Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
Swimming events at the 1972 Summer Olympics |
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Freestyle | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place September 1. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
Rick DeMont of the United States originally won the gold medal in 4:00.26, but was disqualified after he tested positive for ephedrine. In 2001, Jacques Rogge gave him his medal,[citation needed] but the IOC has so far declined to overturn the results.
Contents
Medalists
Gold | Brad Cooper Australia |
Silver | Steve Genter United States |
Bronze | Tom McBreen United States |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 4:09.88 | |
2 | Ton van Klooster | Netherlands | 4:11.72 | |
3 | Guillermo García | Mexico | 4:15.33 | |
4 | Alain Charmey | Switzerland | 4:18.25 | |
5 | Bruce Robertson | Canada | 4:20.31 | |
6 | Neil Dexter | Great Britain | 4:24.80 | |
7 | Kamal Kenawi Ali Moustafa | 23x15px Egypt | 4:24.97 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:06.59 | OR, Q |
2 | Hans Fassnacht | West Germany | 4:09.23 | |
3 | Udo Poser | East Germany | 4:09.62 | |
4 | Peter Rosenkranz | West Germany | 4:14.01 | |
5 | Tomás Becerra | Colombia | 4:20.78 | |
6 | Dae Imlani | 23x15px Philippines | 4:24.01 | |
7 | Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | Greece | 4:30.54 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Genter | United States | 4:05.89 | OR, Q |
2 | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 4:08.38 | |
3 | Aleksandr Samsonov | Soviet Union | 4:11.46 | |
4 | Wolfram Sperling | East Germany | 4:14.73 | |
5 | Sverre Kile | Norway | 4:20.86 | |
6 | José Luis Prado | Mexico | 4:22.31 | |
7 | Fridrik Gudmundsson | Iceland | 4:26.25 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Brad Cooper | Australia | 4:04.59 | OR, Q |
2 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 4:04.80 | Q |
3 | Ralph Hutton | Canada | 4:09.27 | |
4 | Władysław Wojtakajtis | Poland | 4:16.04 | |
5 | Alfredo Machado | Brazil | 4:18.05 | |
6 | Arnaldo Cinquetti | Italy | 4:19.49 | |
7 | Gustavo González | Argentina | 4:21.22 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Rick DeMont | United States | 4:05.70 | Q |
2 | Graham Windeatt | Australia | 4:05.92 | Q |
3 | Gerardo Vera | 23x15px Venezuela | 4:11.37 | |
4 | Jorge Delgado | 23x15px Ecuador | 4:12.29 | |
5 | Mark Treffers | New Zealand | 4:14.10 | |
6 | Antonio Corell | 23x15px Spain | 4:17.81 | |
7 | Jo O-Ryeon | 23x15px South Korea | 4:21.78 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Tom McBreen | United States | 4:06.09 | Q |
2 | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 4:06.44 | Q |
3 | Graham White | Australia | 4:08.29 | |
4 | Ron Jacks | Canada | 4:16.08 | |
5 | Viktor Aboimov | Soviet Union | 4:17.04 | |
6 | Klaus Dockhorn | East Germany | 4:17.98 | |
7 | Guillermo Pacheco | Peru | 4:18.78 | |
8 | François Deley | Belgium | 4:24.73 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Brad Cooper | Australia | 4:00.27 | OR | |
Steve Genter | United States | 4:01.94 | ||
Tom McBreen | United States | 4:02.64 | ||
4 | Graham Windeatt | Australia | 4:02.93 | |
5 | Brian Brinkley | Great Britain | 4:06.69 | |
6 | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 4:06.75 | |
7 | Werner Lampe | West Germany | 4:06.97 | |
Rick DeMont | United States | 4:00.26 | DQ |
Key: DQ = Disqualified, OR = Olympic record
References
- 1972 Summer Olympics results: Men's 400 m freestyle, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-12-06.