The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Nation Athletes Time Record 7 September Heat 7:51.455 CR 7 September Heat 7:48.432 CR 7 September Final Kurt KrumpholzRobin BackhausRichard KlattJim Montgomery 7:33.221 WR
Results
Heats 12 teams participated in 2 heats. Rank Heat Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 1 2 - John KulasaluSteve BadgerBrad CooperMichael Wenden 7:48.432 Q, CR 2 1 - 7:51.455 Q, CR 3 2 - 7:52.244 Q 4 1 - 7:52.298 Q 5 2 - 7:52.968 Q 6 2 - 7:53.635 Q 7 2 - 7:54.257 Q, NR 8 1 - 7:54.404 Q 9 1 - 7:58.432 10 1 - 7:58.515 11 2 - 8:12.066 12 1 - 8:23.574
Final The results of the final are below. Rank Lane Nation Athletes Time Notes 8 Kurt KrumpholzRobin BackhausRichard KlattJim Montgomery 7:33.221 WR 4 John Kulasalu (1:57.49)Steve Badger (1:55.97)Brad Cooper (1:54.29)Michael Wenden (1:55.91) 7:43.659 CWR 3 Klaus SteinbachWerner LampePeter NockeFolkert Meeuw 7:43.684 7 Roger PyttelPeter BruchWilfried HartungLutz Unger 7:44.444 6 Bernt ZarnowieckiBengt GingsjöAnders BellbringGunnar Larsson 7:45.585 2 Viktor AboimovVladimir KrivtsovAleksandr SamsonovVladimir Bure 7:47.794 1 Brian BrinkleyRaymond TerrellColin CunninghamGordon Downie 7:54.305 5 Patrick MoreauPierre AmardeilhOlivier MiddletonMarc Lazzaro 8:04.452
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