Men 400m Freestyle Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Wednesday, 31st August

Men 400m Freestyle Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Wednesday, 31st August - Gold Medal: Murray Rose, Australia

Final 21:20		time		gap	L	Y
1. Murray Rose	Australia	4:18.3	OR		6	21
2. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:21.4		+3.1s	5	21
3. John Konrads	Australia	4:21.8		+3.5s	2	18
4. Ian Black	Great Britain	4:21.8		+3.5s	3	19
5. Alan Somers	United States	4:22.0		+3.7s	4	19
6. Murray McLachlan	South Africa	4:26.3		+8.0s	7	19
7. Eugene Lenz	United States	4:26.8		+8.5s	8	23
8. Makoto Fukui	Japan	4:29.6		+11.3s	1	20

41 Competitors from 26 Nations. Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto.
1964 Men 400m Freestyle	Men 400m Freestyle History	1956 Men 400m Freestyle

World Record: John Konrads, Australia 4:15.9 Sydney, Australia 23rd February 1960

Olympic Record: Murray Rose, Australia 4:27.3 Belbourne, Australia 4th December 1956

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index Rome 1960	index Swimming Rome 1960


Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

The last five world records in this event had been set by Australia's John Konrads, with four, and Japan's Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, silver medalist from 1960, with one. Konrads held the current mark with 4:15.9 set in Sydney in February 1960. But the defending champion was Murray Rose and he was back as well. By 1960 Rose and Yamanaka were students at the University of Southern California, both on the swim team there. In the heats Alan Somers of the United States broke the Olympic record with 4:19.2. But he was well back in the final, as Rose won quite easily, outdistancing Yamanaka by over three seconds, as they repeated their 1-2 finish from Melbourne, with Konrads pulling up for the bronze medal in a photo finish over Britain's Ian Black. In Chicago in 1962, Rose would break Konrads world record by posting 4:13.4.

Heats - Tuesday, 29th October 16:30

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Heat 6		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Alan Somers	United States	4:19.2	OR		4	19	1.
2. Mauricio Ocampo	Mexico	4:35.3		+16.1s	2	19	13.
3. Gerhard Hetz	UT Germany	4:38.4		+19.2s	5	18	18.
4. Bana Sailani	Philippines	4:40.2		+21.0s	3	22	21.
5. Jan Walenty Lutomski	Poland	4:42.8		+23.6s	1	23	27.
6. Massimo Rosi	Italy	4:45.1		+25.9s	6	16	28.
7. Hans-Ulrich Durst	Switzerland	4:52.5		+33.3s	7	21	33.

Heat 5		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Murray McLachlan	South Africa	4:25.9	+6.7s	5	19	6.
2. Eugene Lenz	United States	4:29.2	+10.0s	4	23	8.
3. Jean-Pascal Curtillet	France	4:36.5	+17.3s	6	17	16.
4. Ruben Alejandro Roca Rosillo	Cuba	4:41.3	+22.1s	3	19	23.
5. Jose Manuel Cossio Martinon	Spain	4:50.1	+30.9s	2	17	31.
6. Seow Jit Fong	Malaya	5:07.3	+48.1s	7	18	38.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Murray Rose	Australia	4:22.5	+3.3s	4	21	4.
2. Aubrey Burer	South Africa	4:31.9	+12.7s	5	21	11.
3. Paolo Galletti	Italy	4:36.6	+17.4s	3	23	17.
4. Milan Jeger	Yugoslavia	4:41.4	+22.2s	6	29	24.
5. Zakaria Nasution	Indonesia	4:54.0	+34.8s	7	16	34.
6. Amiram Trauber	Israel	4:58.6	+39.4s	2	21	36.
7. Robert Chenaux	Puerto Rico	5:24.6	+1:05.4	1	16	39.

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Ian Black	Great Britain	4:21.9	+2.7s	5	19	3.
2. Makoto Fukui	Japan	4:26.7	+7.5s	4	20	7.
3. Jerzy Tracz	Poland	4:38.6	+19.4s	1	17	19.
4. Per-Olof Ericsson	Sweden	4:41.2	+22.0s	3	22	22.
5. Ilkka Suvanto	Finland	4:42.1	+22.9s	6	17	25.
6. Raul Guzman Torres	Mexico	4:42.2	+23.0s	7	20	26.
7. Eduardo Jose Sousa	Portugal	4:51.6	+32.4s	2	16	32.

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. John Konrads	Australia	4:24.3	+5.1s	4	18	5.
2. Jozsef Katona	Hungary	4:29.5	+10.3s	5	18	9.
3. Richard Campion	Great Britain	4:32.3	+13.1s	3	19	12.
4. Sven-Goran Johansson	Sweden	4:35.6	+16.4s	6	17	14.
5. Kari Haavisto	Finland	4:36.0	+16.8s	2	19	15.
6. Jean Pommat	France	4:46.5	+27.3s	7	16	30.
-. Leonid Kolesnikov	Soviet Union	DNF		1	23	-.

Heat 1		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:21.0	OR	+1.8s	4	21	2.
2. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	4:31.6		+12.4s	5	18	10.
3. Veljko Rogusic	Yugoslavia	4:39.5		+20.3s	3	19	20.
4. Tamas Hornianszky	Hungary	4:46.2		+27.0s	6	18	29.
5. Helmut Ilk	Austria	4:58.1		+38.9s	2	24	35.
6. Karl Fridlin	Switzerland	5:02.3		+43.1s	1	25	37.
-. Fernando Fanjul	Argentina	DNS			7	18	-.

Final 21:20		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Murray Rose	Australia	4:18.3	OR		6	21	1.
2. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:21.4		+3.1s	5	21	2.
3. John Konrads	Australia	4:21.8		+3.5s	2	18	3.
4. Ian Black	Great Britain	4:21.8		+3.5s	3	19	4.
5. Alan Somers	United States	4:22.0		+3.7s	4	19	5.
6. Murray McLachlan	South Africa	4:26.3		+8.0s	7	19	6.
7. Eugene Lenz	United States	4:26.8		+8.5s	8	23	7.
8. Makoto Fukui	Japan	4:29.6		+11.3s	1	20	8.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Alan Somers	United States	4:19.2	OR		4	19	1.
1. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:21.0	OR	+1.8s	4	21	2.
1. Ian Black	Great Britain	4:21.9		+2.7s	5	19	3.
1. Murray Rose	Australia	4:22.5		+3.3s	4	21	4.
1. John Konrads	Australia	4:24.3		+5.1s	4	18	5.
1. Murray McLachlan	South Africa	4:25.9		+6.7s	5	19	6.
2. Makoto Fukui	Japan	4:26.7		+7.5s	4	20	7.
2. Eugene Lenz	United States	4:29.2		+10.0s	4	23	8.
2. Jozsef Katona	Hungary	4:29.5		+10.3s	5	18	9.
2. Hans-Joachim Klein	UT Germany	4:31.6		+12.4s	5	18	10.
2. Aubrey Burer	South Africa	4:31.9		+12.7s	5	21	11.
3. Richard Campion	Great Britain	4:32.3		+13.1s	3	19	12.
2. Mauricio Ocampo	Mexico	4:35.3		+16.1s	2	19	13.
4. Sven-Goran Johansson	Sweden	4:35.6		+16.4s	6	17	14.
5. Kari Haavisto	Finland	4:36.0		+16.8s	2	19	15.
3. Jean-Pascal Curtillet	France	4:36.5		+17.3s	6	17	16.
3. Paolo Galletti	Italy	4:36.6		+17.4s	3	23	17.
3. Gerhard Hetz	UT Germany	4:38.4		+19.2s	5	18	18.
3. Jerzy Tracz	Poland	4:38.6		+19.4s	1	17	19.
3. Veljko Rogusic	Yugoslavia	4:39.5		+20.3s	3	19	20.
4. Bana Sailani	Philippines	4:40.2		+21.0s	3	22	21.
4. Per-Olof Ericsson	Sweden	4:41.2		+22.0s	3	22	22.
4. Ruben Alejandro Roca Rosillo	Cuba	4:41.3		+22.1s	3	19	23.
4. Milan Jeger	Yugoslavia	4:41.4		+22.2s	6	29	24.
5. Ilkka Suvanto	Finland	4:42.1		+22.9s	6	17	25.
6. Raul Guzman Torres	Mexico	4:42.2		+23.0s	7	20	26.
5. Jan Walenty Lutomski	Poland	4:42.8		+23.6s	1	23	27.
6. Massimo Rosi	Italy	4:45.1		+25.9s	6	16	28.
4. Tamas Hornianszky	Hungary	4:46.2		+27.0s	6	18	29.
6. Jean Pommat	France	4:46.5		+27.3s	7	16	30.
5. Jose Manuel Cossio Martinon	Spain	4:50.1		+30.9s	2	17	31.
7. Eduardo Jose Sousa	Portugal	4:51.6		+32.4s	2	16	32.
7. Hans-Ulrich Durst	Switzerland	4:52.5		+33.3s	7	21	33.
5. Zakaria Nasution	Indonesia	4:54.0		+34.8s	7	16	34.
5. Helmut Ilk	Austria	4:58.1		+38.9s	2	24	35.
6. Amiram Trauber	Israel	4:58.6		+39.4s	2	21	36.
6. Karl Fridlin	Switzerland	5:02.3		+43.1s	1	25	37.
6. Seow Jit Fong	Malaya	5:07.3		+48.1s	7	18	38.
7. Robert Chenaux	Puerto Rico	5:24.6		+1:05.4	1	16	39.
-. Leonid Kolesnikov	Soviet Union	DNF			1	23	-.
-. Fernando Fanjul	Argentina	DNS			7	18	-.

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