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

John Devitt, 100 meter freestyle winner

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

Award ceremony 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.