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400 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	14 – 15 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo
Participants	49 from 27 countries

Australia’s Murray Rose had won this event in 1956 and 1960 and was still considered formidable, holding the world record of 4:13.4 at the beginning of 1964. But by 1964 he had settled in the United States, first as a student at the University of Southern California, and then as an actor in Los Angeles. He elected not to return for the Australian Trials in February, and Australian swimming officials responded by not allowing him on the Olympic team. He might have contended for gold in Tokyo, but American Don Schollander would have been difficult to beat. On 31 July he had broken Rose’s world record, posting 4:12.7, and was considered the favorite. In the final he trailed Roy Saari at 100 metres but pulled away to lead at 200 metres and then kept extending his lead, finishing in 4:12.2 to better his own world record. He was behind his world record pace at 300 metres, but finished in 1:01.7 for the record. Germany’s Frank Wiegand trailed 2.7 seconds behind for silver, with Australian Allan Wood getting bronze as Saari struggled on the final laps.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	Final
1	Don Schollander	USA	4:15.8 (1 h7)	4:12.2 (1)	Gold
2	Frank Wiegand	GER	4:17.2 (1 h6)	4:14.9 (2)	Silver
3	Allan Wood	AUS	4:16.2 (2 h7)	4:15.1 (3)	Bronze
4	Roy Saari	USA	4:20.0 (1 h2)	4:16.7 (4)
5	John Nelson	USA	4:19.9 (1 h3)	4:16.9 (5)
6	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	4:21.1 (1 h4)	4:19.1 (6)
7	Russell Phegan	AUS	4:19.8 (1 h5)	4:20.2 (7)
8	Semyon Belits-Geyman	URS	4:19.4 (2 h6)	4:21.4 (8)
9	Bob Windle	AUS	4:21.6 (1 h1)	–
10	Hans Rosendahl	SWE	4:23.5 (2 h4)	–
11	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	4:24.2 (2 h2)	–
12	Mats Svensson	SWE	4:24.6 (3 h7)	–
13	József Katona	HUN	4:24.7 (2 h5)	–
14	Johan Bontekoe	NED	4:26.6 (2 h3)	–
15	Sergio De Gregorio	ITA	4:27.4 (3 h2)	–
16	Takeshi Yamakage	JPN	4:27.8 (3 h5)	–
17	Haruo Yoshimuta	JPN	4:28.8 (2 h1)	–
18	Petr Lohnický	TCH	4:28.9 (3 h6)	–
19	Martin Klink	GER	4:29.1 (4 h7)	–
20	Ron Jacks	CAN	4:29.3 (3 h4)	–
21	Ralph Hutton	CAN	4:29.4 (5 h7)	–
22	Wolfgang Kremer	GER	4:29.9 (3 h1)	–
=23	Yevgeny Novikov	URS	4:30.0 (3 h3)	–
=23	Pierpaolo Spangaro	ITA	4:30.0 (4 h4)	–
25	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	4:30.2 (4 h3)	–
26	Giovanni Orlando	ITA	4:30.8 (4 h1)	–
27	Celestino Pérez	PUR	4:30.9 (4 h6)	–
28	John Thurley	GBR	4:31.0 (4 h5)	–
=29	Bob Lord	GBR	4:33.2 (5 h6)	–
=29	Francis Luyce	FRA	4:33.2 (6 h6)	–
31	Aleksandr Paramonov	URS	4:34.0 (4 h2)	–
32	John Martin-Dye	GBR	4:34.3 (6 h7)	–
33	Julio Arango	COL	4:35.1 (5 h2)	–
34	Tuomo Hämäläinen	FIN	4:35.5 (5 h4)	–
35	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	4:38.0 (7 h6)	–
36	Tan Thuan Heng	MAS	4:38.2 (7 h7)	–
37	Gert Kölli	AUT	4:38.4 (6 h4)	–
38	Alan Durrett	ZAM	4:39.0 (5 h3)	–
39	Tin Maung Ni	MYA	4:40.9 (6 h2)	–
40	Slobodan Dijaković	YUG	4:41.0 (5 h5)	–
41	Pano Capéronis	SUI	4:43.8 (8 h7)	–
42	Teodoro Capriles	VEN	4:44.5 (6 h5)	–
43	Carlos Canepa	PER	4:44.9 (5 h1)	–
44	Aad Oudt	NED	4:46.5 (6 h3)	–
45	Walter Ledgard Buse	PER	4:50.4 (7 h5)	–
46	Bob Loh	HKG	4:53.3 (7 h2)	–
47	Kim Bong-Jo	KOR	4:55.8 (7 h4)	–
48	László Szlamka	HUN	5:00.0 (6 h1)	–
49	András Bodnár	HUN	5:03.7 (8 h6)	–
DNS	Luis Nicolao	ARG	– (DNS h1)	–
DNS	Pierre Canavèse	FRA	– (DNS h2)	–
DNS	Guillermo Echevarría	MEX	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	Jan Lundin	SWE	– (DNS h3)	–
DNS	Jean Pommat	FRA	– (DNS h4)	–
DNS	Elliot Chenaux	PUR	– (DNS h5)	–

Round One (14 October 1964 — 12:10)

Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	7	Bob Windle	AUS	1:00.3 (1) 1:04.1 (1)	2:04.4 (1) 1:07.5 (1)	3:11.9 (1) 1:09.7 (3)	4:21.6
2	4	Haruo Yoshimuta	JPN	1:02.1 (3) 1:07.0 (2)	2:09.1 (2) 1:09.7 (2)	3:18.8 (2) 1:10.0 (4)	4:28.8
3	6	Wolfgang Kremer	GER	1:01.3 (2) 1:08.7 (4)	2:10.0 (3) 1:10.8 (3)	3:20.8 (3) 1:09.1 (1)	4:29.9
4	2	Giovanni Orlando	ITA	1:02.3 (4) 1:08.1 (3)	2:10.4 (4) 1:11.2 (4)	3:21.6 (4) 1:09.2 (2)	4:30.8
5	3	Carlos Canepa	PER	1:05.6 (5) 1:12.0 (5)	2:17.6 (5) 1:14.7 (5)	3:32.3 (5) 1:12.6 (5)	4:44.9
6	1	László Szlamka	HUN	1:05.8 (6) 1:17.2 (6)	2:23.0 (6) 1:19.1 (6)	3:42.1 (6) 1:17.9 (6)	5:00.0
DNS	5	Luis Nicolao	ARG	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	5	Roy Saari	USA	59.6 (1) 1:06.0 (1)	2:05.6 (1) 1:08.3 (2)	3:13.9 (1) 1:06.1 (1)	4:20.0	Q
2	1	Sandy Gilchrist	CAN	1:01.1 (2) 1:07.1 (2)	2:08.2 (2) 1:08.5 (3)	3:16.7 (2) 1:07.5 (2)	4:24.2
3	7	Sergio De Gregorio	ITA	1:02.3 (=3) 1:07.5 (3)	2:09.8 (3) 1:07.6 (1)	3:17.4 (3) 1:10.0 (=3)	4:27.4
4	8	Aleksandr Paramonov	URS	1:02.3 (=3) 1:08.5 (4)	2:10.8 (4) 1:11.1 (4)	3:21.9 (4) 1:12.1 (5)	4:34.0
5	3	Julio Arango	COL	1:03.6 (5) 1:10.2 (5)	2:13.8 (5) 1:11.3 (5)	3:25.1 (5) 1:10.0 (=3)	4:35.1
6	4	Tin Maung Ni	MYA	1:03.8 (6) 1:10.6 (6)	2:14.4 (6) 1:13.1 (6)	3:27.5 (6) 1:13.4 (6)	4:40.9
7	2	Bob Loh	HKG	1:04.5 (7) 1:12.0 (7)	2:16.5 (7) 1:16.2 (7)	3:32.7 (7) 1:20.6 (7)	4:53.3
DNS	6	Pierre Canavèse	FRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	5	John Nelson	USA	1:00.5 (1) 1:06.1 (1)	2:06.6 (1) 1:06.4 (1)	3:13.0 (1) 1:06.9 (1)	4:19.9	Q
2	2	Johan Bontekoe	NED	1:01.7 (2) 1:06.7 (2)	2:08.4 (2) 1:08.4 (2)	3:16.8 (2) 1:09.8 (4)	4:26.6
3	6	Yevgeny Novikov	URS	1:03.6 (5) 1:09.1 (4)	2:12.7 (4) 1:09.7 (4)	3:22.4 (4) 1:07.6 (2)	4:30.0
4	8	Carlos van der Maath	ARG	1:03.2 (4) 1:08.7 (3)	2:11.9 (3) 1:09.1 (3)	3:21.0 (3) 1:09.2 (3)	4:30.2
5	3	Alan Durrett	ZAM	1:03.1 (3) 1:10.4 (5)	2:13.5 (5) 1:12.7 (5)	3:26.2 (5) 1:12.8 (5)	4:39.0
6	7	Aad Oudt	NED	1:04.9 (6) 1:12.2 (6)	2:17.1 (6) 1:15.4 (6)	3:32.5 (6) 1:14.0 (6)	4:46.5
DNS	4	Guillermo Echevarría	MEX	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–
DNS	1	Jan Lundin	SWE	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	1	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	1:00.5 (1) 1:06.4 (1)	2:06.9 (1) 1:07.1 (1)	3:14.0 (1) 1:07.1 (1)	4:21.1	Q
2	6	Hans Rosendahl	SWE	1:01.2 (2) 1:07.5 (2)	2:08.7 (2) 1:07.6 (2)	3:16.3 (2) 1:07.2 (2)	4:23.5
3	5	Ron Jacks	CAN	1:02.3 (=3) 1:09.1 (3)	2:11.4 (3) 1:10.1 (4)	3:21.5 (3) 1:07.8 (3)	4:29.3
4	3	Pierpaolo Spangaro	ITA	1:03.6 (6) 1:09.2 (4)	2:12.8 (5) 1:09.2 (3)	3:22.0 (4) 1:08.0 (4)	4:30.0
5	4	Tuomo Hämäläinen	FIN	1:02.3 (=3) 1:09.8 (5)	2:12.1 (4) 1:11.3 (5)	3:23.4 (5) 1:12.1 (6)	4:35.5
6	7	Gert Kölli	AUT	1:03.5 (5) 1:10.7 (6)	2:14.2 (6) 1:12.6 (6)	3:26.8 (6) 1:11.6 (5)	4:38.4
7	2	Kim Bong-Jo	KOR	1:05.2 (7) 1:14.8 (7)	2:20.0 (7) 1:18.0 (7)	3:38.0 (7) 1:17.8 (7)	4:55.8
DNS	8	Jean Pommat	FRA	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	2	Russell Phegan	AUS	1:01.8 (3) 1:04.9 (1)	2:06.7 (1) 1:05.9 (1)	3:12.6 (1) 1:07.2 (1)	4:19.8	Q
2	3	József Katona	HUN	1:02.0 (4) 1:06.0 (2)	2:08.0 (2) 1:07.6 (2)	3:15.6 (2) 1:09.1 (=2)	4:24.7
3	6	Takeshi Yamakage	JPN	1:01.5 (2) 1:08.4 (4)	2:09.9 (4) 1:08.8 (3)	3:18.7 (3) 1:09.1 (=2)	4:27.8
4	5	John Thurley	GBR	1:03.2 (5) 1:08.6 (5)	2:11.8 (5) 1:09.5 (4)	3:21.3 (4) 1:09.7 (4)	4:31.0
5	8	Slobodan Dijaković	YUG	1:00.9 (1) 1:08.1 (3)	2:09.0 (3) 1:13.8 (6)	3:22.8 (5) 1:18.2 (7)	4:41.0
6	7	Teodoro Capriles	VEN	1:04.9 (6) 1:12.0 (6)	2:16.9 (6) 1:13.6 (5)	3:30.5 (6) 1:14.0 (6)	4:44.5
7	4	Walter Ledgard Buse	PER	1:06.6 (7) 1:14.8 (7)	2:21.4 (7) 1:15.7 (7)	3:37.1 (7) 1:13.3 (5)	4:50.4
DNS	1	Elliot Chenaux	PUR	– (–) –	– (–) –	– (–) –	–

Heat Six

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	4	Frank Wiegand	GER	1:00.1 (1) 1:05.6 (2)	2:05.7 (=1) 1:08.3 (2)	3:14.0 (2) 1:03.2 (1)	4:17.2	QOR
2	7	Semyon Belits-Geyman	URS	1:00.4 (2) 1:05.3 (1)	2:05.7 (=1) 1:06.0 (1)	3:11.7 (1) 1:07.7 (2)	4:19.4	Q
3	6	Petr Lohnický	TCH	1:02.1 (3) 1:08.0 (3)	2:10.1 (3) 1:08.6 (3)	3:18.7 (3) 1:10.2 (6)	4:28.9
4	2	Celestino Pérez	PUR	1:02.9 (5) 1:08.5 (4)	2:11.4 (4) 1:09.7 (4)	3:21.1 (4) 1:09.8 (4)	4:30.9
5	5	Bob Lord	GBR	1:03.0 (6) 1:10.3 (6)	2:13.3 (6) 1:11.9 (6)	3:25.2 (6) 1:08.0 (3)	4:33.2
6	3	Francis Luyce	FRA	1:02.5 (4) 1:09.2 (5)	2:11.7 (5) 1:11.2 (5)	3:22.9 (5) 1:10.3 (7)	4:33.2
7	1	Ilkka Suvanto	FIN	1:05.2 (8) 1:10.8 (7)	2:16.0 (7) 1:12.0 (7)	3:28.0 (7) 1:10.0 (5)	4:38.0
8	8	András Bodnár	HUN	1:04.1 (7) 1:17.5 (8)	2:21.6 (8) 1:21.5 (8)	3:43.1 (8) 1:20.6 (8)	5:03.7

Heat Seven

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	3	Don Schollander	USA	1:02.1 (2) 1:06.0 (2)	2:08.1 (2) 1:04.5 (1)	3:12.6 (2) 1:03.2 (1)	4:15.8	QOR
2	6	Allan Wood	AUS	1:01.8 (1) 1:04.4 (1)	2:06.2 (1) 1:05.3 (2)	3:11.5 (1) 1:04.7 (2)	4:16.2	Q
3	5	Mats Svensson	SWE	1:02.8 (3) 1:07.8 (4)	2:10.6 (=3) 1:06.5 (3)	3:17.1 (3) 1:07.5 (3)	4:24.6
4	1	Martin Klink	GER	1:02.9 (4) 1:07.7 (3)	2:10.6 (=3) 1:07.8 (4)	3:18.4 (4) 1:10.7 (7)	4:29.1
5	7	Ralph Hutton	CAN	1:03.3 (5) 1:08.8 (5)	2:12.1 (5) 1:09.0 (5)	3:21.1 (5) 1:08.3 (4)	4:29.4
6	8	John Martin-Dye	GBR	1:04.1 (7) 1:10.2 (6)	2:14.3 (6) 1:10.0 (6)	3:24.3 (6) 1:10.0 (5)	4:34.3
7	4	Tan Thuan Heng	MAS	1:03.9 (6) 1:11.1 (7)	2:15.0 (7) 1:12.3 (7)	3:27.3 (7) 1:10.9 (8)	4:38.2
8	2	Pano Capéronis	SUI	1:06.8 (8) 1:12.5 (8)	2:19.3 (8) 1:13.9 (8)	3:33.2 (8) 1:10.6 (6)	4:43.8

Final (15 October 1964 — 20:35)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	Time
1	4	Don Schollander	USA	1:00.4 (2) 1:05.3 (=2)	2:05.7 (1) 1:04.8 (2)	3:10.5 (1) 1:01.7 (1)	4:12.2	WR
2	3	Frank Wiegand	GER	1:01.1 (5) 1:05.3 (=2)	2:06.4 (5) 1:05.5 (3)	3:11.9 (3) 1:03.0 (2)	4:14.9
3	5	Allan Wood	AUS	1:01.5 (=7) 1:04.7 (1)	2:06.2 (4) 1:04.4 (1)	3:10.6 (2) 1:04.5 (5)	4:15.1
4	1	Roy Saari	USA	1:00.3 (1) 1:05.7 (7)	2:06.0 (2) 1:06.5 (6)	3:12.5 (=4) 1:04.2 (3)	4:16.7
5	7	John Nelson	USA	1:01.3 (6) 1:05.6 (=5)	2:06.9 (7) 1:05.6 (4)	3:12.5 (=4) 1:04.4 (4)	4:16.9
6	8	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	JPN	1:01.0 (4) 1:06.5 (8)	2:07.5 (8) 1:06.9 (7)	3:14.4 (8) 1:04.7 (6)	4:19.1
7	2	Russell Phegan	AUS	1:01.5 (=7) 1:05.3 (=2)	2:06.8 (6) 1:06.0 (5)	3:12.8 (6) 1:07.4 (=7)	4:20.2
8	6	Semyon Belits-Geyman	URS	1:00.5 (3) 1:05.6 (=5)	2:06.1 (3) 1:07.9 (8)	3:14.0 (7) 1:07.4 (=7)	4:21.4