Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay explained

The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place August 29 - September 1.^[1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.

Medalists

George Harrison Dick Blick Mike Troy Jeff Farrell

Makoto Fukui Hiroshi Ishii Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Tatsuo Fujimoto

David Dickson John Devitt Murray Rose John Konrads

Results

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Heats

Two heats were held; the fastest eight teams advanced to the Finals. The teams that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:17.1
2		8:26.9
3		8:30.6
3		8:30.6
5		8:32.0
6		8:41.2
7		9:18.1
-		DNS

Heat Two

Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
1		8:18.0
2		8:24.2
3		8:29.4
4		8:29.7
5		8:32.6
6		8:38.1
7		8:49.8
8		8:50.4

Final

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Place	width=620	Swimmers	width=90	Time	width=90	Notes
		8:10.2
		8:13.2
		8:13.8
4		8:28.1
5		8:29.7
6		8:31.0
7		8:31.8
8		8:32.8

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 October 2016 . Sports Reference.
2. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1103/olympic-games-rome-1960/results?disciplines=SW&event=996fcb1b-f0c5-4a59-b05b-cfadd3eeb7c5 result
3. https://www.fina.org/competitions/1103/olympic-games-rome-1960/results?disciplines=SW&event=996fcb1b-f0c5-4a59-b05b-cfadd3eeb7c5 final