Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Introduction The '''men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay''' event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 28.The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists  David EdgarJohn MurphyJerry HeidenreichMark Spitz Vladimir BureViktor MazanovViktor AboimovIgor Grivennikov Roland MatthesWilfried HartungPeter BruchLutz Unger
Results ===Heats==='''Heat 1''' Place  Swimmers  Time  Notes 1    3:32.72   2    3:35.84   3    3:37.59   4    3:38.77   5    3:38.81   6    3:41.36   7    3:43.46  '''Heat 2''' Place  Swimmers  Time  Notes 1    3:28.84   2    3:35.13   3    3:35.64   4    3:35.84   5    3:40.47   6    3:47.39   7    3:49.14  ===Final=== Rank  Nation  Swimmers  Time  Notes    David Edgar (52.69)  John Murphy (52.04)  Jerry Heidenreich (50.78)  Mark Spitz (50.90)  3:26.42      Vladimir Bure (52.26)  Viktor Mazanov (53.13)  Viktor Aboimov (52.75)  Igor Grivennikov (51.57)  3:29.72     Roland Matthes (52.89)  Wilfried Hartung (53.31)  Peter Bruch (53.20)  Lutz Unger (53.01)  3:32.42  4   Ruy de Oliveira (53.62)  Paulo Zanetti (53.61)  Paulo Becskehazy (53.73)  José Aranha (52.17)  3:33.14   5   Bruce Robertson (53.52)  Brian Phillips (52.56)  Timothy Bach (54.41)  Robert Kasting (52.70)  3:33.20   6   Klaus Steinbach (53.45)  Werner Lampe (52.81)  Rainer Jacob (53.81)  Hans Fassnacht (53.82)  3:33.90   7   Gilles Vigne (54.47)  Alain Mosconi (54.57)  Alain Hermitte (53.41)  Michel Rousseau (51.66)  3:34.13   8   Jorge Comas (54.32)  Antonio Culebras (55.02)  Enrique Melo (54.77)  José Pujol (54.09)  3:38.21
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