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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Olympic Swimming Stadium, Roma
Date Started: August 30, 1960
Date Finished: August 30, 1960
Format: 300 metre freestyle.
| Gold: | Ferenc Németh |
| Silver: | Imre Nagy |
| Bronze: | Bob Beck |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | PTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | András Balczó | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 3:45.0 | 1,075 | |
| 2 | Igor Novikov | 30 | Soviet Union | URS | 3:53.0 | 1,035 | |
| 3 | Jack Daniels | 27 | United States | USA | 3:57.0 | 1,015 | |
| 4 | Bob Beck | 23 | United States | USA | 3:58.3 | 1,010 | |
| 5 | Kazimierz Paszkiewicz | 25 | Poland | POL | 3:58.9 | 1,010 | |
| 6 | Ferenc Németh | 24 | Hungary | HUN | 4:02.0 | 990 | |
| 7 | Carlos Stricker | 22 | Argentina | ARG | 4:05.1 | 975 | |
| 8 | Antonio Almada | 29 | Mexico | MEX | 4:05.3 | 975 | |
| 9 | George Lambert | 31 | United States | USA | 4:05.9 | 975 | |
| 10 | Berndt Katter | 28 | Finland | FIN | 4:06.0 | 970 | |
| 11 | Giulio Giunta | 25 | Italy | ITA | 4:07.0 | 965 | |
| 12 | José Pérez | 31 | Mexico | MEX | 4:08.0 | 960 | |
| 13 | Raúl Bauza | 25 | Argentina | ARG | 4:08.8 | 960 | |
| 14 | Adriano Facchini | 33 | Italy | ITA | 4:09.8 | 955 | |
| 15 | Luis Ribera | 31 | Argentina | ARG | 4:09.9 | 955 | |
| 16 | Wolfgang Gödicke | 25 | Germany | GER | 4:10.0 | 950 | |
| 17 | Justo Botelho | 24 | Brazil | BRA | 4:12.0 | 940 | |
| 18 | Imre Nagy | 27 | Hungary | HUN | 4:13.0 | 935 | |
| 19 | Hanno Selg | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:15.0 | 925 | |
| 20 | José Wilson | 28 | Brazil | BRA | 4:16.0 | 920 | |
| 21 | Werner Vetterli | 31 | Switzerland | SUI | 4:18.0 | 910 | |
| 22 | Eero Lohi | 33 | Finland | FIN | 4:19.6 | 905 | |
| 23 | Peter Little | 26 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:19.7 | 905 | |
| 24 | Ralf Berckhan | 28 | Germany | GER | 4:19.7 | 905 | |
| 25 | Patrick Harvey | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:20.0 | 900 | |
| 26 | Sture Ericson | 31 | Sweden | SWE | 4:22.0 | 890 | |
| 27 | Kazuhiro Tanaka | 24 | Japan | JPN | 4:22.2 | 890 | |
| 28 | Nikolay Tatarinov | 32 | Soviet Union | URS | 4:23.0 | 885 | |
| 29 | Hugh Doherty | 20 | Australia | AUS | 4:25.0 | 875 | |
| 30 | Björn Thofelt | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 4:26.0 | 870 | |
| 31 | Gaetano Scala | 27 | Italy | ITA | 4:27.7 | 865 | |
| 32 | Donald Cobley | 31 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:27.8 | 865 | |
| 33 | Peter Macken | 21 | Australia | AUS | 4:29.0 | 855 | |
| 34 | Dieter Krickow | 24 | Germany | GER | 4:29.4 | 855 | |
| 35 | Joaquín Villalba | 31 | Spain | ESP | 4:30.0 | 850 | |
| 36 | Shigeaki Uchino | 29 | Japan | JPN | 4:31.0 | 845 | |
| 37 | Kurt Lindeman | 28 | Finland | FIN | 4:34.0 | 830 | |
| 38 | Per-Erik Ritzén | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 4:35.0 | 825 | |
| 39 | Stanisław Przybylski | 29 | Poland | POL | 4:37.0 | 815 | |
| 40 | Okkie van Greunen | 26 | South Africa | RSA | 4:38.0 | 810 | |
| 41 | André Bernard | 24 | France | FRA | 4:40.0 | 800 | |
| 42 | Peter Lichtner-Hoyer | 34 | Austria | AUT | 4:50.3 | 750 | |
| 43 | Wenceslau Malta | 28 | Brazil | BRA | 4:50.7 | 750 | |
| 44 | Erhard Minder | 35 | Switzerland | SUI | 4:52.0 | 740 | |
| 45 | Udo Birnbaum | 23 | Austria | AUT | 4:54.0 | 730 | |
| 46 | Étienne Jalenques | 25 | France | FRA | 4:55.0 | 725 | |
| 47 | Kazimierz Mazur | 30 | Poland | POL | 4:58.0 | 710 | |
| 48 | Frank Battig | 24 | Austria | AUT | 5:00.0 | 700 | |
| 49 | Sergio Escobedo | 29 | Mexico | MEX | 5:02.0 | 690 | |
| 50 | Lakdar Bouzid | 24 | Tunisia | TUN | 5:04.0 | 680 | |
| 51 | Fernando Irayzoz | 35 | Spain | ESP | 5:06.0 | 670 | |
| 52 | Christian Beauvalet | 36 | France | FRA | 5:07.0 | 665 | |
| 53 | Rolf Weber | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | 5:15.0 | 625 | |
| 54 | Neville Sayers | 33 | Australia | AUS | 5:17.0 | 615 | |
| 55 | Arsène Pint | 27 | Belgium | BEL | 5:27.0 | 565 | |
| 56 | Benny Schmidt | 31 | Denmark | DEN | 5:32.0 | 540 | |
| 57 | Habib Ben Azzabi | 23 | Tunisia | TUN | 5:50.0 | 450 | |
| 58 | Ahmed Ennachi | 24 | Tunisia | TUN | 6:54.0 | 130 |