| Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The men's 4×200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place August 29 — September 1. The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
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Two heats were held; the fastest eight teams advanced to the Finals. The teams that advanced are highlighted.
| Rank | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8:17.1 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 8:26.9 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 8:30.6 |
| 4 | Sweden | 8:30.6 |
| 5 | Poland | 8:32.0 |
| 6 | France | 8:41.2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 9:18.1 |
| Rank | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 8:18.0 |
| 2 | Australia | 8:24.2 |
| 3 | Germany | 8:29.4 |
| 4 | Finland | 8:29.7 |
| 5 | Hungary | 8:32.6 |
| 6 | Italy | 8:38.1 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 8:49.8 |
| 8 | Mexico | 8:50.4 |
| Rank | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 8:10.2 |
| 2 | Japan | 8:13.2 |
| 3 | Australia | 8:13.8 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 8:28.1 |
| 5 | Finland | 8:29.7 |
| 6 | Sweden | 8:31.0 |
| 7 | Germany | 8:31.8 |
| 8 | Soviet Union | 8:32.8 |
| Country | Athletes |
|---|---|
| United States | George Harrison Dick Blick Mike Troy Jeff Farrell |
| Japan | Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto |
| Australia | David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads |
| Great Britain | Hamilton Milton John Martin-Dye Richard Campion Ian Black |
| Finland | Ilkka Suvanto Kari Haavisto Stig-Olof Grenner Karri Käyhkö |
| Sweden | Sven-Göran Johansson Lars-Erik Bengtsson Bengt Nordwall Per-Ola Lindberg |
| Germany | Frank Wiegand Gerhard Hetz Hans Zierold Hans-Joachim Klein |
| Soviet Union | Igor Luzhkovsky Gennady Nikolayev Vitaly Sorokin Boris Nik'it'ini |
| Poland | Andrzej Salamon Bernard Aluchna Jerzy Tracz Jan Lutomski |
| Hungary | György Müller László Lantos Gyula Dobay József Katona |
| France | Jean-Pascal Curtillet Gérard Gropaiz Marc Kamoun Jean Boiteux |
| Italy | Fritz Dennerlein Bruno Bianchi Angelo Romani Paolo Galleti |
| Switzerland | Peter Bärtschi Rainer Goltzsche Karl Fridlin Hans-Ulrich Dürst |
| Yugoslavia | Milan Jeger Slobodan Kićović Vlado Brinovec Veljko Rogošić |
| Mexico | Raúl Guzmán Alfredo Guzmán Jorge Escalante Mauricio Ocampo |