Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 26 and August 30.[1] This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.
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 |
Medalists
Gold | Bill Mulliken United States |
Silver | Yoshihiko Osaki Japan |
Bronze | Wieger Mensonides Netherlands |
Results
Heats
Six heats were held; the swimmers with the sixteen fastest times advanced to the Semifinals. Because there were three swimmers with a time of 2:42.4, a swim-off was held to determine the two that would advance.
Key
Advanced to Semifinal |
See Swim-Off |
Did Not Advance |
Heat One
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bill Mulliken | United States | 2:38.0 |
2 | Georgy Prokopenko | Soviet Union | 2:39.2 |
3 | Gerard Rowlinson | Great Britain | 2:45.0 |
4 | Engin Ünal | Turkey | 2:49.0 |
5 | Antonio Saloso | Philippines | 2:53.3 |
- | László Felkai | Hungary | DQ |
- | Gerald Brauner | Austria | DQ |
Heat Two
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arkadiy Holovchenko | Soviet Union | 2:41.0 |
2 | Đorđe Perišić | Yugoslavia | 2:41.1 |
3 | Christopher Walkden | Great Britain | 2:41.5 |
4 | Mihai Mitrofan | Romania | 2:41.8 |
5 | Farid Zablith Filho | Brazil | 2:48.6 |
6 | Roland Boullanger | France | 2:54.4 |
7 | Nicolas Wildhaber | Switzerland | 2:58.7 |
Heat Three
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Wieger Mensonides | Netherlands | 2:39.0 |
2 | Roberto Lazzari | Italy | 2:41.2 |
3 | Konrad Enke | Germany | 2:44.6 |
4 | Richard Audoly | France | 2:46.5 |
5 | Pierpaolo Spangaro | Italy | 2:53.8 |
6 | Tony Williams | Sri Lanka | 2:59.8 |
Heat Four
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Isao Masuda | Japan | 2:41.2 |
2 | Terry Gathercole | Australia | 2:41.7 |
3 | Pekka Lairola | Finland | 2:43.3 |
4 | Bernt Nilsson | Sweden | 2:45.7 |
5 | Steve Rabinovitch | Canada | 2:47.2 |
6 | Laurel Lee | Chinese Taipei | 2:52.8 |
7 | Werner Risi | Switzerland | 2:56.6 |
Heat Five
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Paul Hait | United States | 2:40.8 |
2 | Andrzej Kłopotowski | Poland | 2:41.4 |
3 | György Kunsági | Hungary | 2:42.2 |
4 | Egon Henninger | Germany | 2:42.4 |
5 | Vítězslav Svozil | Czechoslovakia | 2:42.4 |
6 | Emilio Díaz | Spain | 2:52.9 |
7 | Trương Ke Nhon | South Vietnam | 2:53.0 |
- | Erny Schweitzer | Luxembourg | DQ |
Heat Six
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Yoshihiko Osaki | Japan | 2:39.1 |
2 | Gilbert Desmit | Belgium | 2:42.4 |
3 | Tommie Lindström | Sweden | 2:42.8 |
4 | William Burton | Australia | 2:43.9 |
5 | Guillermo Alsina | Spain | 2:51.4 |
6 | Gershon Shefa | Israel | 2:51.7 |
7 | Nikolaos Zakharopoulos | Greece | 2:56.4 |
Swim-Off
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Egon Henninger | Germany | 2:39.5 |
2 | Gilbert Desmit | Belgium | 2:41.1 |
3 | Vítězslav Svozil | Czechoslovakia | 2:41.7 |
Semifinals
Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.
Semifinal One
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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1 | Bill Mulliken | United States | 2:37.2 |
2 | Yoshihiko Osaki | Japan | 2:38.2 |
3 | Egon Henninger | Germany | 2:38.5 |
4 | Roberto Lazzari | Italy | 2:40.3 |
5 | Arkady Golovchenko | Soviet Union | 2:40.9 |
6 | Mihai Mitrofan | Romania | 2:41.6 |
7 | Christopher Walkden | Great Britain | 2:41.7 |
8 | Đorđe Perišić | Yugoslavia | 2:44.2 |
Semifinal Two
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Terry Gathercole | Australia | 2:39.1 |
2 | Wieger Mensonides | Netherlands | 2:39.3 |
3 | Paul Hait | United States | 2:39.6 |
4 | Andrzej Kłopotowski | Poland | 2:40.8 |
5 | Georgy Prokopenko | Soviet Union | 2:41.0 |
6 | Gilbert Desmit | Belgium | 2:41.8 |
7 | Isao Masuda | Japan | 2:42.3 |
8 | György Kunsági | Hungary | 2:42.4 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Mulliken | United States | 2:37.4 | ||
Yoshihiko Osaki | Japan | 2:38.0 | ||
Wieger Mensonides | Netherlands | 2:39.7 | ||
4 | Egon Henninger | United Team of Germany | 2:40.1 | |
5 | Roberto Lazzari | Italy | 2:40.1 | |
6 | Terry Gathercole | Australia | 2:40.2 | |
7 | Andrzej Kłopotowski | Poland | 2:41.2 | |
8 | Paul Hait | United States | 2:41.4 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Breaststroke". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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