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200 metres Butterfly, Men

Date	31 August – 2 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	34 from 23 countries

This event was on the Olympic program for only the second time, having been added in 1956. By the time of the Rome Olympics, Mike Troy of the USA had set the last five world records, lowering the mark from 2:19.0 in July 1959 to 2:13.2 set at the 1960 US Trials in Detroit. Although he had lost the 1959 Pan American Games to his countryman, Dave Gillanders, he was heavily favored in Rome and did not disappoint, winning the final easily in another world record time of 2:12.8, with Gillanders placing third, behind Australia’s Neville Hayes. Troy later served with the Navy in Vietnam, where he was decorated for valor.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Mike Troy	USA	2:15.5 (1 h1)	2:18.0 (1 h1)	2:12.8 (1)	Gold
2	Neville Hayes	AUS	2:18.1 (1 h4)	2:21.6 (2 h1)	2:14.6 (2)	Silver
3	Dave Gillanders	USA	2:16.2 (1 h3)	2:18.7 (1 h2)	2:15.3 (3)	Bronze
4	Fritz Dennerlein	ITA	2:18.3 (1 h2)	2:20.5 (3 h2)	2:16.0 (4)
5	Haruo Yoshimuta	JPN	2:19.4 (2 h5)	2:21.7 (3 h1)	2:18.3 (5)
6	Kevin Berry	AUS	2:18.9 (1 h5)	2:23.1 (4 h1)	2:18.5 (6)
7	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	2:19.3 (2 h2)	2:19.1 (2 h2)	2:18.9 (7)
8	Kenzo Izutsu	JPN	2:20.3 (2 h1)	2:21.5 (4 h2)	2:19.4 (8)
9	Pavel Pazdírek	TCH	2:24.2 (3 h3)	2:23.5 (5 h2)	–
10	Eulalio Ríos	MEX	2:22.0 (3 h2)	2:24.2 (5 h1)	–
11	Grigory Kiselyov	URS	2:24.6 (3 h1)	2:24.8 (6 h1)	–
=12	Luis Nicolao	ARG	2:23.9 (2 h3)	2:26.8 (7 h1)	–
=12	Ian Blyth	GBR	2:24.9 (5 h1)	2:26.8 (8 h1)	–
14	Jürgen Bachmann	GER	2:25.0 (3 h4)	2:28.4 (6 h2)	–
15	Alexandru Popescu	ROU	2:24.6 (4 h1)	2:28.5 (7 h2)	–
DNF	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	2:23.9 (2 h4)	– (DNF h2)	–
17	Håkan Bengtsson	SWE	2:25.0 (4 h2)	–	–
18	Fernando Fanjul	ARG	2:25.2 (3 h5)	–	–
19	Wolfgang Sieber	GER	2:25.4 (5 h2)	–	–
20	Gerrit Korteweg	NED	2:26.4 (6 h2)	–	–
21	Cam Grout	CAN	2:27.7 (7 h2)	–	–
22	Amir Hussin Hamsain	PHI	2:27.9 (4 h3)	–	–
23	Luís Vaz Jorge	POR	2:28.9 (5 h3)	–	–
24	László Kiss	HUN	2:31.0 (4 h5)	–	–
25	José Vicente León	ESP	2:31.4 (5 h5)	–	–
26	Giampiero Fossati	ITA	2:31.9 (6 h1)	–	–
27	Veljko Rogošić	YUG	2:35.5 (6 h5)	–	–
28	Henri Vidil	FRA	2:36.0 (4 h4)	–	–
29	Bert Sitters	NED	2:36.6 (7 h1)	–	–
30	Heriberto de la Fe	ESP	2:37.0 (5 h4)	–	–
31	Ahiron Radjae	PHI	2:39.8 (6 h4)	–	–
32	Aldo Perseke	BRA	2:50.8 (6 h3)	–	–
33	Fong Seow Hor	MAL	2:56.4 (7 h5)	–	–
34	Lovro Radonić	YUG	3:00.6 (7 h3)	–	–
DNS	Ian Black	GBR	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	Miklós Ambrus	HUN	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	Habib Nasution	INA	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	Gershon Shefa	ISR	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Phan Hữu Dong	VNM	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One (31 August 1960 — 20:30)

Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Mike Troy	USA	1:03.5 (1) 1:12.0 (1)	2:15.5	QOR
2	5	Kenzo Izutsu	JPN	1:06.5 (=4) 1:13.8 (2)	2:20.3	Q
3	3	Grigory Kiselyov	URS	1:06.5 (=4) 1:18.1 (3)	2:24.6	Q
4	8	Alexandru Popescu	ROU	1:05.5 (2) 1:19.1 (5)	2:24.6	Q
5	6	Ian Blyth	GBR	1:06.2 (3) 1:18.7 (4)	2:24.9	Q
6	2	Giampiero Fossati	ITA	1:07.9 (6) 1:24.0 (6)	2:31.9
7	7	Bert Sitters	NED	1:10.9 (7) 1:25.7 (7)	2:36.6
DNS	1	Phan Hữu Dong	VNM	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Fritz Dennerlein	ITA	1:05.7 (1) 1:12.6 (1)	2:18.3	Q
2	5	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	1:05.8 (2) 1:13.5 (2)	2:19.3	Q
3	7	Eulalio Ríos	MEX	1:07.3 (=5) 1:14.7 (3)	2:22.0	Q
4	2	Håkan Bengtsson	SWE	1:07.6 (7) 1:17.4 (4)	2:25.0	q
5	6	Wolfgang Sieber	GER	1:06.9 (3) 1:18.5 (5)	2:25.4
6	1	Gerrit Korteweg	NED	1:07.2 (4) 1:19.2 (6)	2:26.4
7	3	Cam Grout	CAN	1:07.3 (=5) 1:20.4 (7)	2:27.7
DNS	8	Gershon Shefa	ISR	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Dave Gillanders	USA	1:04.6 (1) 1:11.6 (1)	2:16.2	Q
2	3	Luis Nicolao	ARG	1:07.7 (=3) 1:16.2 (2)	2:23.9	Q
3	5	Pavel Pazdírek	TCH	1:07.7 (=3) 1:16.5 (3)	2:24.2	Q
4	6	Amir Hussin Hamsain	PHI	1:05.0 (2) 1:22.9 (5)	2:27.9
5	7	Luís Vaz Jorge	POR	1:08.6 (5) 1:20.3 (4)	2:28.9
6	1	Aldo Perseke	BRA	1:13.5 (6) 1:37.3 (7)	2:50.8
7	8	Lovro Radonić	YUG	1:25.0 (7) 1:35.6 (6)	3:00.6
DNS	2	Habib Nasution	INA	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Neville Hayes	AUS	1:05.3 (1) 1:12.8 (1)	2:18.1	Q
2	2	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	1:07.3 (3) 1:16.6 (2)	2:23.9	Q
3	3	Jürgen Bachmann	GER	1:07.1 (2) 1:17.9 (3)	2:25.0	q
4	1	Henri Vidil	FRA	1:12.0 (6) 1:24.0 (4)	2:36.0
5	7	Heriberto de la Fe	ESP	1:11.7 (5) 1:25.3 (5)	2:37.0
6	6	Ahiron Radjae	PHI	1:07.5 (4) 1:32.3 (6)	2:39.8
DNS	5	Ian Black	GBR	– (–) –	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	5	Kevin Berry	AUS	1:05.7 (2) 1:13.2 (1)	2:18.9	Q
2	4	Haruo Yoshimuta	JPN	1:05.5 (1) 1:13.9 (2)	2:19.4	Q
3	3	Fernando Fanjul	ARG	1:06.3 (3) 1:18.9 (3)	2:25.2
4	2	László Kiss	HUN	1:08.9 (4) 1:22.1 (5)	2:31.0
5	7	José Vicente León	ESP	1:10.9 (5) 1:20.5 (4)	2:31.4
6	6	Veljko Rogošić	YUG	1:11.3 (6) 1:24.2 (6)	2:35.5
7	1	Fong Seow Hor	MAL	1:18.4 (7) 1:38.0 (7)	2:56.4
DNS	8	Miklós Ambrus	HUN	– (–) –	–

Swim-Off

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Jürgen Bachmann	GER	1:07.2 (1) 1:15.9 (1)	2:23.1	Q
2	5	Håkan Bengtsson	SWE	1:08.4 (2) 1:16.7 (2)	2:25.1

Semi-Finals (1 September 1960 — 9:45)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Mike Troy	USA	1:04.6 (1) 1:13.4 (1)	2:18.0	Q
2	5	Neville Hayes	AUS	1:07.7 (=4) 1:13.9 (2)	2:21.6	Q
3	6	Haruo Yoshimuta	JPN	1:06.6 (2) 1:15.1 (3)	2:21.7	Q
4	3	Kevin Berry	AUS	1:06.8 (3) 1:16.3 (5)	2:23.1	Q
5	2	Eulalio Ríos	MEX	1:08.7 (8) 1:15.5 (4)	2:24.2
6	1	Grigory Kiselyov	URS	1:07.7 (=4) 1:17.1 (6)	2:24.8
7	7	Luis Nicolao	ARG	1:08.6 (7) 1:18.2 (7)	2:26.8
8	8	Ian Blyth	GBR	1:07.8 (6) 1:19.0 (8)	2:26.8

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Dave Gillanders	USA	1:07.1 (=1) 1:11.6 (1)	2:18.7	Q
2	3	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	1:07.3 (4) 1:11.8 (2)	2:19.1	Q
3	5	Fritz Dennerlein	ITA	1:07.1 (=1) 1:13.4 (3)	2:20.5	Q
4	6	Kenzo Izutsu	JPN	1:07.1 (=1) 1:14.4 (4)	2:21.5	Q
5	7	Pavel Pazdírek	TCH	1:08.0 (5) 1:15.5 (5)	2:23.5
6	8	Jürgen Bachmann	GER	1:08.6 (6) 1:19.8 (7)	2:28.4
7	1	Alexandru Popescu	ROU	1:10.3 (7) 1:18.2 (6)	2:28.5
DNF	2	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	– (–) –	–

Final (2 September 1960 — 20:40)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	Time
1	4	Mike Troy	USA	1:02.5 (1) 1:10.3 (2)	2:12.8	WR
2	7	Neville Hayes	AUS	1:05.3 (6) 1:09.3 (1)	2:14.6
3	5	Dave Gillanders	USA	1:04.0 (2) 1:11.3 (=3)	2:15.3
4	6	Fritz Dennerlein	ITA	1:04.7 (=3) 1:11.3 (=3)	2:16.0
5	1	Haruo Yoshimuta	JPN	1:04.7 (=3) 1:13.6 (7)	2:18.3
6	8	Kevin Berry	AUS	1:05.6 (7) 1:12.9 (5)	2:18.5
7	3	Valentin Kuzmin	URS	1:05.0 (5) 1:13.9 (8)	2:18.9
8	2	Kenzo Izutsu	JPN	1:06.3 (8) 1:13.1 (6)	2:19.4