4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay, Men

Competition	1958 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Budapest HUN
Held	—
Status	Medal
Competitors	49
Countries	11

• Overview
• Rounds

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Preliminary Round	Final
🥇	Soviet Union	URS	8:37.3 (1 h2)	8:33.7 (1 F)
	Gennady Nikolayev		2:07.8	2:07.4
	Vladimir Struzhanov		—	2:08.9
	Igor Luzhkovsky		2:09.2	2:07.6
	Boris Nik'it'ini		—	2:09.8
	Vitaly Sorokin		2:08.8	—	*
	Viktor Polevoy		2:11.5	—	*
🥈	Italy	ITA	8:45.9 (2 h2)	8:41.2 (2 F)
	Fritz Dennerlein		2:11.3	2:10.2
	Paolo Galletti		2:10.8	2:12.2
	Angelo Romani		2:13.8	2:14.9
	Paolo Pucci		2:10.0	2:03.9
🥉	Hungary	HUN	8:49.4 (3 h2)	8:45.3 (3 F)
	József Katona		—	2:12.6
	Imre Nyéki		2:12.4	2:12.7
	György Müller		2:11.5	2:10.5
	Gyula Dobay		—	2:09.5
	György Kárpáti		2:12.6	—	*
	Tivadar Kanizsa		2:12.9	—	*
4	East Germany	GDR	8:47.4 (1 h1)	8:48.1 (4 F)
	Kurt Aßmann		2:14.4	2:13.0
	Hans-Joachim Dreßler		2:10.4	2:13.4
	Karl-Heinz Engelhardt		2:13.0	2:10.5
	Horst-Günter Gregor		2:09.6	2:11.2
5	Germany	GER	8:51.3 (4 h2)	8:50.6 (5 F)
	Wolfgang Baumann		2:13.5	2:13.2
	Manfred Fugger		2:12.8	2:12.6
	Hans-Joachim Link		2:14.2	2:12.7
	Horst Bleeker		2:10.8	2:12.1
6	Great Britain	GBR	8:52.5 (2 h1)	8:54.9 (6 F)
	Graham Symonds		—	2:15.2
	Haydn Rigby		—	2:16.6
	Neil McKechnie		—	2:16.7
	Ian Black		—	2:06.4
7	Sweden	SWE	8:59.9 (3 h1)	8:55.4 (7 F)
	Per-Olov Ericsson		2:13.7	2:14.3
	Bengt Nordwall		2:15.3	2:12.9
	Lars Eriksson		2:15.4	2:15.4
	Per-Ola Lindberg		—	2:12.8
	Willy Hemlin		2:15.5	—	*
8	Netherlands	NED	9:00.2 (5 h2)	9:01.9 (8 F)
	Herman Willemse		2:14.2	2:15.3
	Jaap de Jong		2:14.3	2.15.7
	Theo Hoogveld		2:17.0	2:15.5
	Leo Verburgt		2:14.7	2:15.4
9	Poland	POL	9:00.7 (4 h1)	—
	Andrzej Salamon		2:16.4	—
	Ludwik Bałczyk		2:21.0	—
	Edward Bastek		2:10.5	—
	Jan Lutomski		2:12.8	—
10	Yugoslavia	YUG	9:06.6 (5 h1)	—
	Vlado Brinovec		2:16.4	—
	Košnik		2:17.5	—
	Ivica Mušnjak		2:13.4	—
	Milan Jeger		2.19.3	—
11	Austria	AUT	9:22.5 (6 h1)	—
	Günther Schmidt		—	—
	Wolfgang Navratil		—	—
	Helmut Ilk		—	—
	Gert Kölli		—	—

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	East Germany	GDR	8:47.4
	Kurt Aßmann		2:14.4
	Hans-Joachim Dreßler		2:10.4
	Karl-Heinz Engelhardt		2:13.0
	Horst-Günter Gregor		2:09.6
2	Great Britain	GBR	8:52.5
	Graham Symonds		—
	Haydn Rigby		—
	Neil McKechnie		—
	Ian Black		—
3	Sweden	SWE	8:59.9
	Per-Olov Ericsson		2:13.7
	Bengt Nordwall		2:15.3
	Lars Eriksson		2:15.4
	Per-Ola Lindberg		—
	Willy Hemlin		2:15.5
4	Poland	POL	9:00.7
	Andrzej Salamon		2:16.4
	Ludwik Bałczyk		2:21.0
	Edward Bastek		2:10.5
	Jan Lutomski		2:12.8
5	Yugoslavia	YUG	9:06.6
	Vlado Brinovec		2:16.4
	Košnik		2:17.5
	Ivica Mušnjak		2:13.4
	Milan Jeger		2.19.3
6	Austria	AUT	9:22.5
	Günther Schmidt		—
	Wolfgang Navratil		—
	Helmut Ilk		—
	Gert Kölli		—

Heat 2

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	8:37.3
	Gennady Nikolayev		2:07.8
	Vladimir Struzhanov		—
	Igor Luzhkovsky		2:09.2
	Boris Nik'it'ini		—
	Vitaly Sorokin		2:08.8
	Viktor Polevoy		2:11.5
2	Italy	ITA	8:45.9
	Fritz Dennerlein		2:11.3
	Paolo Galletti		2:10.8
	Angelo Romani		2:13.8
	Paolo Pucci		2:10.0
3	Hungary	HUN	8:49.4
	József Katona		—
	Imre Nyéki		2:12.4
	György Müller		2:11.5
	Gyula Dobay		—
	György Kárpáti		2:12.6
	Tivadar Kanizsa		2:12.9
4	Germany	GER	8:51.3
	Wolfgang Baumann		2:13.5
	Manfred Fugger		2:12.8
	Hans-Joachim Link		2:14.2
	Horst Bleeker		2:10.8
5	Netherlands	NED	9:00.2
	Herman Willemse		2:14.2
	Jaap de Jong		2:14.3
	Theo Hoogveld		2:17.0
	Leo Verburgt		2:14.7

Final

Pos	Athlete(s)	Country	Mark
1	Soviet Union	URS	8:33.7
	Gennady Nikolayev		2:07.4
	Vladimir Struzhanov		2:08.9
	Igor Luzhkovsky		2:07.6
	Boris Nik'it'ini		2:09.8
	Vitaly Sorokin		—
	Viktor Polevoy		—
2	Italy	ITA	8:41.2
	Fritz Dennerlein		2:10.2
	Paolo Galletti		2:12.2
	Angelo Romani		2:14.9
	Paolo Pucci		2:03.9
3	Hungary	HUN	8:45.3
	József Katona		2:12.6
	Imre Nyéki		2:12.7
	György Müller		2:10.5
	Gyula Dobay		2:09.5
	György Kárpáti		—
	Tivadar Kanizsa		—
4	East Germany	GDR	8:48.1
	Kurt Aßmann		2:13.0
	Hans-Joachim Dreßler		2:13.4
	Karl-Heinz Engelhardt		2:10.5
	Horst-Günter Gregor		2:11.2
5	Germany	GER	8:50.6
	Wolfgang Baumann		2:13.2
	Manfred Fugger		2:12.6
	Hans-Joachim Link		2:12.7
	Horst Bleeker		2:12.1
6	Great Britain	GBR	8:54.9
	Graham Symonds		2:15.2
	Haydn Rigby		2:16.6
	Neil McKechnie		2:16.7
	Ian Black		2:06.4
7	Sweden	SWE	8:55.4
	Per-Olov Ericsson		2:14.3
	Bengt Nordwall		2:12.9
	Lars Eriksson		2:15.4
	Per-Ola Lindberg		2:12.8
	Willy Hemlin		—
8	Netherlands	NED	9:01.9
	Herman Willemse		2:15.3
	Jaap de Jong		2.15.7
	Theo Hoogveld		2:15.5
	Leo Verburgt		2:15.4