Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 7.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Nation | Athletes | Time | Record |
| 7 September | Heat | 7:51.455 | CR | ||
| 7 September | Heat | 7:48.432 | CR | ||
| 7 September | Final | Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery | 7:33.221 | WR |
Results
Heats
12 teams participated in 2 heats.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | - | John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden | 7:48.432 | Q, CR | |
| 2 | 1 | - | 7:51.455 | Q, CR | ||
| 3 | 2 | - | 7:52.244 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | - | 7:52.298 | Q | ||
| 5 | 2 | - | 7:52.968 | Q | ||
| 6 | 2 | - | 7:53.635 | Q | ||
| 7 | 2 | - | 7:54.257 | Q, NR | ||
| 8 | 1 | - | 7:54.404 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | - | 7:58.432 | |||
| 10 | 1 | - | 7:58.515 | |||
| 11 | 2 | - | 8:12.066 | |||
| 12 | 1 | - | 8:23.574 |
Final
The results of the final are below.| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| 8 | Kurt Krumpholz Robin Backhaus Richard Klatt Jim Montgomery | 7:33.221 | WR | ||
| 4 | John Kulasalu Steve Badger Brad Cooper Michael Wenden | 7:43.659 | CWR | ||
| 3 | Klaus Steinbach Werner Lampe Peter Nocke Folkert Meeuw | 7:43.684 | |||
| 7 | Roger Pyttel Peter Bruch Wilfried Hartung Lutz Unger | 7:44.444 | |||
| 6 | Bernt Zarnowiecki Bengt Gingsjö Anders Bellbring Gunnar Larsson | 7:45.585 | |||
| 2 | Viktor Aboimov Vladimir Krivtsov Aleksandr Samsonov Vladimir Bure | 7:47.794 | |||
| 1 | Brian Brinkley Raymond Terrell Colin Cunningham Gordon Downie | 7:54.305 | |||
| 5 | Patrick Moreau Pierre Amardeilh Olivier Middleton Marc Lazzaro | 8:04.452 |