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400 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	30 – 31 August 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	40 from 25 countries

The last five world records in this event had been set by Australia’s John Konrads, with four, and Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, silver medalist from 1956, with one. Konrads held the current mark, with 4:15.9 set in Sydney in February 1960. However, the defending champion was Murray Rose and he was back as well. By 1960, Rose and Yamanaka were students at the University of Southern California, both on the swim team there.

In the heats, Alan Somers of the United States broke the Olympic record with 4:19.2. But he was well back in the final, as Rose won quite easily, outdistancing Yamanaka by over three seconds, as they repeated their 1-2 finish from Melbourne, with Konrads pulling up for the bronze medal in a photo finish over Britain’s Ian Black. In Chicago in 1962, Rose would break Konrads’ world record by posting 4:13.4.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Murray Rose	AUS	4:22.5 (1 h4)	4:18.3 (1)	Gold
2	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:21.0 (1 h1)	4:21.4 (2)	Silver
3	John Konrads	AUS	4:24.3 (1 h2)	4:21.8 (3)	Bronze
4	Ian Black	GBR	4:21.9 (1 h3)	4:21.8 (4)
5	Alan Somers	USA	4:19.2 (1 h6)	4:22.0 (5)
6	Murray McLachlan	RSA	4:25.9 (1 h5)	4:26.3 (6)
7	Gene Lenz	USA	4:29.2 (2 h5)	4:26.8 (7)
8	Makoto Fukui	JPN	4:26.7 (2 h3)	4:29.6 (8)
9	József Katona	HUN	4:29.5 (2 h2)	–
10	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	4:31.6 (2 h1)	–
11	Aubrey Bürer	RSA	4:31.9 (2 h4)	–
12	Dick Campion	GBR	4:32.3 (3 h2)	–
13	Mauricio Ocampo	MEX	4:35.3 (2 h6)	–
14	Sven-Göran Johansson	SWE	4:35.6 (4 h2)	–
15	Kari Haavisto	FIN	4:36.0 (5 h2)	–
16	Jean-Pascal Curtillet	FRA	4:36.5 (3 h5)	–
17	Paolo Galletti	ITA	4:36.6 (3 h4)	–
18	Gerhard Hetz	GER	4:38.4 (3 h6)	–
19	Jerzy Tracz	POL	4:38.6 (3 h3)	–
20	Veljko Rogošić	YUG	4:39.5 (3 h1)	–
21	Bana Sailani	PHI	4:40.2 (4 h6)	–
22	Per-Olov Ericsson	SWE	4:41.2 (4 h3)	–
23	Rubén Roca	CUB	4:41.3 (4 h5)	–
24	Milan Jeger	YUG	4:41.4 (4 h4)	–
25	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	4:42.1 (5 h3)	–
26	Raúl Guzmán	MEX	4:42.2 (6 h3)	–
27	Jan Lutomski	POL	4:42.8 (5 h6)	–
28	Massimo Rosi	ITA	4:45.1 (6 h6)	–
29	Tamás Hornyánszky	HUN	4:46.2 (4 h1)	–
30	Jean Pommat	FRA	4:46.5 (6 h2)	–
31	José Manuel Cossio	ESP	4:50.1 (5 h5)	–
32	Eduardo de Sousa	POR	4:51.6 (7 h3)	–
33	Hans-Ulrich Dürst	SUI	4:52.5 (7 h6)	–
34	Zakaria Nasution	INA	4:54.0 (5 h4)	–
35	Helmut Ilk	AUT	4:58.1 (5 h1)	–
36	Amiram Trauber	ISR	4:58.6 (6 h4)	–
37	Karl Fridlin	SUI	5:02.3 (6 h1)	–
38	Fong Seow Jit	MAL	5:07.3 (6 h5)	–
39	Robert Chenaux	PUR	5:24.6 (7 h4)	–
DNF	Leonid Kolesnikov	URS	– (DNF h2)	–
DNS	Fernando Fanjul	ARG	– (DNS h1)	–

Round One

Date	30 August 1960 — 16:30
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Alan Somers	USA	4:19.2	QOR
2	4	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:21.0	QOR
3	5	Ian Black	GBR	4:21.9	Q
4	4	Murray Rose	AUS	4:22.5	Q
5	4	John Konrads	AUS	4:24.3	Q
6	5	Murray McLachlan	RSA	4:25.9	Q
7	4	Makoto Fukui	JPN	4:26.7	Q
8	4	Gene Lenz	USA	4:29.2	Q
9	5	József Katona	HUN	4:29.5
10	5	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	4:31.6
11	5	Aubrey Bürer	RSA	4:31.9
12	3	Dick Campion	GBR	4:32.3
13	2	Mauricio Ocampo	MEX	4:35.3		1
14	6	Sven-Göran Johansson	SWE	4:35.6
15	2	Kari Haavisto	FIN	4:36.0
16	6	Jean-Pascal Curtillet	FRA	4:36.5
17	3	Paolo Galletti	ITA	4:36.6
18	5	Gerhard Hetz	GER	4:38.4
19	1	Jerzy Tracz	POL	4:38.6
20	3	Veljko Rogošić	YUG	4:39.5
21	3	Bana Sailani	PHI	4:40.2
22	3	Per-Olov Ericsson	SWE	4:41.2
23	3	Rubén Roca	CUB	4:41.3
24	6	Milan Jeger	YUG	4:41.4
25	6	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	4:42.1
26	7	Raúl Guzmán	MEX	4:42.2
27	1	Jan Lutomski	POL	4:42.8
28	6	Massimo Rosi	ITA	4:45.1
29	6	Tamás Hornyánszky	HUN	4:46.2
30	7	Jean Pommat	FRA	4:46.5
31	2	José Manuel Cossio	ESP	4:50.1
32	2	Eduardo de Sousa	POR	4:51.6
33	7	Hans-Ulrich Dürst	SUI	4:52.5
34	7	Zakaria Nasution	INA	4:54.0
35	2	Helmut Ilk	AUT	4:58.1
36	2	Amiram Trauber	ISR	4:58.6
37	1	Karl Fridlin	SUI	5:02.3
38	7	Fong Seow Jit	MAL	5:07.3
39	1	Robert Chenaux	PUR	5:24.6
DNF	1	Leonid Kolesnikov	URS	–
DNS	7	Fernando Fanjul	ARG	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:21.0	1:01.5 (1)	2:07.6 (1)	3:14.5 (1)	1:06.1 (1)	1:06.9 (1)	1:06.5 (2)	QOR
2	5	Hans-Joachim Klein	GER	4:31.6	1:04.1 (2)	2:12.9 (2)	3:32.7 (3)	1:08.8 (2)	1:19.8 (5)	58.9 (1)
3	3	Veljko Rogošić	YUG	4:39.5	1:05.2 (=3)	2:17.2 (=3)	3:29.1 (2)	1:12.0 (=3)	1:11.9 (2)	1:10.4 (3)
4	6	Tamás Hornyánszky	HUN	4:46.2	1:05.2 (=3)	2:17.2 (=3)	– (–)	1:12.0 (=3)	– (–)	– (–)
5	2	Helmut Ilk	AUT	4:58.1	1:05.4 (5)	2:20.5 (5)	3:39.7 (4)	1:15.1 (5)	1:19.2 (=3)	1:18.4 (5)
6	1	Karl Fridlin	SUI	5:02.3	1:06.3 (6)	2:25.6 (6)	3:44.8 (5)	1:19.3 (6)	1:19.2 (=3)	1:17.5 (4)
DNS	7	Fernando Fanjul	ARG	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	John Konrads	AUS	4:24.3	1:01.8 (1)	2:08.3 (1)	3:15.7 (1)	1:06.5 (1)	1:07.4 (1)	1:08.6 (1)	Q
2	5	József Katona	HUN	4:29.5	1:02.6 (2)	2:09.9 (2)	3:19.4 (2)	1:07.3 (2)	1:09.5 (2)	1:10.1 (4)
3	3	Dick Campion	GBR	4:32.3	1:03.0 (3)	2:12.1 (3)	3:22.3 (3)	1:09.1 (3)	1:10.2 (3)	1:10.0 (3)
4	6	Sven-Göran Johansson	SWE	4:35.6	1:04.0 (5)	2:14.2 (5)	3:25.9 (5)	1:10.2 (5)	1:11.7 (5)	1:09.7 (2)
5	2	Kari Haavisto	FIN	4:36.0	1:03.3 (4)	2:13.3 (4)	3:24.8 (4)	1:10.0 (4)	1:11.5 (4)	1:11.2 (5)
6	7	Jean Pommat	FRA	4:46.5	1:06.0 (6)	2:18.2 (6)	3:32.4 (6)	1:12.2 (6)	1:14.2 (6)	1:14.1 (6)
DNF	1	Leonid Kolesnikov	URS	–	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	5	Ian Black	GBR	4:21.9	1:02.1 (2)	2:09.5 (2)	3:17.0 (1)	1:07.4 (1)	1:07.5 (1)	1:04.9 (1)	Q
2	4	Makoto Fukui	JPN	4:26.7	1:01.7 (1)	2:09.2 (1)	3:17.8 (2)	1:07.5 (2)	1:08.6 (2)	1:08.9 (3)	Q
3	1	Jerzy Tracz	POL	4:38.6	1:03.5 (5)	2:15.1 (4)	3:28.4 (4)	1:11.6 (4)	1:13.3 (3)	1:10.2 (4)
4	3	Per-Olov Ericsson	SWE	4:41.2	1:02.5 (3)	2:13.2 (3)	3:26.8 (3)	1:10.7 (3)	1:13.6 (4)	1:14.4 (7)
5	6	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	4:42.1	1:06.2 (7)	2:19.6 (6)	3:33.7 (6)	1:13.4 (6)	1:14.1 (5)	1:08.4 (2)
6	7	Raúl Guzmán	MEX	4:42.2	1:03.4 (4)	2:16.0 (5)	3:31.2 (5)	1:12.6 (5)	1:15.2 (6)	1:11.0 (5)
7	2	Eduardo de Sousa	POR	4:51.6	1:05.4 (6)	2:21.1 (7)	3:37.9 (7)	1:15.7 (7)	1:16.8 (7)	1:13.7 (6)

Heat #4

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	4:22.5	1:03.5 (1)	2:10.4 (1)	3:16.7 (1)	1:06.9 (1)	1:06.3 (1)	1:05.8 (1)	Q
2	5	Aubrey Bürer	RSA	4:31.9	1:03.9 (2)	2:12.5 (2)	3:22.4 (2)	1:08.6 (2)	1:09.9 (2)	1:09.5 (2)
3	3	Paolo Galletti	ITA	4:36.6	1:04.8 (4)	2:14.4 (3)	3:25.2 (3)	1:09.6 (3)	1:10.8 (3)	1:11.4 (3)
4	6	Milan Jeger	YUG	4:41.4	1:04.6 (3)	2:15.4 (4)	3:28.9 (4)	1:10.8 (4)	1:13.5 (4)	1:12.5 (4)
5	7	Zakaria Nasution	INA	4:54.0	1:06.6 (6)	2:21.3 (6)	3:37.4 (5)	1:14.7 (5)	1:16.1 (5)	1:16.6 (5)
6	2	Amiram Trauber	ISR	4:58.6	1:06.2 (5)	2:21.2 (5)	3:39.4 (6)	1:15.0 (6)	1:18.2 (6)	1:19.2 (6)
7	1	Robert Chenaux	PUR	5:24.6	1:10.9 (7)	2:35.3 (7)	4:02.8 (7)	1:24.4 (7)	1:27.5 (7)	1:21.8 (7)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	5	Murray McLachlan	RSA	4:25.9	1:03.4 (2)	2:11.6 (2)	3:20.3 (2)	1:08.2 (1)	1:08.7 (2)	1:05.6 (1)	Q
2	4	Gene Lenz	USA	4:29.2	1:02.8 (1)	2:11.2 (1)	3:19.7 (1)	1:08.4 (2)	1:08.5 (1)	1:09.5 (2)	Q
3	6	Jean-Pascal Curtillet	FRA	4:36.5	1:04.2 (4)	2:14.1 (3)	3:25.5 (3)	1:09.9 (3)	1:11.4 (3)	1:11.0 (3)
4	3	Rubén Roca	CUB	4:41.3	1:03.9 (3)	2:15.1 (4)	3:27.8 (4)	1:11.2 (4)	1:12.7 (4)	1:13.5 (4)
5	2	José Manuel Cossio	ESP	4:50.1	1:06.0 (5)	2:19.2 (5)	3:35.5 (5)	1:13.2 (5)	1:16.3 (5)	1:14.6 (5)
6	7	Fong Seow Jit	MAL	5:07.3	1:06.7 (6)	2:24.8 (6)	3:46.7 (6)	1:18.1 (6)	1:21.9 (6)	1:20.6 (6)

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	4	Alan Somers	USA	4:19.2	1:00.6 (1)	2:05.8 (1)	3:12.1 (1)	1:05.2 (1)	1:06.3 (1)	1:07.1 (1)	QOR
2	2	Mauricio Ocampo	MEX	4:35.3	1:04.0 (4)	2:13.6 (4)	3:23.2 (2)	1:09.6 (=3)	1:09.6 (2)	1:12.1 (3)		2
3	5	Gerhard Hetz	GER	4:38.4	1:03.6 (3)	2:11.6 (2)	3:27.9 (4)	1:08.0 (2)	1:16.3 (7)	1:10.5 (2)
4	3	Bana Sailani	PHI	4:40.2	1:03.0 (2)	2:12.6 (3)	3:26.0 (3)	1:09.6 (=3)	1:13.4 (4)	1:14.2 (6)
5	1	Jan Lutomski	POL	4:42.8	1:05.0 (=5)	2:16.6 (5)	3:29.9 (5)	1:11.6 (5)	1:13.3 (3)	1:12.9 (4)
6	6	Massimo Rosi	ITA	4:45.1	1:05.0 (=5)	2:18.1 (6)	3:31.8 (6)	1:13.1 (6)	1:13.7 (5)	1:13.3 (5)
7	7	Hans-Ulrich Dürst	SUI	4:52.5	1:06.9 (7)	2:21.5 (7)	3:37.0 (7)	1:14.6 (7)	1:15.5 (6)	1:15.5 (7)

Final Round

Date	31 August 1960 — 21:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m
1	6	Murray Rose	AUS	4:18.3	1:01.3 (5)	2:07.2 (4)	3:12.2 (1)	1:05.9 (1)	1:05.0 (1)	1:06.1 (2)	OR
2	5	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:21.4	1:00.3 (2)	2:07.1 (3)	3:14.3 (4)	1:06.8 (5)	1:07.2 (3)	1:07.1 (4)
3	2	John Konrads	AUS	4:21.8	1:00.6 (3)	2:06.8 (2)	3:14.1 (=2)	1:06.2 (2)	1:07.3 (4)	1:07.7 (5)
4	3	Ian Black	GBR	4:21.8	1:02.0 (6)	2:09.1 (6)	3:16.0 (5)	1:07.1 (6)	1:06.9 (2)	1:05.8 (1)
5	4	Alan Somers	USA	4:22.0	1:00.0 (1)	2:06.6 (1)	3:14.1 (=2)	1:06.6 (4)	1:07.5 (5)	1:07.9 (=6)
6	7	Murray McLachlan	RSA	4:26.3	1:03.1 (8)	2:11.4 (8)	3:19.4 (8)	1:08.3 (8)	1:08.0 (6)	1:06.9 (3)
7	8	Gene Lenz	USA	4:26.8	1:02.4 (7)	2:10.6 (7)	3:18.9 (7)	1:08.2 (7)	1:08.3 (7)	1:07.9 (=6)
8	1	Makoto Fukui	JPN	4:29.6	1:01.2 (4)	2:07.7 (5)	3:17.4 (6)	1:06.5 (3)	1:09.7 (8)	1:12.2 (8)