| Date | 15 – 16 October 1964 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Kokuritsu Yoyogi Kyogijo, Shibuya, Tokyo |
| Participants | 63 from 14 countries |
In the heats the United States sent out their reserves who qualified in the first position in an Olympic record 4:05.1. The USA team was so strong that they had held swim-offs to determine who would swim in the medley relay. Thompson Mann led off the final with a backstroke leg of 59.6, breaking the world record for the 100 back. Steve Clark anchored the Americans home in 52.4 for the freestyle leg, under the recognized world record for the 100 free, although he had a flying start. Clark won gold medals in all three relay events in Tokyo. The United States won in 3:58.4, a world record and the first time ever under four minutes for the distance, with Germany over three seconds back in second place.
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | R1 | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States |  USA | 4:05.1 (1 h2) | 3:58.4 (1) | Gold | ||
| Backstroke | – | Thompson Mann | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Bill Craig | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Fred Schmidt | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Steve Clark | – | – | ||||
| Backstroke | – | Rich McGeagh | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Virg Luken | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Walter Richardson | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Bob Bennett | – | – | ||||
| 2 | – | Unified Team of Germany |  GER | 4:06.6 (1 h1) | 4:01.6 (2) | Silver | ||
| Backstroke | – | Ernst-Joachim Küppers | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Egon Henninger | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Horst-Günter Gregor | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Hans-Joachim Klein | – | – | ||||
| 3 | – | Australia |  AUS | 4:11.4 (4 h2) | 4:02.3 (3) | Bronze | ||
| Backstroke | – | Peter Reynolds | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Ian O'Brien | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Kevin Berry | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | David Dickson | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Peter Tonkin | – | – | ||||
| 4 | – | Soviet Union |  URS | 4:07.6 (3 h1) | 4:04.2 (4) | |||
| Backstroke | – | Viktor Mazanov | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Georgy Prokopenko | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Valentin Kuzmin | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Vladimir Shuvalov | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Aleksandr T'ut'ak'aevi | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Viktor Semchenko | – | – | ||||
| 5 | – | Japan |  JPN | 4:07.3 (2 h1) | 4:06.6 (5) | |||
| Backstroke | – | Shigeo Fukushima | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Kenji Ishikawa | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Isao Nakajima | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Yukiaki Okabe | – | – | ||||
| 6 | – | Hungary |  HUN | 4:08.8 (2 h2) | 4:08.5 (6) | |||
| Backstroke | – | József Csikány | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Ferenc Lenkei | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | József Gulrich | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Gyula Dobay | – | – | ||||
| 7 | – | Italy |  ITA | 4:09.3 (3 h2) | 4:10.3 (7) | |||
| Backstroke | – | Dino Rora | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Gian Corrado Gross | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Giampiero Fossati | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Pietro Boscaini | – | – | ||||
| 8 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 4:12.3 (4 h1) | 4:11.4 (8) | |||
| Backstroke | – | Geoff Thwaites | – | – | ||||
| Breaststroke | – | Neil Nicholson | – | – | ||||
| Butterfly | – | Brian Jenkins | – | – | ||||
| Freestyle | – | Bobby McGregor | – | – | ||||
| 9 | 6 | Netherlands |  NED | 4:12.6 (5 h1) | – | |||
| – | Jan Weeteling | – | – | |||||
| – | Hemmie Vriens | – | – | |||||
| – | Jan Jiskoot | – | – | |||||
| – | Ron Kroon | – | – | |||||
| 10 | 2 | Canada |  CAN | 4:15.5 (5 h2) | – | |||
| – | Ralph Hutton | – | – | |||||
| – | Sandy Gilchrist | – | – | |||||
| – | Dan Sherry | – | – | |||||
| – | Ron Jacks | – | – | |||||
| 11 | 1 | Argentina |  ARG | 4:15.8 (6 h2) | – | |||
| – | Carlos van der Maath | – | – | |||||
| – | Miguel Ángel Navarro | – | – | |||||
| – | Luis Nicolao | – | – | |||||
| – | Alfredo Bourdillón | – | – | |||||
| 12 | 8 | Spain |  ESP | 4:17.4 (7 h2) | – | |||
| – | Jesús Cabrera | – | – | |||||
| – | Nazario Padrón | – | – | |||||
| – | Joaquín Pujol | – | – | |||||
| – | José Miguel Espinosa | – | – | |||||
| 13 | 2 | Brazil |  BRA | 4:21.2 (6 h1) | – | |||
| – | Athos de Oliveira Júnior | – | – | |||||
| – | Farid Zablith Filho | – | – | |||||
| – | Mauri da Fonseca | – | – | |||||
| – | Álvaro Pires | – | – | |||||
| 14 | 3 | Malaysia |  MAS | 4:29.3 (7 h1) | – | |||
| – | Michael Eu | – | – | |||||
| – | Cheah Tong Kim | – | – | |||||
| – | Bernard Chan | – | – | |||||
| – | Tan Thuan Heng | – | – |
| Date | 15 October 1964 — 13:50 |
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| Format | Fastest 8 advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Lane | Team | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | United States | USA | 4:05.1 | ||
| 2 | 7 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 4:06.6 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Japan | JPN | 4:07.3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:07.6 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 4:08.8 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Italy | ITA | 4:09.3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Australia | AUS | 4:11.4 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:12.3 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Netherlands | NED | 4:12.6 | ||
| 10 | 2 | Canada | CAN | 4:15.5 | ||
| 11 | 1 | Argentina | ARG | 4:15.8 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Spain | ESP | 4:17.4 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Brazil | BRA | 4:21.2 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Malaysia | MAS | 4:29.3 |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 4:06.6 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Ernst-Joachim Küppers | – | 1:02.1 (1) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Egon Henninger | – | 1:07.1 (1) | 2:09.2 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Horst-Günter Gregor | – | 1:00.7 (3) | 3:09.9 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Hans-Joachim Klein | – | 56.7 (5) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 5 | Japan | JPN | 4:07.3 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Shigeo Fukushima | – | 1:03.2 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Kenji Ishikawa | – | 1:10.1 (3) | 2:13.3 (3) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Isao Nakajima | – | 58.9 (1) | 3:12.2 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Yukiaki Okabe | – | 55.1 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:07.6 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Viktor Mazanov | – | 1:02.7 (2) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Aleksandr T'ut'ak'aevi | – | 1:09.3 (2) | 2:12.0 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Valentin Kuzmin | – | 59.8 (2) | 3:11.8 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Viktor Semchenko | – | 55.8 (4) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 8 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:12.3 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Geoff Thwaites | – | 1:04.6 (5) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Neil Nicholson | – | 1:12.2 (4) | 2:16.8 (5) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Brian Jenkins | – | 1:01.8 (5) | 3:18.6 (5) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Bobby McGregor | – | 53.7 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | 6 | Netherlands | NED | 4:12.6 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Jan Weeteling | – | 1:04.2 (4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Hemmie Vriens | – | 1:12.3 (5) | 2:16.5 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Jan Jiskoot | – | 1:00.8 (4) | 3:17.3 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Ron Kroon | – | 55.3 (3) | – (–) | |||
| 6 | 2 | Brazil | BRA | 4:21.2 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Athos de Oliveira Júnior | – | 1:07.4 (6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Farid Zablith Filho | – | 1:13.7 (6) | 2:21.1 (6) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Mauri da Fonseca | – | 1:02.7 (6) | 3:23.8 (6) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Álvaro Pires | – | 57.4 (6) | – (–) | |||
| 7 | 3 | Malaysia | MAS | 4:29.3 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Michael Eu | – | 1:09.3 (7) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Cheah Tong Kim | – | 1:15.7 (7) | 2:25.0 (7) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Bernard Chan | – | 1:05.0 (7) | 3:30.0 (7) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Tan Thuan Heng | – | 59.3 (7) | – (–) |
| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | United States | USA | 4:05.1 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Rich McGeagh | – | 1:01.1 (1) | – (–) | IOR | ||
| Breaststroke | – | Virg Luken | – | 1:10.9 (1) | 2:12.0 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Walter Richardson | – | 58.7 (1) | 3:10.7 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Bob Bennett | – | 54.4 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 7 | Hungary | HUN | 4:08.8 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | József Csikány | – | 1:02.5 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Ferenc Lenkei | – | 1:11.2 (2) | 2:13.7 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | József Gulrich | – | 59.2 (3) | 3:12.9 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Gyula Dobay | – | 55.9 (4) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 6 | Italy | ITA | 4:09.3 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Dino Rora | – | 1:02.0 (2) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Gian Corrado Gross | – | 1:11.7 (3) | 2:13.7 (2) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Giampiero Fossati | – | 1:00.0 (5) | 3:13.7 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Pietro Boscaini | – | 55.6 (3) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 4 | Australia | AUS | 4:11.4 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Peter Reynolds | – | 1:03.7 (5) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Peter Tonkin | – | 1:12.7 (5) | 2:16.4 (5) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Kevin Berry | – | 1:00.1 (6) | 3:16.5 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | David Dickson | – | 54.9 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | 2 | Canada | CAN | 4:15.5 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Ralph Hutton | – | 1:04.6 (=6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Sandy Gilchrist | – | 1:14.7 (6) | 2:19.3 (6) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Dan Sherry | – | 59.4 (4) | 3:18.7 (6) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Ron Jacks | – | 56.8 (5) | – (–) | |||
| 6 | 1 | Argentina | ARG | 4:15.8 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Carlos van der Maath | – | 1:04.6 (=6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Miguel Ángel Navarro | – | 1:14.9 (7) | 2:19.5 (7) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Luis Nicolao | – | 58.8 (2) | 3:18.3 (5) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Alfredo Bourdillón | – | 57.5 (=6) | – (–) | |||
| 7 | 8 | Spain | ESP | 4:17.4 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Jesús Cabrera | – | 1:02.6 (4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Nazario Padrón | – | 1:12.2 (4) | 2:14.8 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Joaquín Pujol | – | 1:05.1 (7) | 3:19.9 (7) | |||
| Freestyle | – | José Miguel Espinosa | – | 57.5 (=6) | – (–) |
| Date | 16 October 1964 — 19:55 |
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| Pos | Lane | Competitors | NOC | Time | Split | Exchange | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | United States | USA | 3:58.4 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Thompson Mann | – | 59.6 (1) | – (–) | IWR | ||
| Breaststroke | – | Bill Craig | – | 1:09.6 (=4) | 2:09.2 (3) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Fred Schmidt | – | 56.8 (1) | 3:06.0 (1) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Steve Clark | – | 52.4 (1) | – (–) | |||
| 2 | 5 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 4:01.6 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Ernst-Joachim Küppers | – | 1:01.4 (2) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Egon Henninger | – | 1:07.7 (2) | 2:09.1 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Horst-Günter Gregor | – | 59.8 (5) | 3:08.9 (4) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Hans-Joachim Klein | – | 52.7 (2) | – (–) | |||
| 3 | 1 | Australia | AUS | 4:02.3 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Peter Reynolds | – | 1:03.0 (=6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Ian O'Brien | – | 1:07.8 (3) | 2:10.8 (4) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Kevin Berry | – | 57.7 (2) | 3:08.5 (3) | |||
| Freestyle | – | David Dickson | – | 53.8 (=4) | – (–) | |||
| 4 | 6 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:04.2 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Viktor Mazanov | – | 1:02.6 (=4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Georgy Prokopenko | – | 1:06.5 (1) | 2:09.1 (1) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Valentin Kuzmin | – | 59.3 (4) | 3:08.4 (2) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Vladimir Shuvalov | – | 55.8 (8) | – (–) | |||
| 5 | 3 | Japan | JPN | 4:06.6 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Shigeo Fukushima | – | 1:03.0 (=6) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Kenji Ishikawa | – | 1:09.6 (=4) | 2:12.6 (5) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Isao Nakajima | – | 58.9 (3) | 3:11.5 (5) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Yukiaki Okabe | – | 55.1 (6) | – (–) | |||
| 6 | 2 | Hungary | HUN | 4:08.5 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | József Csikány | – | 1:02.4 (3) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Ferenc Lenkei | – | 1:11.6 (7) | 2:14.0 (6) | |||
| Butterfly | – | József Gulrich | – | 1:00.7 (7) | 3:14.7 (6) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Gyula Dobay | – | 53.8 (=4) | – (–) | |||
| 7 | 7 | Italy | ITA | 4:10.3 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Dino Rora | – | 1:02.6 (=4) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Gian Corrado Gross | – | 1:11.7 (8) | 2:14.3 (7) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Giampiero Fossati | – | 1:00.6 (6) | 3:14.9 (7) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Pietro Boscaini | – | 55.4 (7) | – (–) | |||
| 8 | 8 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:11.4 | – (–) | – (–) | ||
| Backstroke | – | Geoff Thwaites | – | 1:04.4 (8) | – (–) | |||
| Breaststroke | – | Neil Nicholson | – | 1:11.1 (6) | 2:15.5 (8) | |||
| Butterfly | – | Brian Jenkins | – | 1:02.5 (8) | 3:18.0 (8) | |||
| Freestyle | – | Bobby McGregor | – | 53.4 (3) | – (–) |
