400 metres Freestyle, Men – Final Round

Date	4 December 1956 — 19:30
Location	Olympic Park Swimming and Diving Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Murray Rose	AUS	4:27.3	1:03.1 (3)	2:11.6 (=1)	3:20.5 (1)	1:08.5 (1)	1:08.9 (1)	1:06.8 (1)	WR
2	5	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:30.4	1:02.6 (=1)	2:11.6 (=1)	3:21.3 (2)	1:09.0 (3)	1:09.7 (2)	1:09.1 (4)
3	6	George Breen	USA	4:32.5	1:02.6 (=1)	2:12.0 (3)	3:22.4 (3)	1:09.4 (=4)	1:10.4 (4)	1:10.1 (6)
4	7	Kevin O'Halloran	AUS	4:32.9	1:05.4 (8)	2:14.2 (4)	3:24.1 (4)	1:08.8 (2)	1:09.9 (3)	1:08.8 (3)
5	2	Hans Zierold	GER	4:34.6	1:03.5 (4)	2:14.4 (5)	3:26.3 (6)	1:10.9 (7)	1:11.9 (6)	1:08.3 (2)
6	3	Gary Winram	AUS	4:34.9	1:05.3 (7)	2:14.7 (6)	3:25.4 (5)	1:09.4 (=4)	1:10.7 (5)	1:09.5 (5)
7	1	Koji Nonoshita	JPN	4:38.2	1:04.4 (5)	2:15.2 (7)	3:27.5 (7)	1:10.8 (6)	1:12.3 (7)	1:10.7 (7)
8	8	Angelo Romani	ITA	4:41.7	1:04.6 (6)	2:15.6 (8)	3:29.4 (8)	1:11.0 (8)	1:13.8 (8)	1:12.3 (8)