Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldChris von Saltza
 United States
SilverJane Cederqvist
 Sweden
BronzeTineke Lagerberg
 Netherlands

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Chris von Saltza United States4:53.6
2Tineke Lagerberg Netherlands4:57.0
3Bibbi Segerström Sweden4:57.6
4Gisela Weiß Germany5:08.6
5Judy Samuel Great Britain5:08.6
6Paola Saini Italy5:12.9
7Kimiko Ezaka Japan5:13.1
8Eiko Wada Japan5:26.8

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Ilsa Konrads Australia4:59.2
2Corrie Schimmel Netherlands5:00.1
3Héda Frost France5:00.6
4Carolyn House United States5:00.7
5Hillary Wilson Rhodesia5:16.8
6María Luisa Souza Mexico5:21.3
7Sigrid Müller Austria5:25.1

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNote
1Jane Cederqvist Sweden4:55.6
2Nan Rae Great Britain4:55.7
3Dawn Fraser Australia4:57.6
4Ursel Brunner Germany5:05.3
5Welleda Veschi Italy5:18.3
6Mária Frank Hungary5:21.9
7Blanca Barrón Mexico5:26.4

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Chris von Saltza United States4:50.6OR
Jane Cederqvist Sweden4:53.9
Tineke Lagerberg Netherlands4:56.9
4Ilsa Konrads Australia4:57.9
5Dawn Fraser Australia4:58.5
6Nan Rae Great Britain4:59.7
7Corrie Schimmel Netherlands5:02.3
8Bibbi Segerström Sweden5:02.4

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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