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 200 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31 and September 2. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
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Gold | Mike Troy United States (USA) |
Silver | Neville Hayes Australia (AUS) |
Bronze | Dave Gillanders United States (USA) |
Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. Because there was a tie for sixteenth place, a swim-off was held to determine the sixteenth swimmer to advance.
Key
Advanced to Semifinals |
See Swim-Off |
Did Not Advance |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Mike Troy | United States | 2:15.5 |
2 | Kenzo Izutsu | Japan | 2:20.3 |
3 | Grigory Kiselyov | Soviet Union | 2:24.6 |
4 | Alexandru Popescu | Romania | 2:24.6 |
5 | Ian Blyth | Great Britain | 2:24.9 |
6 | Giampiero Fossati | Italy | 2:31.9 |
7 | Bert Sitters | Netherlands | 2:36.6 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Fritz Dennerlein | Italy | 2:18.3 |
2 | Valentin Kuzmin | Soviet Union | 2:19.3 |
3 | Eulalio Ríos Alemán | Mexico | 2:22.7 |
4 | Håkan Bengtsson | Sweden | 2:25.0 |
5 | Wolfgang Sieber | Germany | 2:25.4 |
6 | Gerrit Korteweg | Netherlands | 2:26.4 |
7 | Cam Grout | Canada | 2:27.7 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Dave Gillanders | United States | 2:16.2 |
2 | Luis Nicolao | Argentina | 2:23.9 |
3 | Pavel Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 2:24.2 |
4 | Amir Hussin Hamsain | Philippines | 2:27.9 |
5 | Luís Vaz Jorge | Portugal | 2:28.9 |
6 | Aldo Perseke | Brazil | 2:50.8 |
7 | Lovro Radonjić | Yugoslavia | 3:00.6 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Neville Hayes | Australia | 2:18.1 |
2 | Ilkka Suvanto | Finland | 2:23.9 |
3 | Jürgen Bachmann | Germany | 2:25.0 |
4 | Henri Vidil | France | 2:36.0 |
5 | Heriberto de la Fe | Spain | 2:37.0 |
6 | Ahiron Radjae | Philippines | 2:39.8 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Kevin Berry | Australia | 2:18.9 |
2 | Haruo Yoshimuta | Japan | 2:19.4 |
3 | Fernando Fanjul | Argentina | 2:25.2 |
4 | László Kiss | Hungary | 2:31.0 |
5 | José Vicente León | Spain | 2:31.4 |
6 | Veljko Rogošić | Yugoslavia | 2:35.5 |
7 | Fong Seow Hor | Malaya | 2:56.4 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Jürgen Bachmann | Germany | 2:23.1 |
2 | Håkan Bengtsson | Sweden | 2:25.1 |
Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Mike Troy | United States | 2:18.0 |
2 | Neville Hayes | Australia | 2:21.6 |
3 | Haruo Yoshimuta | Japan | 2:21.7 |
4 | Kevin Berry | Australia | 2:23.1 |
5 | Eulalio Ríos Alemán | Mexico | 2:24.2 |
6 | Grigory Kiselyov | Soviet Union | 2:24.8 |
7 | Luis Nicolao | Argentina | 2:26.8 |
8 | Ian Blyth | Great Britain | 2:26.8 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Dave Gillanders | United States | 2:18.7 |
2 | Valentin Kuzmin | Soviet Union | 2:19.1 |
3 | Fritz Dennerlein | Italy | 2:20.5 |
4 | Kenzo Izutsu | Japan | 2:21.5 |
5 | Pavel Pazdírek | Czechoslovakia | 2:23.5 |
6 | Jürgen Bachmann | Germany | 2:28.4 |
7 | Alexandru Popescu | Romania | 2:28.5 |
- | Ilkka Suvanto | Finland | DNF |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Mike Troy | United States | 2:12.8 | WR | |
Neville Hayes | Australia | 2:14.6 | ||
Dave Gillanders | United States | 2:15.3 | ||
4 | Fritz Dennerlein | Italy | 2:16.0 | |
5 | Haruo Yoshimuta | Japan | 2:18.3 | |
6 | Kevin Berry | Australia | 2:18.5 | |
7 | Valentin Kuzmin | Soviet Union | 2:18.9 | |
8 | Kenzo Izutsu | Japan | 2:19.4 |
Key: WR = World record
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