Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 9 August.[1][2] The defending Pan American Games champion is the United States.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 1971 Pan American Games
Venue-
DatesAugust 9 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors- from - nations
Medalists
Gold medal   United States
Silver medal   Canada
Bronze medal   Brazil
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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.[9]

Results edit

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified GR Games record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats edit

Final edit

The final was held on August 9.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Jerry Heidenreich
Jim McConica
Steve Genter
Frank Heckl
  United States 7:45.8 WR
  Jasting
Ron Jacks
Brian Phillips
Ralph Hutton
  Canada 8:04.8
  Alfredo Machado
Ruy de Oliveira
José Aranha
Flávio Machado
  Brazil 8:08.4 SA
4 Gonzalez
Syro
Tomás Becerra
Arango
  Colombia 8:13.3
5 Jorge Delgado
Pinargoti
Orejuela
Gonzalez
  Ecuador 8:24.1
6 John Daly
Cañales
Vivani
Santiago
  Puerto Rico 8:45.3
7 Lello
Pacheco
Gonzalez
Olavide
  Peru 8:49.7

References edit

  1. ^ a b "O GLOBO News Archive - August 10, 1971, Morning, General, page 24". O GLOBO. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  2. ^ O GLOBO News Archive
  3. ^ Hickoksports Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today
  4. ^ Resultados
  5. ^ All Pan medalists - Male
  6. ^ All Pan medalists - Female
  7. ^ Pan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.
  8. ^ Brazil medals at 1971 Pan
  9. ^ "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). Guadalajara 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.