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4 x 100 metres Medley Relay, Men

Date	27 August – 1 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto, Roma
Participants	80 from 18 countries

This was a new Olympic event, but it was not hard to pick the US as the favorites. They were so strong that for the butterfly leg they left the winner of the 200 fly in Rome, Mike Troy, off the team and replaced him by Lance Larson, the controversial silver medalist in the 100 freestyle. In the heats the Americans’ time was over six seconds faster than the Australians, as they broke the world record with a time of 4:09.2. They easily won the gold medal, almost seven seconds ahead of second-place Australia in the final, breaking the world mark again, with 4:08.2. Japan trailed in third, with Canada fourth, their anchor leg swum by future IOC Vice-President Dick Pound.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	United States	USA	4:08.2 (1 h3)	4:05.4 (1)	Gold
	Frank McKinney • Paul Hait • Lance Larson • Jeff Farrell • Bob Bennett • Dave Gillanders • Steve Clark
2	Australia	AUS	4:14.8 (1 h1)	4:12.0 (2)	Silver
	David Theile • Terry Gathercole • Neville Hayes • Geoff Shipton • Julian Carroll • William Burton • Kevin Berry
3	Japan	JPN	4:16.0 (1 h2)	4:12.2 (3)	Bronze
	Kazuo Tomita • Koichi Hirakida • Yoshihiko Osaki • Keigo Shimizu • Kazuo Watanabe • Katsuki Ishihara
4	Canada	CAN	4:15.3 (2 h3)	4:16.8 (4)
	Bob Wheaton • Steve Rabinovitch • Cam Grout • Dick Pound
5	Soviet Union	URS	4:16.2 (3 h2)	4:16.8 (5)
	Leonid Barbiyer • Leonid Kolesnikov • Grigory Kiselyov • Igor Luzhkovsky
6	Italy	ITA	4:16.0 (2 h2)	4:17.2 (6)
	Giuseppe Avellone • Roberto Lazzari • Fritz Dennerlein • Bruno Bianchi
7	Great Britain	GBR	4:16.8 (4 h2)	4:17.6 (7)
	Graham Sykes • Christopher Walkden • Ian Black • Stanley Clarke
8	Netherlands	NED	4:16.1 (3 h3)	4:18.2 (8)
	Jan Jiskoot • Wieger Mensonides • Gerrit Korteweg • Ron Kroon
=9	Unified Team of Germany	GER	4:17.7 (2 h1)	–
	Wolfgang Wagner • Günter Tittes • Hermann Lotter • Uwe Jacobsen
=9	Hungary	HUN	4:17.7 (4 h3)	–
	József Csikány • György Kunsági • László Kiss • László Lantos
11	France	FRA	4:21.7 (3 h1)	–
	Robert Christophe • Roland Boullanger • Jean Pommat • Alain Gottvallès
12	Mexico	MEX	4:23.1 (4 h1)	–
	Alejandro Gaxiola • Enrique Rabell • Mauricio Ocampo • Jorge Escalante
13	Yugoslavia	YUG	4:25.5 (5 h3)	–
	Mihovil Dorčić • Đorđe Perišić • Veljko Rogošić • Janez Kocmur
14	Finland	FIN	4:27.3 (5 h1)	–
	Stig-Olof Grenner • Pekka Lairola • Ilkka Suvanto • Karri Käyhkö
15	Philippines	PHI	4:28.0 (5 h2)	–
	Lorenzo Cortez • Antonio Saloso • Freddie Elizalde • Bana Sailani
16	Brazil	BRA	4:30.1 (6 h2)	–
	Athos de Oliveira Júnior • Farid Zablith Filho • Aldo Perseke • Fernando de Abreu
17	Israel	ISR	4:37.6 (6 h1)	–
	Joram Shnider • Gershon Shefa • Itzhak Luria • Amiram Trauber
18	Portugal	POR	4:39.9 (6 h3)	–
	Raúl Cerqueira • Eduardo de Sousa • Luís Vaz Jorge • Herlander Ribeiro

Round One (27 August 1960 — 15:00)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	5	Australia	AUS		4:14.8		QOR
		Julian Carroll		–	1:04.6	1:04.6 (3)
		William Burton		–	1:13.3	2:17.9 (2)
		Kevin Berry		–	1:01.7	3:19.6 (1)
		Geoff Shipton		–	55.2	4:14.8 (1)
2	4	Unified Team of Germany	GER		4:17.7
		Wolfgang Wagner		–	1:04.3	1:04.3 (2)
		Günter Tittes		–	1:12.2	2:16.5 (1)
		Hermann Lotter		–	1:04.0	3:20.5 (2)
		Uwe Jacobsen		–	57.2	4:17.7 (2)
3	3	France	FRA		4:21.7
		Robert Christophe		–	1:03.2	1:03.2 (1)
		Roland Boullanger		–	1:15.4	2:18.6 (3)
		Jean Pommat		–	1:05.5	3:24.1 (3)
		Alain Gottvallès		–	57.6	4:21.7 (3)
4	7	Mexico	MEX		4:23.1
		Alejandro Gaxiola		–	1:05.4	1:05.4 (5)
		Enrique Rabell		–	1:18.6	2:24.0 (5)
		Mauricio Ocampo		–	1:02.3	3:26.3 (4)
		Jorge Escalante		–	56.8	4:23.1 (4)
5	6	Finland	FIN		4:27.3
		Stig-Olof Grenner		–	1:05.2	1:05.2 (4)
		Pekka Lairola		–	1:16.2	2:21.4 (4)
		Ilkka Suvanto		–	1:06.6	3:28.0 (5)
		Karri Käyhkö		–	59.3	4:27.3 (5)
6	2	Israel	ISR		4:37.6
		Joram Shnider		–	1:11.3	1:11.3 (6)
		Gershon Shefa		–	1:19.3	2:30.6 (6)
		Itzhak Luria		–	1:06.9	3:37.5 (6)
		Amiram Trauber		–	1:00.1	4:37.6 (6)

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	Japan	JPN		4:16.0		Q
		Kazuo Watanabe		–	1:05.5	1:05.5 (3)
		Yoshihiko Osaki		–	1:11.8	2:17.3 (3)
		Koichi Hirakida		–	1:01.9	3:19.2 (2)
		Katsuki Ishihara		–	56.8	4:16.0 (1)
2	6	Italy	ITA		4:16.0		Q
		Giuseppe Avellone		–	1:05.8	1:05.8 (4)
		Roberto Lazzari		–	1:12.0	2:17.8 (4)
		Fritz Dennerlein		–	1:00.7	3:18.5 (1)
		Bruno Bianchi		–	57.5	4:16.0 (2)
3	5	Soviet Union	URS		4:16.2		Q
		Leonid Barbiyer		–	1:03.8	1:03.8 (1)
		Leonid Kolesnikov		–	1:13.0	2:16.8 (1)
		Grigory Kiselyov		–	1:03.0	3:19.8 (4)
		Igor Luzhkovsky		–	56.4	4:16.2 (3)
4	3	Great Britain	GBR		4:16.8		Q
		Graham Sykes		–	1:03.9	1:03.9 (2)
		Christopher Walkden		–	1:13.1	2:17.0 (2)
		Ian Black		–	1:12.4	3:19.4 (3)
		Stanley Clarke		–	57.4	4:16.8 (4)
5	7	Philippines	PHI		4:28.0
		Lorenzo Cortez		–	1:08.4	1:08.4 (6)
		Antonio Saloso		–	1:18.1	2:26.5 (6)
		Freddie Elizalde		–	1:02.9	3:29.4 (5)
		Bana Sailani		–	58.6	4:28.0 (5)
6	2	Brazil	BRA		4:30.1
		Athos de Oliveira Júnior		–	1:07.2	1:07.2 (5)
		Farid Zablith Filho		–	1:15.6	2:22.8 (5)
		Aldo Perseke		–	1:08.5	3:31.3 (6)
		Fernando de Abreu		–	58.8	4:30.1 (6)

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA		4:08.2		QOR
		Bob Bennett		–	1:02.7	1:02.7 (1)
		Paul Hait		–	1:11.2	2:13.9 (1)
		Dave Gillanders		–	59.8	3:13.7 (1)
		Steve Clark		–	54.6	4:08.2 (1)
2	3	Canada	CAN		4:15.3		Q
		Bob Wheaton		–	1:04.8	1:04.8 (3)
		Steve Rabinovitch		–	1:12.3	2:17.1 (2)
		Cam Grout		–	1:02.1	3:19.3 (2)
		Dick Pound		–	56.1	4:15.3 (2)
3	2	Netherlands	NED		4:16.1		Q
		Jan Jiskoot		–	1:05.6	1:05.6 (4)
		Wieger Mensonides		–	1:12.2	2:17.8 (4)
		Gerrit Korteweg		–	1:02.2	3:20.0 (3)
		Ron Kroon		–	56.1	4:16.1 (3)
4	5	Hungary	HUN		4:17.7
		József Csikány		–	1:04.6	1:04.6 (2)
		György Kunsági		–	1:13.1	2:17.7 (3)
		László Kiss		–	1:03.0	3:20.7 (4)
		László Lantos		–	57.0	4:17.7 (4)
5	6	Yugoslavia	YUG		4:25.5
		Mihovil Dorčić		–	1:06.1	1:06.1 (5)
		Đorđe Perišić		–	1:14.9	2:21.0 (5)
		Veljko Rogošić		–	1:06.3	3:27.3 (5)
		Janez Kocmur		–	58.2	4:25.5 (5)
6	7	Portugal	POR		4:39.9
		Raúl Cerqueira		–	1:07.1	1:07.1 (6)
		Eduardo de Sousa		–	1:24.7	2:31.8 (6)
		Luís Vaz Jorge		–	1:06.8	3:38.6 (6)
		Herlander Ribeiro		–	1:01.3	4:39.9 (6)

Final (1 September 1960 — 20:30)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	50 m	Time	Exchange (Pos)
1	4	United States	USA		4:05.4		WR
		Frank McKinney		–	1:02.0	1:02.0 (1)
		Paul Hait		–	1:10.5	2:12.5 (1)
		Lance Larson		–	58.0	3:10.5 (1)
		Jeff Farrell		–	54.9	4:05.4 (1)
2	5	Australia	AUS		4:12.0
		David Theile		–	1:02.4	1:02.4 (2)
		Terry Gathercole		–	1:10.9	2:13.3 (2)
		Neville Hayes		–	1:03.3	3:16.6 (3)
		Geoff Shipton		–	55.4	4:12.0 (2)
3	6	Japan	JPN		4:12.2
		Kazuo Tomita		–	1:04.1	1:04.1 (4)
		Koichi Hirakida		–	1:11.5	2:15.6 (3)
		Yoshihiko Osaki		–	1:00.4	3:16.0 (2)
		Keigo Shimizu		–	56.2	4:12.2 (3)
4	3	Canada	CAN		4:16.8
		Bob Wheaton		–	1:05.4	1:05.4 (6)
		Steve Rabinovitch		–	1:12.4	2:17.8 (6)
		Cam Grout		–	1:03.0	3:20.8 (7)
		Dick Pound		–	56.0	4:16.8 (4)
5	1	Soviet Union	URS		4:16.8
		Leonid Barbiyer		–	1:04.7	1:04.7 (5)
		Leonid Kolesnikov		–	1:12.5	2:17.2 (5)
		Grigory Kiselyov		–	1:02.4	3:19.6 (=5)
		Igor Luzhkovsky		–	57.2	4:16.8 (5)
6	2	Italy	ITA		4:17.2
		Giuseppe Avellone		–	1:05.5	1:05.5 (7)
		Roberto Lazzari		–	1:12.7	2:18.2 (7)
		Fritz Dennerlein		–	1:01.4	3:19.6 (=5)
		Bruno Bianchi		–	57.6	4:17.2 (6)
7	8	Great Britain	GBR		4:17.6
		Graham Sykes		–	1:03.6	1:03.6 (3)
		Christopher Walkden		–	1:12.4	2:16.0 (4)
		Ian Black		–	1:03.3	3:19.3 (4)
		Stanley Clarke		–	58.3	4:17.6 (7)
8	7	Netherlands	NED		4:18.2
		Jan Jiskoot		–	1:06.3	1:06.3 (8)
		Wieger Mensonides		–	1:13.4	2:19.7 (8)
		Gerrit Korteweg		–	1:02.6	3:22.3 (8)
		Ron Kroon		–	55.9	4:18.2 (8)