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4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	13 – 14 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	56 from 13 countries

The 4 x 100 freestyle relay was new to the Olympic Program in 1964. The Americans were prohibitive favorites and they did not disappoint. Steve Clark led off the USA in 52.9, equalling the world record for the 100 free. Mike Austin and Gary Ilman swam the next two legs and gave Don Schollander a big lead, which seemed secure as he had won the 100 freestyle gold medal, but Hans-Joachim Klein, 100 free bronze medalist, actually outswam Schollander, posting the fastest split of the event in 52.4, to earn Germany the silver medal. Australia was a comfortable third over Japan.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	3:38.8 (1 h2)	3:33.2 (1)	Gold
	Steve Clark • Mike Austin • Gary Ilman • Don Schollander • Lary Schulhof
2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	3:41.0 (2 h2)	3:37.2 (2)	Silver
	Horst Löffler • Frank Wiegand • Uwe Jacobsen • Hans-Joachim Klein
3	Australia	AUS	3:40.6 (1 h1)	3:39.1 (3)	Bronze
	David Dickson • Peter Doak • John Ryan • Bob Windle
4	Japan	JPN	3:42.3 (3 h1)	3:40.5 (4)
	Kunihiro Iwasaki • Tadaharu Goto • Tatsuo Fujimoto • Yukiaki Okabe • Katsuki Ishihara
5	Sweden	SWE	3:41.3 (3 h2)	3:40.7 (5)
	Bengt Nordwall • Ingvar Eriksson • Jan Lundin • Per-Ola Lindberg
6	Soviet Union	URS	3:41.8 (4 h2)	3:42.1 (6)
	Viktor Mazanov • Vladimir Shuvalov • Viktor Semchenkov • Yury Sumtsov • Vladimir Berezin
7	Great Britain	GBR	3:42.7 (5 h2)	3:42.6 (7)
	Bob Lord • John Martin-Dye • Peter Kendrew • Bobby McGregor
AC r2/2	France	FRA	3:42.1 (2 h1)	– (DQ)		DQ
	Alain Gottvallès • Gérard Gropaiz • Pierre Canavèse • Jean-Pascal Curtillet • Robert Christophe
9	Hungary	HUN	3:43.2 (4 h1)	–
	Antal Száll • Ákos Gulyás • László Szlamka • Gyula Dobay
10	Netherlands	NED	3:43.8 (5 h1)	–
	Ron Kroon • Vinus van Baalen • Jan Jiskoot • Johan Bontekoe
11	Canada	CAN	3:49.7 (6 h2)	–
	Dan Sherry • Ralph Hutton • Ron Jacks • Sandy Gilchrist
12	Mexico	MEX	3:58.9 (6 h1)	–
	Rafael Hernández • Salvador Ruiz • Alfredo Guzmán • Guillermo Echevarría
13	Peru	PER	4:02.6 (7 h2)	–
	Luis Paz • Carlos Canepa • Augusto Ferrero • Walter Ledgard Buse

Round One (13 October 1964 — 11:40)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	7	Australia	AUS		3:40.6		QOR
		Peter Doak		–	55.7	55.7 (3)
		David Dickson		–	54.7	1:50.4 (2)
		John Ryan		–	55.3	2:45.7 (1)
		Bob Windle		–	54.9	3:40.6 (1)
2	1	France	FRA		3:42.1		Q
		Alain Gottvallès		–	54.8	54.8 (1)
		Gérard Gropaiz		–	55.2	1:50.0 (1)
		Robert Christophe		–	56.3	2:46.3 (2)
		Jean-Pascal Curtillet		–	55.8	3:42.1 (2)
3	2	Japan	JPN		3:42.3		Q
		Yukiaki Okabe		–	55.4	55.4 (2)
		Kunihiro Iwasaki		–	55.3	1:50.7 (3)
		Katsuki Ishihara		–	56.3	2:47.0 (3)
		Tadaharu Goto		–	55.3	3:42.3 (3)
4	3	Hungary	HUN		3:43.2
		Antal Száll		–	56.7	56.7 (5)
		Ákos Gulyás		–	56.2	1:52.9 (5)
		László Szlamka		–	55.9	2:48.8 (5)
		Gyula Dobay		–	54.4	3:43.2 (4)
5	4	Netherlands	NED		3:43.8
		Ron Kroon		–	55.9	55.9 (4)
		Vinus van Baalen		–	55.4	1:51.3 (4)
		Jan Jiskoot		–	56.3	2:47.6 (4)
		Johan Bontekoe		–	56.2	3:43.8 (5)
6	5	Mexico	MEX		3:58.9
		Rafael Hernández		–	58.7	58.7 (6)
		Salvador Ruiz		–	59.5	1:58.2 (6)
		Alfredo Guzmán		–	1:01.8	3:00.0 (6)
		Guillermo Echevarría		–	58.9	3:58.9 (6)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	United States	USA		3:38.8		QOR
		Steve Clark		–	53.6	53.6 (1)
		Lary Schulhof		–	55.6	1:49.2 (1)
		Mike Austin		–	55.3	2:44.5 (1)
		Gary Ilman		–	54.3	3:38.8 (1)
2	4	Unified Team of Germany	GER		3:41.0		Q
		Horst Löffler		–	56.0	56.0 (2)
		Uwe Jacobsen		–	55.5	1:51.5 (3)
		Frank Wiegand		–	54.2	2:45.7 (2)
		Hans-Joachim Klein		–	55.3	3:41.0 (2)
3	7	Sweden	SWE		3:41.3		Q
		Ingvar Eriksson		–	56.0	56.0 (2)
		Jan Lundin		–	55.1	1:51.1 (2)
		Bengt Nordwall		–	55.9	2:47.0 (3)
		Per-Ola Lindberg		–	54.3	3:41.3 (3)
4	3	Soviet Union	URS		3:41.8		Q
		Vladimir Berezin		–	56.5	56.5 (6)
		Vladimir Shuvalov		–	55.6	1:52.1 (4)
		Viktor Semchenkov		–	54.9	2:47.0 (3)
		Yury Sumtsov		–	54.8	3:41.8 (4)
5	8	Great Britain	GBR		3:42.7		Q
		Bob Lord		–	56.4	56.4 (5)
		John Martin-Dye		–	56.4	1:52.8 (5)
		Peter Kendrew		–	56.0	2:48.8 (5)
		Bobby McGregor		–	53.9	3:42.7 (5)
6	1	Canada	CAN		3:49.7
		Dan Sherry		–	56.1	56.1 (4)
		Ralph Hutton		–	57.2	1:53.3 (6)
		Ron Jacks		–	59.0	2:52.3 (6)
		Sandy Gilchrist		–	57.4	3:49.7 (6)
7	2	Peru	PER		4:02.6
		Luis Paz		–	58.8	58.8 (1)
		Carlos Canepa		–	59.6	1:58.4 (7)
		Augusto Ferrero		–	1:02.8	3:01.2 (7)
		Walter Ledgard Buse		–	1:01.4	4:02.6 (7)

Final (14 October 1964 — 19:55)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA		3:33.2		WR
		Steve Clark		–	52.9	52.9 (1)
		Mike Austin		–	53.9	1:46.8 (1)
		Gary Ilman		–	53.4	2:40.2 (1)
		Don Schollander		–	53.0	3:33.2 (1)
2	3	Unified Team of Germany	GER		3:37.2
		Horst Löffler		–	55.8	55.8 (3)
		Frank Wiegand		–	54.2	1:50.0 (3)
		Uwe Jacobsen		–	54.8	2:44.8 (2)
		Hans-Joachim Klein		–	52.4	3:37.2 (2)
3	5	Australia	AUS		3:39.1
		David Dickson		–	54.6	54.6 (2)
		Peter Doak		–	55.0	1:49.6 (2)
		John Ryan		–	55.3	2:44.9 (3)
		Bob Windle		–	54.2	3:39.1 (3)
4	1	Japan	JPN		3:40.5
		Kunihiro Iwasaki		–	55.8	55.8 (3)
		Tadaharu Goto		–	55.2	1:51.0 (4)
		Tatsuo Fujimoto		–	54.9	2:45.9 (4)
		Yukiaki Okabe		–	54.6	3:40.5 (4)
5	6	Sweden	SWE		3:40.7
		Bengt Nordwall		–	56.6	56.6 (7)
		Ingvar Eriksson		–	54.9	1:51.5 (5)
		Jan Lundin		–	54.6	2:46.1 (5)
		Per-Ola Lindberg		–	54.6	3:40.7 (5)
6	2	Soviet Union	URS		3:42.1
		Viktor Mazanov		–	56.3	56.3 (6)
		Vladimir Shuvalov		–	55.4	1:51.7 (6)
		Viktor Semchenkov		–	55.0	2:46.7 (6)
		Yury Sumtsov		–	55.4	3:42.1 (6)
7	8	Great Britain	GBR		3:42.6
		Bob Lord		–	56.2	56.2 (5)
		John Martin-Dye		–	56.5	1:52.7 (7)
		Peter Kendrew		–	55.8	2:48.5 (7)
		Bobby McGregor		–	54.1	3:42.6 (7)
DQ	7	France	FRA		–
		Alain Gottvallès		–	54.0	54.0 (AC)
		Gérard Gropaiz		–	55.1	1:49.1 (AC)
		Pierre Canavèse		–	55.3	2:44.4 (AC)
		Jean-Pascal Curtillet		–	54.9	3:39.3 (AC)