Men 400m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Thursday, 15th October - Gold Medal: Donald Scholander, United States

Men 400m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Thursday, 15th October - Gold Medal: Donald Scholander, United States

Final		time		gap	L	Y	100m	200m	300m
1. Donald Schollander	United States	4:12.2	WR		4	18	1:00.4	2:05.7	3:10.5
2. Frank Wiegand	UT Germany	4:14.9		+2.7s	3	21	1:01.1	2:06.4	3:11.9
3. Allan Wood	Australia	4:15.1		+2.9s	5	21	1:01.5	2:06.2	3:10.6
4. Roy Saari	United States	4:16.7		+4.5s	1	19	1:00.3	2:06.0	3:12.5
5. John Nelson	United States	4:16.9		+4.7s	7	16	1:01.3	2:06.9	3:12.5
6. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:19.1		+6.9s	8	25	1:01.0	2:07.5	3:14.4
7. Russell Phegan	Australia	4:20.2		+8.0s	2	17	1:01.5	2:06.8	3:12.8
8. Semyon Belits-Geiman	Soviet Union	4:21.4		+9.2s	6	19	1:00.5	2:06.1	3:14.0

55 Competitors from 27 Nations. Yoyogi National Gymansium.
1968 Men 400m Freestyle	Men 400m Freestyle History	1968 Men 400m Freestyle

World Record: Donald Scholander, United States 4:12.7 Los Altos, United States 31st July 1964

Olympic Record: Murray Rose, Australia 4:18.3Rome, Italy 31st August 1960

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Tokyo 1964	index Swimming Tokyo 1964


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

Australia's Murray Rose had won this event in 1956 and 1960 and was still considered formidable, holding the world record of 4:13.4 at the beginning of 1964. But by 1964 he had settled in the United States, first as a student at the University of Southern California, and then as an actor in Los Angeles. He elected not to return for the Australian Trials in February, and Australian swimming officials responded by not allowing him on the Olympic team. He might have contended for gold in Tokyo, but American Donald Schollander would have been difficult to beat. On 31 July he had broken Rose's world record, posting 4:12.7, and was considered the favorite.
In the final he trailed Roy Saari at 100 metres but pulled away to lead at 200 metres and then kept extending his lead, finishing in 4:12.2 to better his own world record. He was behind his world record pace at 300 metres, but finished in 1:01.7 for the record. Germany's Frank Wiegand trailed 2.7 seconds behind for silver, with Australian Allan Wood getting bronze as Saari struggled on the final laps.

Heats - Tiesday, 13th October

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Heat 7		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Don Schollander	United States	4:15.8	OR		3	18	1.	1:02.1	2:08.1	3:12.6
2. Allan Wood	Australia	4:16.2	q	+0.4s	6	21	2.	1:01.8	2:06.2	3:11.5
3. Mats Svensson	Sweden	4:24.6		+8.8s	5	21	12.	1:02.8	2:10.6	3:17.1
4. Martin Klink	UT Germany	4:29.1		+13.3s	1	24	19.	1:02.9	2:10.6	3:18.4
5. Ralph Hutton	Canada	4:29.4		+13.6s	7	16	21.	1:03.3	2:12.1	3:21.1
6. John Martin-Dye	Great Britain	4:34.3		+18.5s	8	24	32.	1:04.1	2:14.3	3:24.3
7. Thuan-Heng Tan	Malaysia	4:38.2		+22.4s	4	16	36.	1:03.9	2:15.0	3:27.3
8. Pano Caperonis	Switzerland	4:43.8		+28.0s	2	17	41.	1:06.8	2:19.3	3:33.2

Heat 6		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Frank Wiegand	UT Germany	4:17.2	OR	+1.4s	4	21	3.	1:00.1	2:05.7	3:14.0
2. Semyon Belits-Geiman	Soviet Union	4:19.4	q	+3.6s	7	19	4.	1:00.4	2:05.7	3:11.7
3. Petr Lohnicky	Czechoslovakia	4:28.9		+13.1s	6	23	18.	1:02.1	2:10.1	3:18.7
4. Celestino Perez	Puerto Rico	4:30.9		+15.1s	2	16	27.	1:02.9	2:11.4	3:21.1
5. Robert Lord	Great Britain	4:33.2		+17.4s	5	19	29.	1:03.0	2:13.3	3:25.2
5. Francis Luyce	France	4:33.2		+17.4s	3	17	29.	1:02.5	2:11.7	3:22.9
7. Ilkka Suvanto	Finland	4:38.0		+22.2s	1	21	35.	1:05.2	2:16.0	3:28.0
8. Andras Bodnar	Hungary	5:03.7		+47.9s	8	22	49.	1:04.1	2:21.6	3:43.1

Heat 5		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Russell Phegan	Australia	4:19.8	q	+4.0s	2	17	5.	1:01.8	2:06.7	3:12.6
2. Jozsef Katona	Hungary	4:24.7		+8.9s	3	23	13.	1:02.0	2:08.0	3:15.6
3. Takeshi Yamakage	Japan	4:27.8		+12.0s	6	19	16.	1:01.5	2:09.9	3:18.7
4. John Thurley	Great Britain	4:31.0		+15.2s	5	16	28.	1:03.2	2:11.8	3:21.3
5. Slobodan Dijakovic	Yugoslavia	4:41.0		+25.2s	8	17	40.	1:00.9	2:09.0	3:22.8
6. Teodoro Capriles	Venezuela	4:44.5		+28.7s	7	19	42.	1:04.9	2:16.9	3:30.5
7. Walter Ledgard-Buse	Peru	4:50.4		+34.6s	4	19	45.	1:06.6	2:21.4	3:37.1
-. Eliot H Chenaux	Puerto Rico	DNS			1	17	-.

Heat 4		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:21.1	q	+5.3s	1	25	8.	1:00.5	2:06.9	3:14.0
2. Hans Rosendahl	Sweden	4:23.5		+7.7s	6	19	10.	1:01.2	2:08.7	3:16.3
3. Ron Jacks	Canada	4:29.3		+13.5s	5	16	20.	1:02.3	2:11.4	3:21.5
4. Pierpaolo Spangaro	Italy	4:30.0		+14.2s	3	22	23.	1:03.6	2:12.8	3:22.0
5. Tuomo Juhani Hamalainen	Finland	4:35.5		+19.7s	4	19	34.	1:02.3	2:12.1	3:23.4
6. Gert Kolli	Austria	4:38.4		+22.6s	7	24	37.	1:03.5	2:14.2	3:26.8
7. Bong-Jo Kim	South Korea	4:55.8		+40.0s	2	18	47.	1:05.2	2:20.0	3:38.0
-. Jean Pommat	France	DNS			8	2	-.

Heat 3		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. John Nelson	United States	4:19.9	q	+4.1s	5	16	6.	1:00.5	2:06.6	3:13.0
2. Johan Bontekoe	Netherlands	4:26.6		+10.8s	2	21	14.	1:01.7	2:08.4	3:16.8
3. Yevgeny Novikov	Soviet Union	4:30.0		+14.2s	6	19	23.	1:03.6	2:12.7	3:22.4
4. Carlos Van Der Math	Argentina	4:30.2		+14.4s	8	18	25.	1:03.2	2:11.9	3:21.0
5. Alan Hugh Durrett	Zambia	4:39.0		+23.2s	3	16	38.	1:03.1	2:13.5	3:26.2
6. Adriaan Frederik Oudt	Netherlands	4:46.5		+30.7s	7	18	44.	1:04.9	2:17.1	3:32.5
-. Jan Lundin	Sweden	DNS			4	22	-.
-. Guillermo Echevarria	Mexico	DNS			1	16	-.

Heat 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Roy Saari	United States	4:20.0	q	+4.2s	5	19	7.	59.6s	2:05.6	3:13.9
2. Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	4:24.2		+8.4s	1	18	11.	1:01.1	2:08.2	3:16.7
3. Sergio De Gregorio	Italy	4:27.4		+11.6s	7	18	15.	1:02.3	2:09.8	3:17.4
4. Aleksandr Paramonov	Soviet Union	4:34.0		+18.2s	8	22	31.	1:02.3	2:10.8	3:21.9
5. Julio Arango	Colombia	4:35.1		+19.3s	3	14	33.	1:03.6	2:13.8	3:25.1
6. Maung Ni Tin	Burma	4:40.9		+25.1s	4	26	39.	1:03.8	2:14.4	3:27.5
7. Robert Loh	Hong Kong	4:53.3		+37.5s	2	18	46.	1:04.5	2:16.5	3:32.7
-. Pierre Canavese	France	DNS			6	19	-.

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Robert Windle	Australia	4:21.6	+5.8s	7	19	9.	1:00.3	2:04.4	3:11.9
2. Haruo Yoshimuta	Japan	4:28.8	+13.0s	4	24	17.	1:02.1	2:09.1	3:18.8
3. Wolfgang Kremer	UT Germany	4:29.9	+14.1s	6	18	22.	1:01.3	2:10.0	3:20.8
4. Giovanni Orlando	Italy	4:30.8	+15.0s	2	19	26.	1:02.3	2:10.4	3:21.6
5. Carlos Canepa	Peru	4:44.9	+29.1s	3	21	43.	1:05.6	2:17.6	3:32.3
6. Laszlo Szlamka	Hungary	5:00.0	+44.2s	1	21	48.	1:05.8	2:23.0	3:42.1
-. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	DNS		5	2	-.

Final		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Donald Schollander	United States	4:12.2	WR		4	18	1.	1:00.4	2:05.7	3:10.5
2. Frank Wiegand	UT Germany	4:14.9		+2.7s	3	21	2.	1:01.1	2:06.4	3:11.9
3. Allan Wood	Australia	4:15.1		+2.9s	5	21	3.	1:01.5	2:06.2	3:10.6
4. Roy Saari	United States	4:16.7		+4.5s	1	19	4.	1:00.3	2:06.0	3:12.5
5. John Nelson	United States	4:16.9		+4.7s	7	16	5.	1:01.3	2:06.9	3:12.5
6. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:19.1		+6.9s	8	25	6.	1:01.0	2:07.5	3:14.4
7. Russell Phegan	Australia	4:20.2		+8.0s	2	17	7.	1:01.5	2:06.8	3:12.8
8. Semyon Belits-Geiman	Soviet Union	4:21.4		+9.2s	6	19	8.	1:00.5	2:06.1	3:14.0
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk	100m	200m	300m
1. Don Schollander	United States	4:15.8	OR		3	18	1.	1:02.1	2:08.1	3:12.6
2. Allan Wood	Australia	4:16.2	q	+0.4s	6	21	2.	1:01.8	2:06.2	3:11.5
1. Frank Wiegand	UT Germany	4:17.2	OR	+1.4s	4	21	3.	1:00.1	2:05.7	3:14.0
2. Semyon Belits-Geiman	Soviet Union	4:19.4	q	+3.6s	7	19	4.	1:00.4	2:05.7	3:11.7
1. Russell Phegan	Australia	4:19.8	q	+4.0s	2	17	5.	1:01.8	2:06.7	3:12.6
1. John Nelson	United States	4:19.9	q	+4.1s	5	16	6.	1:00.5	2:06.6	3:13.0
1. Roy Saari	United States	4:20.0	q	+4.2s	5	19	7.	59.6s	2:05.6	3:13.9
1. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	4:21.1	q	+5.3s	1	25	8.	1:00.5	2:06.9	3:14.0
1. Robert Windle	Australia	4:21.6		+5.8s	7	19	9.	1:00.3	2:04.4	3:11.9
2. Hans Rosendahl	Sweden	4:23.5		+7.7s	6	19	10.	1:01.2	2:08.7	3:16.3
2. Sandy Gilchrist	Canada	4:24.2		+8.4s	1	18	11.	1:01.1	2:08.2	3:16.7
3. Mats Svensson	Sweden	4:24.6		+8.8s	5	21	12.	1:02.8	2:10.6	3:17.1
2. Jozsef Katona	Hungary	4:24.7		+8.9s	3	23	13.	1:02.0	2:08.0	3:15.6
2. Johan Bontekoe	Netherlands	4:26.6		+10.8s	2	21	14.	1:01.7	2:08.4	3:16.8
3. Sergio De Gregorio	Italy	4:27.4		+11.6s	7	18	15.	1:02.3	2:09.8	3:17.4
3. Takeshi Yamakage	Japan	4:27.8		+12.0s	6	19	16.	1:01.5	2:09.9	3:18.7
2. Haruo Yoshimuta	Japan	4:28.8		+13.0s	4	24	17.	1:02.1	2:09.1	3:18.8
3. Petr Lohnicky	Czechoslovakia	4:28.9		+13.1s	6	23	18.	1:02.1	2:10.1	3:18.7
4. Martin Klink	UT Germany	4:29.1		+13.3s	1	24	19.	1:02.9	2:10.6	3:18.4
3. Ron Jacks	Canada	4:29.3		+13.5s	5	16	20.	1:02.3	2:11.4	3:21.5
5. Ralph Hutton	Canada	4:29.4		+13.6s	7	16	21.	1:03.3	2:12.1	3:21.1
3. Wolfgang Kremer	UT Germany	4:29.9		+14.1s	6	18	22.	1:01.3	2:10.0	3:20.8
3. Yevgeny Novikov	Soviet Union	4:30.0		+14.2s	6	19	23.	1:03.6	2:12.7	3:22.4
4. Pierpaolo Spangaro	Italy	4:30.0		+14.2s	3	22	23.	1:03.6	2:12.8	3:22.0
4. Carlos Van Der Math	Argentina	4:30.2		+14.4s	8	18	25.	1:03.2	2:11.9	3:21.0
4. Giovanni Orlando	Italy	4:30.8		+15.0s	2	19	26.	1:02.3	2:10.4	3:21.6
4. Celestino Perez	Puerto Rico	4:30.9		+15.1s	2	16	27.	1:02.9	2:11.4	3:21.1
4. John Thurley	Great Britain	4:31.0		+15.2s	5	16	28.	1:03.2	2:11.8	3:21.3
5. Robert Lord	Great Britain	4:33.2		+17.4s	5	19	29.	1:03.0	2:13.3	3:25.2
5. Francis Luyce	France	4:33.2		+17.4s	3	17	29.	1:02.5	2:11.7	3:22.9
4. Aleksandr Paramonov	Soviet Union	4:34.0		+18.2s	8	22	31.	1:02.3	2:10.8	3:21.9
6. John Martin-Dye	Great Britain	4:34.3		+18.5s	8	24	32.	1:04.1	2:14.3	3:24.3
5. Julio Arango	Colombia	4:35.1		+19.3s	3	14	33.	1:03.6	2:13.8	3:25.1
5. Tuomo Juhani Hamalainen	Finland	4:35.5		+19.7s	4	19	34.	1:02.3	2:12.1	3:23.4
7. Ilkka Suvanto	Finland	4:38.0		+22.2s	1	21	35.	1:05.2	2:16.0	3:28.0
7. Thuan-Heng Tan	Malaysia	4:38.2		+22.4s	4	16	36.	1:03.9	2:15.0	3:27.3
6. Gert Kolli	Austria	4:38.4		+22.6s	7	24	37.	1:03.5	2:14.2	3:26.8
5. Alan Hugh Durrett	Zambia	4:39.0		+23.2s	3	16	38.	1:03.1	2:13.5	3:26.2
6. Maung Ni Tin	Burma	4:40.9		+25.1s	4	26	39.	1:03.8	2:14.4	3:27.5
5. Slobodan Dijakovic	Yugoslavia	4:41.0		+25.2s	8	17	40.	1:00.9	2:09.0	3:22.8
8. Pano Caperonis	Switzerland	4:43.8		+28.0s	2	17	41.	1:06.8	2:19.3	3:33.2
6. Teodoro Capriles	Venezuela	4:44.5		+28.7s	7	19	42.	1:04.9	2:16.9	3:30.5
5. Carlos Canepa	Peru	4:44.9		+29.1s	3	21	43.	1:05.6	2:17.6	3:32.3
6. Adriaan Frederik Oudt	Netherlands	4:46.5		+30.7s	7	18	44.	1:04.9	2:17.1	3:32.5
7. Walter Ledgard-Buse	Peru	4:50.4		+34.6s	4	19	45.	1:06.6	2:21.4	3:37.1
7. Robert Loh	Hong Kong	4:53.3		+37.5s	2	18	46.	1:04.5	2:16.5	3:32.7
7. Bong-Jo Kim	South Korea	4:55.8		+40.0s	2	18	47.	1:05.2	2:20.0	3:38.0
6. Laszlo Szlamka	Hungary	5:00.0		+44.2s	1	21	48.	1:05.8	2:23.0	3:42.1
8. Andras Bodnar	Hungary	5:03.7		+47.9s	8	22	49.	1:04.1	2:21.6	3:43.1
-. Luis Nicolao	Argentina	DNS			5	2	-.
-. Pierre Canavese	France	DNS			6	19	-.
-. Jan Lundin	Sweden	DNS			4	22	-.
-. Guillermo Echevarria	Mexico	DNS			1	16	-.
-. Jean Pommat	France	DNS			8	2	-.
-. Eliot H Chenaux	Puerto Rico	DNS			1	17	-.

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