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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 15 swimming events were contested, eight for men and seven for women. There was a total of 380 participants from 45 countries competing. [1] [2] For the first time, the 4 × 100 metres medley relay was contested.
The following is a complete list of medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics, held in Rome, Italy, from 25 August to 11 September 1960. ... Swimming 1 2 1 4 Wilma Rudolph
Pages in category "Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 379 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Left-right:Neville Hayes, Mike Troy and Dave Gillanders at the 1960 Olympics. 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.
The 1960 Summer Olympics (Italian: Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 (Italian: Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy.
The event has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1900 (when the shortest freestyle was the 200 metres), though the 1904 version was measured in yards rather than metres. [ 2 ] Two of the eight finalists from the 1956 Games returned: gold medalist Jon Henricks and silver medalist John Devitt , both of Australia.
Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay; Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay; Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay; Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
The women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 26 and 29. [1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that