Th
International Olympic Committee medal database
does not show Keith Kirkland as silver medalist for Australia.


Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics. Note: The team competed as
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at the 1912 Games. In the final the United States set a new world record with 10:04.4 minutes.


Results


Semifinals

Wednesday, August 25, 1920: The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced. Semifinal 1 Semifinal 2


Final

Sunday, August 29, 1920: The split times for the winning team McGillivray 2:27.2, Kealoha 2:33.2,
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2:30.0, and Kahanamoku 2:34.0 minutes.


References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 1920 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 X 200 Metre Freestyle Relay Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Men's events at the 1920 Summer Olympics