1960 Summer Olympics / Swimming
At the XVII. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , 15 swimming competitions were held, eight for men and seven for women. The venue was the swimming stadium (Stadio del Nuoto) at Foro Italico. The open-air stadium without a roof was designed for 20,000 spectators.
Men
100 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | OUT | John Devitt | 55.2 s |
2 | United States | Lance Larson | 55.2 s |
3 | BRA | Manuel dos Santos | 55.4 s |
Final: August 27, 9:10 p.m.
400 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | OUT | Murray Rose | 4: 18.3 min |
2 | JPN | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | 4: 21.4 min |
3 | OUT | John Konrads | 4: 21.8 min |
Final: August 31, 9:20 p.m.
1500 m freestyle
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | OUT | John Konrads | 17: 19.6 min |
2 | OUT | Murray Rose | 17: 21.7 min |
3 | United States | George Breen | 17: 30.6 min |
Final: September 3, 8:50 p.m.
100 m back
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | OUT | David Theile | 1: 01.9 min |
2 | United States | Frank McKinney | 1: 02.1 min |
3 | United States | Robert Bennett | 1: 02.3 min |
Final: August 31, 10:40 p.m.
200 m chest
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | William Mulliken | 2: 37.4 min |
2 | JPN | Yoshikiko Osaki | 2: 38.0 min |
3 | NED | Wieger Mensonides | 2: 39.7 min |
Final: August 30th, 10:00 p.m.
200 m butterfly
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | Michael Troy | 2: 12.8 min |
2 | OUT | Neville Hayes | 2: 14.6 min |
3 | United States | David Gillanders | 2: 15.3 min |
Final: September 2nd, 8:40 pm
4 × 200 m freestyle
space | country | Athletes | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
George Harrison Richard Glance Michael Troy Jeff Farrell |
8: 10.2 min |
2 | JPN |
Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishi Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto |
8: 13.2 min |
3 | OUT |
David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads |
8: 13.8 min |
Final: September 1st, 9:50 pm
4 × 100 m layers
space | country | Athletes | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Frank McKinney Paul Hait Lance Larson Jeff Farrell |
4: 05.4 min |
2 | OUT |
David Theile Terence Gathercole Neville Hayes Geoffrey Shipton |
4: 12.0 min |
3 | JPN |
Kazuo Tomita Koichi Hirakida Yoshikiko Osaki Keigo Shimizu |
4: 12.2 min |
Final: September 1st, 8:30 p.m.
Women
100 m freestyle
space | country | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | OUT | Dawn Fraser | 1: 01.2 min |
2 | United States | Christina of Saltza | 1: 02.8 min |
3 | GBR | Nathalie Steward | 1: 03.1 min |
Final: August 29th, 9:10 pm
400 m freestyle
space | country | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | Christina of Saltza | 4: 50.6 min |
2 | SWE | Jane Cederqvist | 4: 53.9 min |
3 | NED | Catharina Lagerberg | 4: 56.9 min |
Final: September 1st, 9:30 p.m.
100 m back
space | country | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | Lynn Burke | 1: 09.3 min |
2 | GBR | Nathalie Steward | 1: 10.8 min |
3 | JPN | Satoko Tanaka | 1: 11.4 min |
Final: September 3, 8:30 p.m.
200 m chest
space | country | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | GBR | Anita Lonsbrough | 2: 49.5 min |
2 | EUA | Wiltrud Urselmann | 2: 50.0 min |
3 | EUA | Barbara Göbel | 2: 53.6 min |
Final: August 27, 9:25 p.m.
100 m butterfly
space | country | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | Carolyn Schuler | 1: 09.5 min |
2 | NED | Marianne Heemskerk | 1: 10.4 min |
3 | OUT | Janice Andrew | 1: 12.2 min |
Final: August 30th, 9:40 pm
4 × 100 m freestyle
space | country | Athletes | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Carolyn Wood Christina of Saltza |
4: 08.9 min |
2 | OUT |
Dawn Fraser Ilsa Konrads Lorraine Crapp Alva Colquhoun |
4: 11.3 min |
3 | EUA |
Christel Steffin Heidi Pechstein Gisela Weiß Ursel Brunner |
4: 19.7 min |
Final: September 3, 9:25 p.m.
4 × 100 m layers
space | country | Athletes | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | United States |
Lynn Burke Patricia Kempner Carolyn Schuler Christina von Saltza |
4: 41.1 min |
2 | OUT |
Maryleen Wilson Rosemary Lassig Janice Andrew Dawn Fraser |
4: 45.9 min |
3 | EUA |
Ingrid Schmidt Ursula Küper Bärbel Fuhrmann Ursel Brunner |
4: 47.6 min |
Final: September 2nd, 9:00 p.m.