Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
# Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay

The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 9.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

| World record | United States (USA) Mike Stamm Tom Bruce Mark Spitz Jerry Heidenreich | 3:48.16 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 1972 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Nation | Athletes | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 September | Heat | United States | | 3:54.914 | CR |
| 9 September | Final | United States | Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery | 3:49.491 | CR |

## Results

### Heats

15 teams participated in 2 heats.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Nation | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | - | United States | 3:54.914 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 1 | - | East Germany | 3:57.133 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | - | West Germany | 3:58.034 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | - | Soviet Union | 4:00.011 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | - | Canada | 4:00.351 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | - | Great Britain | 4:00.855 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | - | Hungary | 4:01.119 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | - | Australia | 4:02.970 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | - | Brazil | 4:04.098 | |
| 10 | 1 | - | Spain | 4:04.358 | |
| 11 | 2 | - | Yugoslavia | 4:04.814 | |
| 12 | 2 | - | Italy | 4:09.074 | |
| 13 | 1 | - | Puerto Rico | 4:09.799 | |
| 14 | 1 | - | Bulgaria | 4:14.632 | |
| 15 | 1 | - | Sweden | - | DNS / DQ |

### Final

The results of the final are below.

| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | United States | Mike Stamm John Hencken Joe Bottom Jim Montgomery | 3:49.491 | CR |
| | 5 | East Germany | Roland Matthes Jürgen Glas Hartmut Flöckner Roger Pyttel | 3:53.246 | |
| | 2 | Canada | Ian MacKenzie Peter Hrdlitschka Bruce Robertson Brian Phillips | 3:56.372 | |
| 4 | 3 | West Germany | Klaus Steinbach Walter Kusch Folkert Meeuw Peter Nocke | 3:56.389 | |
| 5 | 6 | Soviet Union | Igor Grivennikov Mikhail Khryukin Sergey Zakharov Vladimir Bure | 3:58.098 | |
| 6 | 8 | Australia | Brad Cooper Michael Creswick Ross Seymour Michael Wenden | 3:58.590 | |
| 7 | 7 | Great Britain | Colin Cunningham David Wilkie Martin Edwards Brian Brinkley | 3:59.048 | |
| 8 | 1 | Hungary | László Cseh Sándor Szabó Zoltán Verrasztó István Szentirmay | 4:01.642 | |
