Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly

The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31 and September 2 in Rome, Italy.[1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. This race consisted of four lengths of the Stadio Olympico del Nuoto, a 50m Olympic size swimming pool.

Left-right:Neville Hayes, Mike Troy and Dave Gillanders at the 1960 Olympics

Medalists

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Gold Mike Troy
  United States
Silver Neville Hayes
  Australia
Bronze Dave Gillanders
  United States

Results

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Heats

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Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. Because there was a tie for sixteenth place, a swim-off was held to determine the sixteenth swimmer to advance.

Key

Advanced to Semifinals
See Swim-Off
Did Not Advance

Heat One

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Mike Troy United States 2:15.5
2 Kenzo Izutsu Japan 2:20.3
3 Grigory Kiselyov Soviet Union 2:24.6
4 Alexandru Popescu Romania 2:24.6
5 Ian Blyth Great Britain 2:24.9
6 Giampiero Fossati Italy 2:31.9
7 Bert Sitters Netherlands 2:36.6

Heat Two

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Fritz Dennerlein Italy 2:18.3
2 Valentin Kuzmin Soviet Union 2:19.3
3 Eulalio Ríos Alemán Mexico 2:22.7
4 Håkan Bengtsson Sweden 2:25.0
5 Wolfgang Sieber Germany 2:25.4
6 Gerrit Korteweg Netherlands 2:26.4
7 Cam Grout Canada 2:27.7

Heat Three

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Dave Gillanders United States 2:16.2
2 Luis Nicolao Argentina 2:23.9
3 Pavel Pazdírek Czechoslovakia 2:24.2
4 Amir Hussin Hamsain Philippines 2:27.9
5 Luís Vaz Jorge Portugal 2:28.9
6 Aldo Perseke Brazil 2:50.8
7 Lovro Radonjić Yugoslavia 3:00.6

Heat Four

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Neville Hayes Australia 2:18.1
2 Ilkka Suvanto Finland 2:23.9
3 Jürgen Bachmann Germany 2:25.0
4 Henri Vidil France 2:36.0
5 Heriberto de la Fe Spain 2:37.0
6 Ahiron Radjae Philippines 2:39.8

Heat Five

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Kevin Berry Australia 2:18.9
2 Haruo Yoshimuta Japan 2:19.4
3 Fernando Fanjul Argentina 2:25.2
4 László Kiss Hungary 2:31.0
5 José Vicente León Spain 2:31.4
6 Veljko Rogošić Yugoslavia 2:35.5
7 Fong Seow Hor Malaya 2:56.4

Swim-Off

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Jürgen Bachmann Germany 2:23.1
2 Håkan Bengtsson Sweden 2:25.1

Semifinals

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Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.

Semifinal One

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Mike Troy United States 2:18.0
2 Neville Hayes Australia 2:21.6
3 Haruo Yoshimuta Japan 2:21.7
4 Kevin Berry Australia 2:23.1
5 Eulalio Ríos Alemán Mexico 2:24.2
6 Grigory Kiselyov Soviet Union 2:24.8
7 Luis Nicolao Argentina 2:26.8
8 Ian Blyth Great Britain 2:26.8

Semifinal Two

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Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Dave Gillanders United States 2:18.7
2 Valentin Kuzmin Soviet Union 2:19.1
3 Fritz Dennerlein Italy 2:20.5
4 Kenzo Izutsu Japan 2:21.5
5 Pavel Pazdírek Czechoslovakia 2:23.5
6 Jürgen Bachmann Germany 2:28.4
7 Alexandru Popescu Romania 2:28.5
- Ilkka Suvanto Finland DNF

Final

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Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
  Mike Troy   United States 2:12.8 WR
  Neville Hayes   Australia 2:14.6
  Dave Gillanders   United States 2:15.3
4 Fritz Dennerlein   Italy 2:16.0
5 Haruo Yoshimuta   Japan 2:18.3
6 Kevin Berry   Australia 2:18.5
7 Valentin Kuzmin   Soviet Union 2:18.9
8 Kenzo Izutsu   Japan 2:19.4

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 200 metres Butterfly". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2016.