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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Women

Date	30 August – 2 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	56 from 12 countries

This event was new to the Olympic Program in 1960. Between 1956 and 1960 Dutch teams had set three world records, but the heavy favorites in Rome were the United States, led by Chris von Saltza , swimming freestyle, and Lynn Burke and Carolyn Schuler, winners of gold in the backstroke and butterfly in Rome. A USA team had set the current world record of 4:44.6 at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. In the end they won Olympic gold easily, breaking the world record with 4:41.1, after Burke started the team off with a 100 metre backstroke world record of 1:09.0. Burke and von Saltza were best friends who trained together under coach George Haines. Australia placed second with Germany third, and the Dutch women trailing in fourth.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	4:49.3 (2 h1)	4:41.1 (1)	Gold
	Lynn Burke • Patty Kempner • Carolyn Schuler • Chris von Saltza • Anne Warner • Carolyn Wood • Joan Spillane
2	Australia	AUS	4:55.7 (4 h2)	4:45.9 (2)	Silver
	Marilyn Wilson • Rosemary Lassig • Jan Andrew • Dawn Fraser • Gerganiya Beckitt • Ilsa Konrads
3	Unified Team of Germany	GER	4:49.6 (3 h1)	4:47.6 (3)	Bronze
	Ingrid Schmidt • Ursula Küper • Bärbel Fuhrmann • Ursel Brunner
4	Netherlands	NED	4:47.4 (1 h2)	4:47.6 (4)
	Ria van Velsen • Ada den Haan • Marianne Heemskerk • Erica Terpstra • Tineke Lagerberg
5	Great Britain	GBR	4:49.0 (1 h1)	4:47.6 (5)
	Sylvia Lewis • Anita Lonsbrough • Sheila Watt • Natalie Steward • Jean Oldroyd
6	Hungary	HUN	4:52.8 (4 h1)	4:53.7 (6)
	Magda Dávid • Klára Killermann-Bartos • Márta Egerváry • Csilla Madarász
7	Japan	JPN	4:54.5 (3 h2)	4:56.4 (7)
	Satoko Tanaka • Yoshiko Takamatsu • Shizue Miyabe • Yoshiko Sato
8	Soviet Union	URS	4:54.4 (2 h2)	4:58.1 (8)
	Larisa Viktorova • Lyudmila Korobova • Zinaida Belovetskaya • Marina Shamal • Valentina Poznyak
9	Canada	CAN	4:59.5 (5 h2)	–
	Sara Barber • Judith McHale • Margaret Iwasaki • Mary Beth Stewart
10	France	FRA	4:59.7 (5 h1)	–
	Rosy Piacentini • Michèle Pialat • Annie Caron • Héda Frost
11	Italy	ITA	5:04.4 (6 h1)	–
	Daniela Serpilli • Elena Zennaro • Anna Beneck • Paola Saini
12	Rhodesia	RHO	5:12.9 (6 h2)	–
	Lynette Cooper • Meg Miners • Hillary Wilson • Dottie Sutcliffe

Round One (30 August 1960 — 15:55)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Great Britain	GBR		4:49.0		QOR
		Sylvia Lewis		–	1:11.7	1:11.7 (3)
		Anita Lonsbrough		–	1:21.0	2:32.7 (2)
		Jean Oldroyd		–	1:13.2	3:45.9 (3)
		Natalie Steward		–	1:03.1	4:49.0 (1)
2	4	United States	USA		4:49.3		Q
		Lynn Burke		–	1:10.3	1:10.3 (1)
		Anne Warner		–	1:24.8	2:35.1 (=4)
		Carolyn Wood		–	1:10.5	3:45.6 (2)
		Joan Spillane		–	1:03.7	4:49.3 (2)
3	3	Unified Team of Germany	GER		4:49.6		Q
		Ingrid Schmidt		–	1:12.1	1:12.1 (4)
		Ursula Küper		–	1:19.6	2:31.7 (1)
		Bärbel Fuhrmann		–	1:13.1	3:44.8 (1)
		Ursel Brunner		–	1:04.8	4:49.6 (3)
4	6	Hungary	HUN		4:52.8		Q
		Magda Dávid		–	1:13.5	1:13.5 (5)
		Klára Killermann-Bartos		–	1:21.0	2:34.5 (3)
		Márta Egerváry		–	1:15.7	3:50.2 (4)
		Csilla Madarász		–	1:02.6	4:52.8 (4)
5	2	France	FRA		4:59.7
		Rosy Piacentini		–	1:11.5	1:11.5 (2)
		Michèle Pialat		–	1:23.6	2:35.1 (=4)
		Annie Caron		–	1:18.9	3:54.0 (5)
		Héda Frost		–	1:05.7	4:59.7 (5)
6	7	Italy	ITA		5:04.4
		Daniela Serpilli		–	1:19.4	1:19.4 (6)
		Elena Zennaro		–	1:22.2	2:41.6 (6)
		Anna Beneck		–	1:17.4	3:59.0 (6)
		Paola Saini		–	1:05.4	5:04.4 (6)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Netherlands	NED		4:47.4		QOR
		Ria van Velsen		–	1:11.1	1:11.1 (1)
		Ada den Haan		–	1:22.8	2:33.9 (2)
		Tineke Lagerberg		–	1:10.2	3:44.1 (1)
		Erica Terpstra		–	1:03.3	4:47.4 (1)
2	3	Soviet Union	URS		4:54.4		Q
		Larisa Viktorova		–	1:12.7	1:12.7 (4)
		Lyudmila Korobova		–	1:23.6	2:36.3 (4)
		Valentina Poznyak		–	1:13.0	3:49.3 (3)
		Marina Shamal		–	1:05.1	4:54.4 (2)
3	2	Japan	JPN		4:54.5		Q
		Satoko Tanaka		–	1:11.2	1:11.2 (2)
		Yoshiko Takamatsu		–	1:21.9	2:33.1 (1)
		Shizue Miyabe		–	1:15.7	3:48.8 (2)
		Yoshiko Sato		–	1:05.7	4:54.5 (3)
4	4	Australia	AUS		4:55.7		Q
		Gerganiya Beckitt		–	1:15.3	1:15.3 (=5)
		Rosemary Lassig		–	1:20.6	2:35.9 (3)
		Jan Andrew		–	1:16.7	3:52.6 (5)
		Ilsa Konrads		–	1:03.1	4:55.7 (4)
5	6	Canada	CAN		4:59.5
		Sara Barber		–	1:12.2	1:12.2 (3)
		Judith McHale		–	1:26.4	2:38.6 (5)
		Margaret Iwasaki		–	1:13.5	3:52.1 (4)
		Mary Beth Stewart		–	1:07.4	4:59.5 (5)
6	7	Rhodesia	RHO		5:12.9
		Lynette Cooper		–	1:15.3	1:15.3 (=5)
		Meg Miners		–	1:32.1	2:47.4 (6)
		Hillary Wilson		–	1:18.0	4:05.4 (6)
		Dottie Sutcliffe		–	1:07.5	5:12.9 (6)

Final (2 September 1960 — 21:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	3	United States	USA		4:41.1		WR
		Lynn Burke		–	1:09.0	1:09.0 (1)
		Patty Kempner		–	1:20.9	2:29.9 (1)
		Carolyn Schuler		–	1:08.9	3:38.8 (1)
		Chris von Saltza		–	1:02.3	4:41.1 (1)
2	8	Australia	AUS		4:45.9
		Marilyn Wilson		–	1:13.9	1:13.9 (6)
		Rosemary Lassig		–	1:20.1	2:34.0 (=5)
		Jan Andrew		–	1:10.6	3:44.6 (4)
		Dawn Fraser		–	1:01.3	4:45.9 (2)
3	6	Unified Team of Germany	GER		4:47.6
		Ingrid Schmidt		–	1:11.4	1:11.4 (4)
		Ursula Küper		–	1:19.3	2:30.7 (2)
		Bärbel Fuhrmann		–	1:11.8	3:42.5 (2)
		Ursel Brunner		–	1:05.1	4:47.6 (3)
4	4	Netherlands	NED		4:47.6
		Ria van Velsen		–	1:11.2	1:11.2 (=2)
		Ada den Haan		–	1:22.8	2:34.0 (=5)
		Marianne Heemskerk		–	1:10.9	3:44.9 (5)
		Erica Terpstra		–	1:02.7	4:47.6 (3)
5	5	Great Britain	GBR		4:47.6
		Sylvia Lewis		–	1:11.9	1:11.9 (5)
		Anita Lonsbrough		–	1:21.0	2:32.9 (3)
		Sheila Watt		–	1:11.5	3:44.4 (3)
		Natalie Steward		–	1:03.2	4:47.6 (3)
6	2	Hungary	HUN		4:53.7
		Magda Dávid		–	1:14.2	1:14.2 (=7)
		Klára Killermann-Bartos		–	1:21.0	2:35.2 (7)
		Márta Egerváry		–	1:16.0	3:51.2 (7)
		Csilla Madarász		–	1:02.5	4:53.7 (6)
7	1	Japan	JPN		4:56.4
		Satoko Tanaka		–	1:11.2	1:11.2 (=2)
		Yoshiko Takamatsu		–	1:22.5	2:33.7 (4)
		Shizue Miyabe		–	1:17.1	3:50.8 (6)
		Yoshiko Sato		–	1:05.6	4:56.4 (7)
8	7	Soviet Union	URS		4:58.1
		Larisa Viktorova		–	1:14.2	1:14.2 (=7)
		Lyudmila Korobova		–	1:24.5	2:38.7 (8)
		Zinaida Belovetskaya		–	1:14.0	3:52.7 (8)
		Marina Shamal		–	1:05.4	4:58.1 (8)