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4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay, Men

Date	25 – 29 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Zwemstadion van Antwerpen, Antwerpen
Participants	29 from 7 countries

Led by Duke Kahanamoku and Norman Ross, the United States’ team was a prohibitive favorite. They did not disappoint, winning by over 15 seconds in the heats and over 20 seconds in the finals. Their time in the final broke the world record of 10:11.2 that had been set by an Australasian team that won the 1912 gold medal.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	SF	Final
1	United States	USA	10:20.4 (1 h1)	10:04.4 (1)	Gold
	Perry McGillivray • Pua Kele Kealoha • Norman Ross • Duke Kahanamoku
2	Australia	AUS	10:36.4 (2 h1)	10:25.4 (2)	Silver
	Harry Hay • Billy Herald • Ivan Stedman • Frank Beaurepaire • Keith Kirkland
3	Great Britain	GBR	10:51.0 (1 h2)	10:37.2 (3)	Bronze
	Leslie Savage • Percy Peter • Henry Taylor • Harold Annison
4	Sweden	SWE	10:54.4 (3 h1)	10:50.2 (4)
	Robert Andersson • Frans Möller • Orvar Trolle • Arne Borg
5	Italy	ITA	11:01.2 (2 h2)	– (5)
	Mario Massa • Agostino Frassinetti • Antonio Quarantotto • Giglio Bisagno
3 h2 r1/2	Belgium	BEL	11:12.2 (3 h2)	–
	Pierre Vermetten • Joseph Cludts • René Bauwens • Gérard Blitz
4 h1 r1/2	France	FRA	11:53.0 (4 h1)	–
	Albert Mayaud • Paul Vasseur • Georges Pouilley • Henri Padou, Sr.

Semi-Finals (25 August 1920 — 14:30)

Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	–	United States	USA		10:20.4	Q
		Pua Kele Kealoha		–	– (–)
		Perry McGillivray		–	– (–)
		Norman Ross		–	– (–)
		Duke Kahanamoku		–	– (–)
2	–	Australia	AUS		10:36.4	Q
		Harry Hay		–	– (–)
		Billy Herald		–	– (–)
		Ivan Stedman		–	– (–)
		Keith Kirkland		–	– (–)
3	–	Sweden	SWE		10:54.4	q
		Robert Andersson		–	– (–)
		Arne Borg		–	– (–)
		Orvar Trolle		–	– (–)
		Frans Möller		–	– (–)
4	–	France	FRA		11:53.0
		Albert Mayaud		–	– (–)
		Paul Vasseur		–	– (–)
		Georges Pouilley		–	– (–)
		Henri Padou, Sr.		–	– (–)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	–	Great Britain	GBR		10:51.0	Q
		Harold Annison		–	– (–)
		Leslie Savage		–	– (–)
		Henry Taylor		–	– (–)
		Percy Peter		–	– (–)
2	–	Italy	ITA		11:01.2	Q
		Mario Massa		–	– (–)
		Agostino Frassinetti		–	– (–)
		Antonio Quarantotto		–	– (–)
		Giglio Bisagno		–	– (–)
3	–	Belgium	BEL		11:12.2
		Pierre Vermetten		–	– (–)
		Joseph Cludts		–	– (–)
		René Bauwens		–	– (–)
		Gérard Blitz		–	– (–)

Final (29 August 1920 — 17:15)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	–	United States	USA		10:04.4	WR
		Perry McGillivray		–	– (–)
		Pua Kele Kealoha		–	– (–)
		Norman Ross		–	– (–)
		Duke Kahanamoku		–	– (–)
2	–	Australia	AUS		10:25.4
		Harry Hay		–	– (–)
		Billy Herald		–	– (–)
		Ivan Stedman		–	– (–)
		Frank Beaurepaire		–	– (–)
3	–	Great Britain	GBR		10:37.2
		Leslie Savage		–	– (–)
		Percy Peter		–	– (–)
		Henry Taylor		–	– (–)
		Harold Annison		–	– (–)
4	–	Sweden	SWE		10:50.2
		Robert Andersson		–	– (–)
		Frans Möller		–	– (–)
		Orvar Trolle		–	– (–)
		Arne Borg		–	– (–)
5	–	Italy	ITA		–
		Mario Massa		–	– (–)
		Agostino Frassinetti		–	– (–)
		Antonio Quarantotto		–	– (–)
		Giglio Bisagno		–	– (–)