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.

Medalists

GoldBill Mulliken
 United States
SilverYoshihiko Osaki
 Japan
BronzeWieger 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
1Bill MullikenUnited States2:38.0
2Georgy ProkopenkoSoviet Union2:39.2
3Gerard RowlinsonGreat Britain2:45.0
4Engin ÜnalTurkey2:49.0
5Antonio SalosoPhilippines2:53.3
-László FelkaiHungaryDQ
-Gerald BraunerAustriaDQ

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Arkadiy HolovchenkoSoviet Union2:41.0
2Đorđe PerišićYugoslavia2:41.1
3Christopher WalkdenGreat Britain2:41.5
4Mihai MitrofanRomania2:41.8
5Farid Zablith FilhoBrazil2:48.6
6Roland BoullangerFrance2:54.4
7Nicolas WildhaberSwitzerland2:58.7

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Wieger MensonidesNetherlands2:39.0
2Roberto LazzariItaly2:41.2
3Konrad EnkeGermany2:44.6
4Richard AudolyFrance2:46.5
5Pierpaolo SpangaroItaly2:53.8
6Tony WilliamsSri Lanka2:59.8

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Isao MasudaJapan2:41.2
2Terry GathercoleAustralia2:41.7
3Pekka LairolaFinland2:43.3
4Bernt NilssonSweden2:45.7
5Steve RabinovitchCanada2:47.2
6Laurel LeeChinese Taipei2:52.8
7Werner RisiSwitzerland2:56.6

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Paul HaitUnited States2:40.8
2Andrzej KłopotowskiPoland2:41.4
3György KunságiHungary2:42.2
4Egon HenningerGermany2:42.4
5Vítězslav SvozilCzechoslovakia2:42.4
6Emilio DíazSpain2:52.9
7Trương Ke NhonSouth Vietnam2:53.0
-Erny SchweitzerLuxembourgDQ

Heat Six

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Yoshihiko OsakiJapan2:39.1
2Gilbert DesmitBelgium2:42.4
3Tommie LindströmSweden2:42.8
4William BurtonAustralia2:43.9
5Guillermo AlsinaSpain2:51.4
6Gershon ShefaIsrael2:51.7
7Nikolaos ZakharopoulosGreece2:56.4

Swim-Off

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Egon HenningerGermany2:39.5
2Gilbert DesmitBelgium2:41.1
3Vítězslav SvozilCzechoslovakia2:41.7

Semifinals

Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.

Semifinal One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Bill MullikenUnited States2:37.2
2Yoshihiko OsakiJapan2:38.2
3Egon HenningerGermany2:38.5
4Roberto LazzariItaly2:40.3
5Arkady GolovchenkoSoviet Union2:40.9
6Mihai MitrofanRomania2:41.6
7Christopher WalkdenGreat Britain2:41.7
8Đorđe PerišićYugoslavia2:44.2

Semifinal Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Terry GathercoleAustralia2:39.1
2Wieger MensonidesNetherlands2:39.3
3Paul HaitUnited States2:39.6
4Andrzej KłopotowskiPoland2:40.8
5Georgy ProkopenkoSoviet Union2:41.0
6Gilbert DesmitBelgium2:41.8
7Isao MasudaJapan2:42.3
8György KunságiHungary2:42.4

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Bill Mulliken United States2:37.4
Yoshihiko Osaki Japan2:38.0
Wieger Mensonides Netherlands2:39.7
4Egon Henninger United Team of Germany2:40.1
5Roberto Lazzari Italy2:40.1
6Terry Gathercole Australia2:40.2
7Andrzej Kłopotowski Poland2:41.2
8Paul Hait United States2:41.4

References

  1. "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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