swimming summer olympics men metre medley relay men metre medley relay event summer olympics held moscow soviet_union july total teams participated event split heats held morning day fastest teams qualified finals held evening day united_states winner previous editions event games response soviet war afghanistan result soviet_union great_britain sweden expected win australia composed surprisingly won final followed silver soviet_union seconds bronze great_britain favorites sweden disqualified heats time team united_states won gold medal event preview summer olympic games notable large number countries result host country invading afghanistan result medal favorites men metre medley relay race absent notable absence united_states won event time inception games invariably large margins win event subsequent games furthermore obtained gold medal previous world championships years boycott silver bronze previous edition west_germany won silver medal world championships canada respectively meant field opened sweden great_britain soviet_union heavily favoured teams able send teams moscow australia brazil bulgaria france hungary netherlands spain vietnam favorites soviet_union boasted silver finals hosted days earlier respectively come fifth fourth respective events british team included gold fifth place finisher sweden won respective events freestyle swimmer come second lowest ranked swimmer come ninth event australians regarded outside chance medal seen main threats ranked seventh coming olympics competing countries times event contested australia won silver inaugural race rome bronze medal tokyo paper australia team appeared weaker favorites individual medalist distance claiming bronze eliminated respective semifinals swimming makeshift competition heats medley relay scheduled thursday july fifth day swimming competition heats final morning sweden disqualified heat australia soviet_union competed second heat superior depth home team able rest entire choice quartet heats australia willing rest swimming leg place hosts led australians start extended margin legs brooks reclaimed freestyle leg australians fell short come second heat australians qualified second place overall soviets faster placed hungarians case home team despite resting choice quartet faster australians rested winners heat great_britain obtained time slower fourth place finisher second heat slower soviets seconds final australian evans took opportunity attempt regain psychological confronting privately stating win noting eldest swimmer australian quartet age convened team facto leader asked team mates commit swimming legs certain time vowed swim evans flat butterfly brooks promised anchor team gone faster career named quietly confident quartet exhibited silent assurance lined race teams area australians remaining light hearted convinced perform final led australian team faster time individual event seconds slower personal best time finished time leaving australia fourth place end leg gave soviets lead leg hungary great_britain second place france reach mark posting time evans swam personal best fastest split leg moved australia second place halfway mark hosts roughly half second ahead british hungarians remainder teams dropped second gap fifth placed east germans swam leg seconds faster distance began lose ground body length late surge brought metre end leg butterfly leg time individual event claimed silver medal lost loss australia going final leg furthermore australians second clear placed great_britain brooks powerful timed dive surfaced soviet counterpart drawn level halfway leg superior turn lead headed home soviet pulled level brooks away seal australian victory breathe metres claimed laughing final metres confident opponent pass brooks finished leg vowed team mates recorded fastest freestyle split relay faster individual freestyle gold aftermath time sealed australia win medley relay olympics men women remains time united_states win men event race team celebratory dive water performed interview remarked totally stunned athletes come australia women captain hailed win gold medal evans said relay unbelievable logical happy couldn stop talking brooks dedicated win mother died cancer previous christmas quartet significant political pressure boycott games media pressure criticism prime minister eventually send telegram evans vietnam olympic movement returning australia evans brooks received hometown perth denied civic reception lord mayor perth stance afghanistan lord mayor hosted instead evans received prime minister greeted hero brooks considered retiring felt gold diminished hunger success quartet compete unit following moscow olympics retired swimming immediately games australia came olympics medley relay americans returned olympic fold evans original swimming final brooks swam heats evans retired olympics brooks retired quietly confident quartet departed australian swimming scene results heats final general sport moscow volume participants results moscow progress publishers retrieved swimming summer games men metres sports reference olympic games moscow switzerland retrieved australia olympic games sydney new_south_wales isbn lisa boycott sydney new_south_wales isbn gordon harry australia olympic games queensland isbn max queensland isbn specific
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