The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 relay was a swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

 event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, ten swimming events were contested. The women's 300 metre freestyle event was new since the previous Games in 1912. The competitions were held from Sunday August 22, 1920 to Sunday August 29, 1920...

 programme. It was the third appearance of the event.

A total of 29 swimmers, representing seven teams from seven nations, competed in the event, which was held from Wednesday, August 25 to Sunday, August 29, 1920. Keith Kirkland

Keith Kirkland

Keith Lindsay Hugh Kirkland was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cargo, New South Wales and died in Sydney....

 was replaced by Frank Beaurepaire

Frank Beaurepaire

Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.He was also a decorated...

 on the Australian squad between the semifinals and finals. The International Olympic Committee medal database does not show Keith Kirkland

Keith Kirkland

Keith Lindsay Hugh Kirkland was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Cargo, New South Wales and died in Sydney....

 as silver medalist for Australia.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	10:11.2	Cecil Healy Cecil Healy Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...   Malcolm Champion Malcolm Champion Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...   Leslie Boardman Leslie Boardman Leslie Boardman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....   Harold Hardwick Harold Hardwick Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 15, 1912
Olympic Record	10:11.2	Cecil Healy Cecil Healy Cecil Patrick Healy was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1900s and 1910s, who won silver in the 100m freestyle at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He also won gold in the 4x200m freestyle relay...   Malcolm Champion Malcolm Champion Malcolm Eadie Champion was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medallist, and the first swimmer to represent New Zealand at an Olympic Games...   Leslie Boardman Leslie Boardman Leslie Boardman was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s, who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm....   Harold Hardwick Harold Hardwick Harold Hampton Hardwick was a versatile Australian sports star of the early 20th century - an Olympic gold-medal swimmer, national heavyweight boxing champion and a state representative rugby union player...	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 15, 1912

Note: The team competed as Australasia

Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Australasia was the name of a combined team at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, consisting of 26 athletes from Australia and New Zealand...

 at the 1912 Games.

In the final the United States set a new world record with 10:04.4 minutes.

Semifinals

Wednesday, August 25, 1920: The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmers	Time	Qual.
1		10:20.4	Q
2		10:23.0	Q
3		10:54.4	q
4		11:53.0

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmers	Time	Qual.
1		10:51.0	Q
2		11:01.2	Q
3		11:12.2

Final

Sunday, August 29, 1920: The split times for the winning team McGillivray

Perry McGillivray

Perry McGillivray was an American swimmer and water polo player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics....

 2:27.2, Kealoha

Pua Kealoha

Pua Kele Kealoha was an American swimmer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.In the 1920 Olympics he won a gold medal as a member of the United States' 4×200 m freestyle relay team and a silver medal in 100 m freestyle event.His younger brother Warren also competed in 1920 and 1924 Summer...

 2:33.2, Ross

Norman Ross

Norman Ross was a swimmer from the United States notable for winning five events at the Inter-Allied Games in June, 1919, held at Joinville-Le-Pont near Paris and three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He set thirteen world records and held eighteen U.S...

 2:30.0, and Kahanamoku

Duke Kahanamoku

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian swimmer, actor, lawman, early beach volleyball player and businessman credited with spreading the sport of surfing. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming.-Early years:The name "Duke" is not a title, but a given name...

2:34.0 minutes.

Place	Swimmers	Time
1		10:04.4 WR
2		10:25.4
3		10:37.2
4		10:50.2
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