Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4×100 metre freestyle relay event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place August 28. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming two lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Medalists
Results
Heats
Heat 1| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:32.72 | ||
| 2 | 3:35.84 | ||
| 3 | 3:37.59 | ||
| 4 | 3:38.77 | ||
| 5 | 3:38.81 | ||
| 6 | 3:41.36 | ||
| 7 | 3:43.46 |
Heat 2
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3:28.84 | ||
| 2 | 3:35.13 | ||
| 3 | 3:35.64 | ||
| 4 | 3:35.84 | ||
| 5 | 3:40.47 | ||
| 6 | 3:47.39 | ||
| 7 | 3:49.14 |
Final
| Rank | Nation | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
| David Edgar John Murphy Jerry Heidenreich Mark Spitz | 3:26.42 | |||
| Vladimir Bure Viktor Mazanov Viktor Aboimov Igor Grivennikov | 3:29.72 | |||
| Roland Matthes Wilfried Hartung Peter Bruch Lutz Unger | 3:32.42 | |||
| 4 | Ruy de Oliveira Paulo Zanetti Paulo Becskehazy José Aranha | 3:33.14 | ||
| 5 | Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips Timothy Bach Robert Kasting | 3:33.20 | ||
| 6 | Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Rainer Jacob Hans Fassnacht | 3:33.90 | ||
| 7 | Gilles Vigne Alain Mosconi Alain Hermitte Michel Rousseau | 3:34.13 | ||
| 8 | Jorge Comas Antonio Culebras Enrique Melo José Pujol | 3:38.21 |