Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 2 and 3.[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 30 lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldJohn Konrads
 Australia
SilverMurray Rose
 Australia
BronzeGeorge Breen
 United States

Results

Heats

Five heats were held; the eight fastest swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted. The heats were held September 2.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Tsuyoshi YamanakaJapan17:46.5
2Aubrey BürerSouth Africa18:17.8
3Gerhard HetzGermany18:32.2
4Ilkka SuvantoFinland18:41.1
5Alfredo GuzmánMexico19:11.1
6Paolo GallettiItaly20:28.2
7Rainer GoltzscheSwitzerland20:45.1

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Alan SomersUnited States17:54.1
2Murray McLachlanSouth Africa18:09.9
3Masami NakaboJapan18:30.4
4Bob SreenanGreat Britain18:57.1
5Tin Maung NiBurma19:09.8
6Slobodan KićovićYugoslavia20:29.0
Alberto Feo CoraoVenezuelaDNS

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1George BreenUnited States17:55.9
2Lars-Erik BengtssonSweden18:19.7
3Veljko RogošićYugoslavia18:51.8
4Miguel TorresSpain19:21.8
5Massimo RosiItaly19:52.9
6András BodnárHungary20:22.2
Robert ChenauxPuerto RicoDNS

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1John KonradsAustralia17:52.0
2József KatonaHungary17:53.5
3Richard CampionGreat Britain17:54.8
4Hans-Ulrich MillowGermany18:22.7
5Mauricio OcampoMexico18:29.0
6Zakaria NasutionIndonesia19:18.6
Amiram TrauberIsraelDNS

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Murray RoseAustralia17:32.8
2Bana SailaniPhilippines18:18.8
3Gennady AndrosovSoviet Union18:39.0
4Hans-Ulrich DürstSwitzerland19:21.9
5Eduardo de SousaPortugal19:40.1
Bengt-Olov AlmstedtSwedenDNS

Final

The Men's 1500 m Freestyle Final was held September 3.

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
John Konrads Australia17:19.6OR
Murray Rose Australia17:21.7
George Breen United States17:30.6
4Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan17:34.7
5József Katona Hungary17:43.7
6Murray McLachlan South Africa17:44.9
7Alan Somers United States18:02.8
8Richard Campion Great Britain18:22.7

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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