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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date2 – 3 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationStadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants30 from 19 countries

Murray Rose had won the gold medal in this event in Australia but the world record in 1960 was held by his countryman John Konrads, who had recorded 17:11.0 in Sydney in February. Also considered challengers were American George Breen, who in Melbourne had set a world record in the prelims before winning a bronze medal, and Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, silver medalist from Melbourne. Konrads led the Rome final throughout, although Breen stayed with him for the first 1,000 metres. Rose got relatively close near the end for the silver medal, with Breen hanging on for a second consecutive bronze in the event.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1John KonradsAUS17:52.0 (1 h4)17:19.6 (1)Gold
2Murray RoseAUS17:32.8 (1 h5)17:21.7 (2)Silver
3George BreenUSA17:55.9 (1 h3)17:30.6 (3)Bronze
4Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN17:46.5 (1 h1)17:34.7 (4)
5József KatonaHUN17:53.5 (2 h4)17:43.7 (5)
6Murray McLachlanRSA18:09.9 (2 h2)17:44.9 (6)
7Alan SomersUSA17:54.1 (1 h2)18:02.8 (7)
8Dick CampionGBR17:54.8 (3 h4)18:22.7 (8)
9Aubrey BürerRSA18:17.8 (2 h1)
10Bana SailaniPHI18:18.8 (2 h5)
11Lars-Erik BengtssonSWE18:19.7 (2 h3)
12Hans-Ulrich MillowGER18:22.7 (4 h4)
13Mauricio OcampoMEX18:29.0 (5 h4)
14Masami NakaboJPN18:30.4 (3 h2)
15Gerhard HetzGER18:32.2 (3 h1)
16Gennady AndrosovURS18:39.0 (3 h5)
17Ilkka SuvantoFIN18:41.1 (4 h1)
18Veljko RogošićYUG18:51.8 (3 h3)
19Bob SreenanGBR18:57.1 (4 h2)
20Tin Maung NiMYA19:09.8 (5 h2)
21Alfredo GuzmánMEX19:11.1 (5 h1)
22Zakaria NasutionINA19:18.6 (6 h4)
23Miguel TorresESP19:21.8 (4 h3)
24Hans-Ulrich DürstSUI19:21.9 (4 h5)
25Eduardo de SousaPOR19:40.1 (5 h5)
26Massimo RosiITA19:52.9 (5 h3)
27András BodnárHUN20:22.2 (6 h3)
28Paolo GallettiITA20:28.2 (6 h1)
29Slobodan KićovićYUG20:29.0 (6 h2)
30Rainer GoltzscheSUI20:45.1 (7 h1)
DNSRobert ChenauxPUR– (DNS h3)
DNSAmiram TrauberISR– (DNS h4)
DNSBengt-Olov AlmstedtSWE– (DNS h5)

Round One

Date2 September 1960 — 9:05
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Murray RoseAUS17:32.8QOR
2Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN17:46.5QOR1
3John KonradsAUS17:52.0Q
4József KatonaHUN17:53.5Q
5Alan SomersUSA17:54.1Q
6Dick CampionGBR17:54.8Q
7George BreenUSA17:55.9Q
8Murray McLachlanRSA18:09.9Q
9Aubrey BürerRSA18:17.8
10Bana SailaniPHI18:18.82
11Lars-Erik BengtssonSWE18:19.73
12Hans-Ulrich MillowGER18:22.7
13Mauricio OcampoMEX18:29.0
14Masami NakaboJPN18:30.4
15Gerhard HetzGER18:32.2
16Gennady AndrosovURS18:39.0
17Ilkka SuvantoFIN18:41.14
18Veljko RogošićYUG18:51.8
19Bob SreenanGBR18:57.1
20Tin Maung NiMYA19:09.8
21Alfredo GuzmánMEX19:11.15
22Zakaria NasutionINA19:18.6
23Miguel TorresESP19:21.8
24Hans-Ulrich DürstSUI19:21.9
25Eduardo de SousaPOR19:40.16
26Massimo RosiITA19:52.9
27András BodnárHUN20:22.2
28Paolo GallettiITA20:28.2
29Slobodan KićovićYUG20:29.0
30Rainer GoltzscheSUI20:45.1
DNSRobert ChenauxPUR
DNSAmiram TrauberISR
DNSBengt-Olov AlmstedtSWE

Heat #1

Time9:05
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN17:46.5QOR7
2Aubrey BürerRSA18:17.8
3Gerhard HetzGER18:32.2
4Ilkka SuvantoFIN18:41.18
5Alfredo GuzmánMEX19:11.19
6Paolo GallettiITA20:28.2
7Rainer GoltzscheSUI20:45.1

Heat #2

Time9:35
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Alan SomersUSA17:54.1Q
2Murray McLachlanRSA18:09.9Q
3Masami NakaboJPN18:30.4
4Bob SreenanGBR18:57.1
5Tin Maung NiMYA19:09.8
6Slobodan KićovićYUG20:29.0

Heat #3

Time10:05
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1George BreenUSA17:55.9Q
2Lars-Erik BengtssonSWE18:19.710
3Veljko RogošićYUG18:51.8
4Miguel TorresESP19:21.8
5Massimo RosiITA19:52.9
6András BodnárHUN20:22.2
DNSRobert ChenauxPUR

Heat #4

Time21:25
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1John KonradsAUS17:52.0Q
2József KatonaHUN17:53.5Q
3Dick CampionGBR17:54.8Q
4Hans-Ulrich MillowGER18:22.7
5Mauricio OcampoMEX18:29.0
6Zakaria NasutionINA19:18.6
DNSAmiram TrauberISR

Heat #5

Time21:55
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Murray RoseAUS17:32.8QOR
2Bana SailaniPHI18:18.811
3Gennady AndrosovURS18:39.0
4Hans-Ulrich DürstSUI19:21.9
5Eduardo de SousaPOR19:40.112
DNSBengt-Olov AlmstedtSWE

Final Round

Date3 September 1960 — 20:50
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1John KonradsAUS17:19.6OR
2Murray RoseAUS17:21.7
3George BreenUSA17:30.6
4Tsuyoshi YamanakaJPN17:34.7
5József KatonaHUN17:43.7
6Murray McLachlanRSA17:44.9
7Alan SomersUSA18:02.8
8Dick CampionGBR18:22.7