Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Tuesday, 30th August

Men 200m Breaststroke Swimming XVII Olympic Games 1960 Rome, Italy - Tuesday, 30th August - Gold Medal: Bill Mulliken, United States

Final 22:00		time	gap	L	Y
1. Bill Mulliken	United States	2:37.4		4	21
2. Yoshihiko Osaki	Japan	2:38.0	+0.6s	5	21
3. Wieger Mensonides	Netherlands	2:39.7	+2.3s	2	22
4. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:40.1	+2.7s	3	20
5. Roberto Lazzari	Italy	2:40.1	+2.7s	1	22
6. Terry Gathercole	Australia	2:40.2	+2.8s	6	24
7. Andrzej Klopotowski	Poland	2:41.2	+3.8s	8	25
8. Paul Hait	United States	2:41.4	+4.0s	7	20

44 Competitors from 31 Nations. Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto.
1964 Men 200m Breaststroke	Men 200m Breaststroke History	1956 Men 200m Breaststroke

World Record: Terry Gathercole, Australia 2:36.5 Melbourne, Australia 28 January 1958

Olympic Record: Masaru Furukawa, Japan 2:34.7 Melbourne, Australia 6th December 1956

Todor 66	index Swimming OG
index Rome 1960	index Swimming Rome 1960


Men 100m Freestyle	Women 100m Freestyle
Men 400m Freestyle	Women 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m Backstroke	Women 100m Backstroke
Men 200m Breaststroke	Women 200m Breaststroke
Men 200m Butterfly	Women 100m Butterfly
Men 4x200m Freestyle Relay	Women 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men 4x100m Medley Relay	Women 4x100m Medley Relay

The world record in 1960 was held by Australia's Terry Gathercole who had placed fourth at the Melbourne Olympics in this event, and he was back in Rome. But the times were much slower in Rome as underwater breaststroke had been ruled illegal as of 30 April 1957. In the semis, Bill Mulliken of the USA set an Olympic record for the new style, recording 2:37.2, far better than his personal best of 2:40.9 coming into Rome. He won the final in 2:37.4, edging out Japan's Yoshihiko Osaki who posted 2:38.0. Gathercole made the final but placed sixth.

Semi-Finals (1/2) - Saturday, 27rd August 20:40

Best 8 times advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Bill Mulliken	United States	2:37.2		4	21	1.
2. Yoshihiko Osaki	Japan	2:38.2	+1.0s	5	21	2.
3. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:38.5	+1.3s	8	20	3.
4. Roberto Lazzari	Italy	2:40.3	+3.1s	2	22	7.
5. Arkadiy Golovchenko	Soviet Union	2:40.9	+3.7s	3	24	9.
6. Mihai Mitrofan	Romania	2:41.6	+4.4s	1	29	11.
7. Christopher Walkden	Great Britain	2:41.7	+4.5s	7	22	12.
8. Djordje Perisic	Yugoslavia	2:44.2	+7.0s	6	19	16.

Semi 2		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Terry Gathercole	Australia	2:39.1		+1.9s	7	24	4.
2. Wieger Mensonides	Netherlands	2:39.3		+2.1s	4	22	5.
3. Paul Hait	United States	2:39.6		+2.4s	3	20	6.
4. Andrzej Klopotowski	Poland	2:40.8	NR	+3.6s	2	25	8.
5. Georgy Prokopenko	Soviet Union	2:41.0		+3.8s	5	23	10.
6. Gilbert Desmit	Belgium	2:41.8		+4.6s	8	22	13.
7. Isao Masuda	Japan	2:42.3		+5.1s	6	22	14.
8. Gyorgy Kunsagi	Hungary	2:42.4		+5.2s	1	26	15.

Swimm-Off 15:40		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:39.5		-	20	15.
2. Gilbert Desmit	Belgium	2:41.1	+1.6s	-	22	16.
3. Vitezslav Svozil	Czechoslovakia	2:41.7	+2.2s	-	27	17.

Heats - Friday, 26th August 21:10

Best 16 times advanced to Semi-Finals (1/2). Swimm-off needed for 15th and 16th places.

Heat 6		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Yoshihiko Osaki	Japan	2:39.1	+1.1s	4	21	3.
2. Gilbert Desmit	Belgium	2:42.4	+4.4s	6	22	15.
3. Tommie Lindstrom	Sweden	2:42.8	+4.8s	5	22	18.
4. William Burton	Australia	2:43.9	+5.9s	3	18	20.
5. Guillermo Alsina Soto	Spain	2:51.4	+13.4s	7	22	28.
6. Gershon Shefa	Israel	2:51.7	+13.7s	2	17	29.
7. Nikolaos Zakaropoulos	Greece	2:56.4	+18.4s	1	_	36.

Heat 5		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Paul Hait	United States	2:40.8		+2.8s	5	20	5.
2. Andrzej Klopotowski	Poland	2:41.4	NR	+3.4s	8	25	10.
3. Gyorgy Kunsagi	Hungary	2:42.2		+4.2s	3	26	14.
4. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:42.4		+4.4s	4	20	15.
5. Vitezslav Svozil	Czechoslovakia	2:42.4		+4.4s	6	27	15.
6. Emilio Diaz Miranda	Spain	2:52.9		+14.9s	7	20	31.
7. Ke Nhon Truong	South Vietnam	2:53.0		+15.0s	2	21	32.
-. Ernest Schweitzer	Luxembourg	DSQ			1	21	-.

Heat 4		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Isao Masuda	Japan	2:41.2	+3.2s	5	22	8.
2. Terry Gathercole	Australia	2:41.7	+3.7s	4	24	12.
3. Pekka Lairola	Finland	2:43.3	+5.3s	2	32	19.
4. Bernt Nilsson	Sweden	2:45.7	+7.7s	3	21	23.
5. Stephen Rabinovitch	Canada	2:47.2	+9.2s	6	18	25.
6. Laurel Lee	Taiwan	2:52.8	+14.8s	7	25	30.
7. Werner Risi	Switzerland	2:56.6	+18.6s	1	20	37.

Heat 3		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Wieger Mensonides	Netherlands	2:39.0	+1.0s	5	22	2.
2. Roberto Lazzari	Italy	2:41.2	+3.2s	3	22	8.
3. Konrad Enke	UT Germany	2:44.6	+6.6s	4	26	21.
4. Richard Audoly	France	2:46.5	+8.5s	2	17	24.
5. Pierpaolo Spangaro	Italy	2:53.8	+15.8s	6	18	34.
6. Tony Williams	Ceylon	2:59.8	+21.8s	1	21	39.
-. Otman Siregar	Indonesia	DNS		7	29	-.

Heat 2		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Arkadiy Golovchenko	Soviet Union	2:41.0	+3.0s	4	24	6.
2. Djordje Perisic	Yugoslavia	2:41.1	+3.1s	3	19	7.
3. Christopher Walkden	Great Britain	2:41.5	+3.5s	6	22	11.
4. Mihai Mitrofan	Romania	2:41.8	+3.8s	5	29	13.
5. Farid Zablith Filho	Brazil	2:48.6	+10.6s	7	18	26.
6. Roland Boulanger	France	2:54.4	+16.4s	8	21	35.
7. Nicolas Wildhaber	Switzerland	2:58.7	+20.7s	2	30	38.

Heat 1		time	gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Bill Mulliken	United States	2:38.0		5	21	1.
2. Georgy Prokopenko	Soviet Union	2:39.2	+1.2s	4	23	4.
3. Gerard Rowlinson	Great Britain	2:45.0	+7.0s	6	19	22.
4. Engin Unal	Turkey	2:49.0	+11.0s	2	23	27.
5. Antonio Saloso	Philippines	2:53.3	+15.3s	7	19	33.
-. Adrian Oanta	Romania	DNS		3	23	-.
-. Gerald Brauner	Austria	-		8	-	-.
-. Laszlo Felkai	Hungary	DSQ		1	19	-.

Final 22:00		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Bill Mulliken	United States	2:37.4			4	21	1.
2. Yoshihiko Osaki	Japan	2:38.0		+0.6s	5	21	2.
3. Wieger Mensonides	Netherlands	2:39.7		+2.3s	2	22	3.
4. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:40.1		+2.7s	3	20	4.
5. Roberto Lazzari	Italy	2:40.1		+2.7s	1	22	5.
6. Terry Gathercole	Australia	2:40.2		+2.8s	6	24	6.
7. Andrzej Klopotowski	Poland	2:41.2		+3.8s	8	25	7.
8. Paul Hait	United States	2:41.4		+4.0s	7	20	8.
Semis		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Bill Mulliken	United States	2:37.2			4	21	1.
2. Yoshihiko Osaki	Japan	2:38.2		+1.0s	5	21	2.
3. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:38.5		+1.3s	8	20	3.
1. Terry Gathercole	Australia	2:39.1		+1.9s	7	24	4.
2. Wieger Mensonides	Netherlands	2:39.3		+2.1s	4	22	5.
3. Paul Hait	United States	2:39.6		+2.4s	3	20	6.
4. Roberto Lazzari	Italy	2:40.3		+3.1s	2	22	7.
4. Andrzej Klopotowski	Poland	2:40.8	NR	+3.6s	2	25	8.
5. Arkadiy Golovchenko	Soviet Union	2:40.9		+3.7s	3	24	9.
5. Georgy Prokopenko	Soviet Union	2:41.0		+3.8s	5	23	10.
6. Mihai Mitrofan	Romania	2:41.6		+4.4s	1	29	11.
7. Christopher Walkden	Great Britain	2:41.7		+4.5s	7	22	12.
6. Gilbert Desmit	Belgium	2:41.8		+4.6s	8	22	13.
7. Isao Masuda	Japan	2:42.3		+5.1s	6	22	14.
8. Gyorgy Kunsagi	Hungary	2:42.4		+5.2s	1	26	15.
8. Djordje Perisic	Yugoslavia	2:44.2		+7.0s	6	19	16.
Heats		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Bill Mulliken	United States	2:38.0			5	21	1.
1. Wieger Mensonides	Netherlands	2:39.0		+1.0s	5	22	2.
1. Yoshihiko Osaki	Japan	2:39.1		+1.1s	4	21	3.
2. Georgy Prokopenko	Soviet Union	2:39.2		+1.2s	4	23	4.
1. Paul Hait	United States	2:40.8		+2.8s	5	20	5.
1. Arkadiy Golovchenko	Soviet Union	2:41.0		+3.0s	4	24	6.
2. Djordje Perisic	Yugoslavia	2:41.1		+3.1s	3	19	7.
2. Roberto Lazzari	Italy	2:41.2		+3.2s	3	22	8.
1. Isao Masuda	Japan	2:41.2		+3.2s	5	22	8.
2. Andrzej Klopotowski	Poland	2:41.4	NR	+3.4s	8	25	10.
3. Christopher Walkden	Great Britain	2:41.5		+3.5s	6	22	11.
2. Terry Gathercole	Australia	2:41.7		+3.7s	4	24	12.
4. Mihai Mitrofan	Romania	2:41.8		+3.8s	5	29	13.
3. Gyorgy Kunsagi	Hungary	2:42.2		+4.2s	3	26	14.
2. Gilbert Desmit	Belgium	2:42.4		+4.4s	6	22	15.
4. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:42.4		+4.4s	4	20	15.
5. Vitezslav Svozil	Czechoslovakia	2:42.4		+4.4s	6	27	15.
3. Tommie Lindstrom	Sweden	2:42.8		+4.8s	5	22	18.
3. Pekka Lairola	Finland	2:43.3		+5.3s	2	32	19.
4. William Burton	Australia	2:43.9		+5.9s	3	18	20.
3. Konrad Enke	UT Germany	2:44.6		+6.6s	4	26	21.
3. Gerard Rowlinson	Great Britain	2:45.0		+7.0s	6	19	22.
4. Bernt Nilsson	Sweden	2:45.7		+7.7s	3	21	23.
4. Richard Audoly	France	2:46.5		+8.5s	2	17	24.
5. Stephen Rabinovitch	Canada	2:47.2		+9.2s	6	18	25.
5. Farid Zablith Filho	Brazil	2:48.6		+10.6s	7	18	26.
4. Engin Unal	Turkey	2:49.0		+11.0s	2	23	27.
5. Guillermo Alsina Soto	Spain	2:51.4		+13.4s	7	22	28.
6. Gershon Shefa	Israel	2:51.7		+13.7s	2	17	29.
6. Laurel Lee	Taiwan	2:52.8		+14.8s	7	25	30.
6. Emilio Diaz Miranda	Spain	2:52.9		+14.9s	7	20	31.
7. Ke Nhon Truong	South Vietnam	2:53.0		+15.0s	2	21	32.
5. Antonio Saloso	Philippines	2:53.3		+15.3s	7	19	33.
5. Pierpaolo Spangaro	Italy	2:53.8		+15.8s	6	18	34.
6. Roland Boulanger	France	2:54.4		+16.4s	8	21	35.
7. Nikolaos Zakaropoulos	Greece	2:56.4		+18.4s	1	_	36.
7. Werner Risi	Switzerland	2:56.6		+18.6s	1	20	37.
7. Nicolas Wildhaber	Switzerland	2:58.7		+20.7s	2	30	38.
6. Tony Williams	Ceylon	2:59.8		+21.8s	1	21	39.
-. Adrian Oanta	Romania	DNS			3	23	-.
-. Gerald Brauner	Austria	-			8	-	-.
-. Laszlo Felkai	Hungary	DSQ			1	19	-.
-. Otman Siregar	Indonesia	DNS			7	29	-.
-. Ernest Schweitzer	Luxembourg	DSQ			1	21	-.
Swimm-Off 15:40		time		gap	L	Y	Rk
1. Egon Henninger	UT Germany	2:39.5			-	20	15.
2. Gilbert Desmit	Belgium	2:41.1		+1.6s	-	22	16.
3. Vitezslav Svozil	Czechoslovakia	2:41.7		+2.2s	-	27	17.

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