Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly explained
The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31 and September 2 in Rome, Italy.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. This race consisted of four lengths of the Stadio Olympico del Nuoto, a 50m Olympic size swimming pool.
Results
Heats
Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. Because there was a tie for sixteenth place, a swim-off was held to determine the sixteenth swimmer to advance.
Key
| Advanced to Semifinals |
| See Swim-Off |
| Did Not Advance | |
Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:15.5 |
| 2 | | | 2:20.3 |
| 3 | | | 2:24.6 |
| 4 | | | 2:24.6 |
| 5 | | | 2:24.9 |
| 6 | | | 2:31.9 |
| 7 | | | 2:36.6 | |
Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:18.3 |
| 2 | | | 2:19.3 |
| 3 | | | 2:22.7 |
| 4 | | | 2:25.0 |
| 5 | | | 2:25.4 |
| 6 | | | 2:26.4 |
| 7 | | | 2:27.7 | |
Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:16.2 |
| 2 | | | 2:23.9 |
| 3 | | | 2:24.2 |
| 4 | | | 2:27.9 |
| 5 | | | 2:28.9 |
| 6 | | | 2:50.8 |
| 7 | | | 3:00.6 | |
Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:18.1 |
| 2 | | | 2:23.9 |
| 3 | | | 2:25.0 |
| 4 | | | 2:36.0 |
| 5 | | | 2:37.0 |
| 6 | | | 2:39.8 | |
Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:18.9 |
| 2 | | | 2:19.4 |
| 3 | | | 2:25.2 |
| 4 | | | 2:31.0 |
| 5 | | | 2:31.4 |
| 6 | | | 2:35.5 |
| 7 | | | 2:56.4 | |
Swim-Off
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:23.1 |
| 2 | | | 2:25.1 | |
Semifinals
Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.
Semifinal One
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:18.0 |
| 2 | | | 2:21.6 |
| 3 | | | 2:21.7 |
| 4 | | | 2:23.1 |
| 5 | | | 2:24.2 |
| 6 | | | 2:24.8 |
| 7 | | | 2:26.8 |
| 8 | | | 2:26.8 | |
Semifinal Two
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 2:18.7 |
| 2 | | | 2:19.1 |
| 3 | | | 2:20.5 |
| 4 | | | 2:21.5 |
| 5 | | | 2:23.5 |
| 6 | | | 2:28.4 |
| 7 | | | 2:28.5 |
| - | | | DNF | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|
| | | 2:12.8 | WR |
| | | 2:14.6 | |
| | | 2:15.3 | |
| 4 | | | 2:16.0 | |
| 5 | | | 2:18.3 | |
| 6 | | | 2:18.5 | |
| 7 | | | 2:18.9 | |
| 8 | | | 2:19.4 | | |
Key: WR = World record
Notes and References
- Web site: Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170208/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/SWI/mens-200-metres-butterfly.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 19 October 2016 . Sports Reference.
