Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay

Men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay at the Games of the V Olympiad
Venue	Djurgårdsbrunnsviken
Dates	July 12 (semifinals) July 15 (final)
Competitors	20 from 5 nations
Medalists
01 !  Australasia (ANZ) Leslie Boardman, Malcolm Champion, Harold Hardwick, Cecil Healy 02 !  United States (USA) Harry Hebner, Ken Huszagh, Duke Kahanamoku, Perry McGillivray 03 !  Great Britain (GBR) Thomas Battersby, William Foster, Jack Hatfield, Henry Taylor
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01 !		Australasia (ANZ) Leslie Boardman, Malcolm Champion, Harold Hardwick, Cecil Healy
02 !		United States (USA) Harry Hebner, Ken Huszagh, Duke Kahanamoku, Perry McGillivray
03 !		Great Britain (GBR) Thomas Battersby, William Foster, Jack Hatfield, Henry Taylor

The men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. The competition was held on Friday July 12, 1912 and Monday July 15, 1912.

Twenty swimmers from five nations competed.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

All five teams swam in times under the standing world record in the semifinals. The Americans, by virtue of winning the first semifinal, held the new record only until the Australasian team won the second in a better time. The Australasians bettered their own record in the final, making the 4x200 free relay an event in which the Olympic record (and world record) was broken each heat.

The top two from each heat and the fastest of third place teams advanced. Since there were only five teams that started, this resulted in all five advancing to the finals with no team eliminated by the semifinals.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2