Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 15 swimming events were contested, eight for men and seven for women. There was a total of 380 participants from 45 countries competing. For the first time, the 4×100 metres medley relay was contested. The United States dominated the medal standings with a total of 15 medals.

Medal table

1	United States (USA)	9	3	3	15
2	Australia (AUS)	5	5	3	13
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	1	3
4	Japan (JPN)	0	3	2	5
5	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	1	3	4
6	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
8	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	John Devitt  Australia	55.2 (OR)	Lance Larson  United States	55.2 (OR)	Manuel dos Santos  Brazil	55.4
400 m freestyle	Murray Rose  Australia	4:18.3 (OR)	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka  Japan	4:21.4	John Konrads  Australia	4:21.8
1500 m freestyle	John Konrads  Australia	17:19.2 (OR)	Murray Rose  Australia	17:21.7	George Breen  United States	17:30.6
100 m backstroke	David Theile  Australia	1:01.9 (OR)	Frank McKinney  United States	1:02.1	Bob Bennett  United States	1:02.3
200 m breaststroke	Bill Mulliken  United States	2:37.4	Yoshihiko Osaki  Japan	2:38.0	Wieger Mensonides  Netherlands	2:39.7
200 m butterfly	Mike Troy  United States	2:12.8 (WR)	Neville Hayes  Australia	2:14.6	Dave Gillanders  United States	2:15.3
4×200 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) George Harrison Dick Blick Mike Troy Jeff Farrell	8:10.2 (WR)	Japan (JPN) Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto	8:13.3	Australia (AUS) David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads	8:13.8
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Frank McKinney Paul Hait Lance Larson Jeff Farrell	4:05.4 (WR)	Australia (AUS) David Theile Terry Gathercole Neville Hayes Geoff Shipton	4:12.0	Japan (JPN) Kazuo Tomita Koichi Hirakida Yoshihiko Osaki Keigo Shimuzu	4:12.2

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m freestyle	Dawn Fraser  Australia	1:01.2 (OR)	Chris von Saltza  United States	1:02.8	Natalie Steward  Great Britain	1:03.1
400 m freestyle	Chris von Saltza  United States	4:50.6 (OR)	Jane Cederqvist  Sweden	4:53.9	Tineke Lagerberg  Netherlands	4:56.9
100 m backstroke	Lynn Burke  United States	1:09.3 (OR)	Natalie Steward  Great Britain	1:10.8	Satoko Tanaka  Japan	1:11.4
200 m breaststroke	Anita Lonsbrough  Great Britain	2:49.5 (WR)	Wiltrud Urselmann  United Team of Germany	2:50.0	Barbara Göbel  United Team of Germany	2:53.6
100 m butterfly	Carolyn Schuler  United States	1:09.5 (OR)	Marianne Heemskerk  Netherlands	1:10.4	Jan Andrew  Australia	1:12.2
4×100 m freestyle relay	United States (USA) Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Carolyn Wood Chris von Saltza	4:08.9 (WR)	Australia (AUS) Dawn Fraser Ilsa Konrads Lorraine Crapp Alva Colquhuon	4:11.3	United Team of Germany (EUA) Christel Steffin Heidi Pechstein Gisela Weiss Ursel Brunner	4:19.7
4×100 m medley relay	United States (USA) Lynn Burke Patty Kempner Carolyn Schuler Chris von Saltza	4:41.1 (WR)	Australia (AUS) Marilyn Wilson Rosemary Lassig Jan Andrew Dawn Fraser	4:45.9	United Team of Germany (EUA) Ingrid Schmidt Ursula Küper Bärbel Fuhrmann Ursel Brunner	4:47.6

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics results: swimming, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-11-01.