Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 30 and 31.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.

Left-right: Murray Rose, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka and John Konrads after the final race

Medalists

GoldMurray Rose
 Australia
SilverTsuyoshi Yamanaka
 Japan
BronzeJohn Konrads
 Australia

Results

Heats

Six heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Tsuyoshi YamanakaJapan4:21.0
2Hans-Joachim KleinGermany4:31.6
3Veljko RogošićYugoslavia4:39.5
4Tamás HornyánszkyHungary4:46.2
5Helmut IlkAustria4:58.1
6Karl FridlinSwitzerland5:02.3

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1John KonradsAustralia4:24.3
2József KatonaHungary4:29.5
3Richard CampionGreat Britain4:32.3
4Sven-Göran JohanssonSweden4:35.6
5Kari HaavistoFinland4:36.0
6Jean PommatFrance4:46.5
-Leonid KolesnikovSoviet UnionDNF

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Ian BlackGreat Britain4:21.9
2Makoto FukuiJapan4:26.7
3Jerzy TraczPoland4:38.6
4Per-Olof EricssonSweden4:41.2
5Ilkka SuvantoFinland4:42.1
6Raúl GuzmánMexico4:42.2
7Eduardo de SousaPortugal4:51.6

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Murray RoseAustralia4:22.5
2Aubrey BürerSouth Africa4:31.9
3Paolo GallettiItaly4:36.6
4Milan JegerYugoslavia4:41.4
5Zakaria NasutionIndonesia4:54.0
6Amiram TrauberIsrael4:58.6
7Robert ChenauxPuerto Rico5:24.6

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Murray McLachlanSouth Africa4:25.9
2Gene LenzUnited States4:29.2
3Jean-Pascal CurtilletFrance4:36.5
4Rubén RocaCuba4:41.3
5José CossioSpain4:50.1
6Fong Seow JitMalaya5:07.3

Heat Six

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Alan SomersUnited States4:19.2
2Mauricio OcampoMexico4:35.3
3Gerhard HetzGermany4:38.4
4Bana SailaniPhilippines4:40.2
5Jan LutomskiPoland4:42.8
6Massimo RosiItaly4:45.1
7Hans-Ulrich DürstSwitzerland4:52.5

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Murray Rose Australia4:18.3OR
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan4:21.4
John Konrads Australia4:21.8
4Ian Black Great Britain4:21.8
5Alan Somers United States4:22.0
6Murray McLachlan South Africa4:26.3
7Gene Lenz United States4:26.8
8Makoto Fukui Japan4:29.6

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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