1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m Freestyle (Men)
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sport | swim |
competition | 400 meters freestyle |
gender | Men |
place | Swimming and Diving Stadium , Melbourne |
Attendees | 32 athletes from 19 nations |
Competition phase | December 1st to 4th, 1956 |
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The contest over 400 meters freestyle men at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Australian city of Melbourne has from 1 to 4 December in Swimming and Diving Stadium discharged.
Participating Nations
A total of 32 swimmers from 19 nations took part in the competition.
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Australia (3)
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Brazil (1)
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Federal Republic of Germany (2)
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Finland (1)
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France (3)
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Colombia (1)
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Cuba (1)
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Philippines (2)
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Soviet Union (1)
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Sweden (1)
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South African Union (3)
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Hungary (1)
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United States (3)
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United Kingdom (2)
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Existing records
World record |
Ford Konno ( United States )
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4: 26.7 min | New Haven , USA | April 3, 1954 * |
Olympic record |
Jean Boiteux ( France )
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4: 30.7 min | Helsinki , Finland | July 30, 1952 * |
* before rule change
Prelims
There were five preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final.
Forward 1
rank | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Kevin O'Halloran |
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4: 36.9 min |
2 | Koji Nonoshita |
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4: 37.4 min |
3 | Angelo Romani |
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4: 37.6 min |
4th | Bill Woolsey |
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4: 38.2 min |
5 | Silvio dos Santos |
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4: 48.8 min |
6th | Ulfiano Babol |
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4: 53.4 min |
7th | Wan Shiu Ming |
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5: 02.6 min |
Forward 2
rank | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Jack Wardrop |
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4: 39.8 min |
2 | Tony Briscoe |
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4: 41.4 min |
3 | George Onekea |
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4: 41.6 min |
4th | Hans Koehler |
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4: 43.5 min |
5 | Habib Nasution |
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4: 44.0 min |
6th | Per-Olof Östrand |
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4: 45.9 min |
7th | Gilberto Martínez |
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4: 51.4 min |
8th | Raúl Martín |
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4: 58.2 min |
Forward 3
rank | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | George Breen |
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4: 35.7 min |
2 | Peter Duncan |
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4: 46.7 min |
3 | Karri Käyhkö |
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4: 49.6 min |
4th | Yoshiro Noda |
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4: 49.9 min |
5 | Guy Montserrat |
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4: 52.6 min |
Forward 4
rank | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Gary Winram |
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4: 34.5 min |
2 | Jean Boiteux |
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4: 37.9 min |
3 | William Slater |
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4: 40.4 min |
4th | Neil McKechnie |
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4: 42.6 min |
5 | Boris Nikitin |
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4: 42.8 min |
6th | Billy Steuart |
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4: 43.0 min |
7th | Bana Sailani |
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4: 49.0 min |
Forward 5
rank | Surname | nation | time |
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1 | Murray Rose |
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4: 31.7 min |
2 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |
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4: 31.8 min |
3 | Hans Zierold |
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4: 35.7 min |
4th | Jenő Áts |
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4: 47.6 min |
5 | Jacques Collignon |
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4: 49.3 min |
final
rank | athlete | nation | time | annotation |
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Murray Rose |
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4: 27.3 min | World record |
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Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |
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4: 30.4 min | |
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George Breen |
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4: 32.5 min | |
4th | Kevin O'Halloran |
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4: 32.9 min | |
5 | Hans Zierold |
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4: 34.6 min | |
6th | Gary Winram |
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4: 34.9 min | |
7th | Koji Nonoshita |
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4: 38.2 min | |
8th | Angelo Romani |
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4: 41.7 min |
Web links
- 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400 m freestyle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Die Chronik II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 , p. 462 ff .: Due to the time advantages when turning, the majority of the previous records came from competitions in a 25-meter Pool. On the one under 1956 Olympics conducted FINA -Congress was finally determined that records from May 1, 1957 found only on the long course (50 meters or 55 yards) official recognition. Previously dated (long-course) top marks - primarily achieved in Melbourne's Olympic basin - were subsequently recognized as the first official 50-m-course world record if they were no longer undercut on the short course by the specified date.