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Host City: Roma, Italy
Location: Swimming Stadium, North Olympic Centre
Date Started: August 26, 1960
Date Finished: August 26, 1960
Format: Fastest 24 advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | John Devitt |
| Silver: | Lance Larson |
| Bronze: | Manuel dos Santos Filho |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karri Käyhkö | 22 | Finland | FIN | 56.8 | QU |
| 2 | Keigo Shimizu | 21 | Japan | JPN | 57.3 | QU |
| 3 | Ezio Della Savia | 18 | Italy | ITA | 58.2 | QU |
| 4 | Gert Kölli | 20 | Austria | AUT | 58.3 | |
| 5 | Herlander Ribeiro | 17 | Portugal | POR | 1:00.2 | |
| 6 | Leopoldo Rodés | 21 | Spain | ESP | 1:00.7 | |
| 7 | René Wagner | 22 | Luxembourg | LUX | 1:04.3 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Devitt | 23 | Australia | AUS | 56.0 | QU |
| 2 | Alain Gottvallès | 18 | France | FRA | 56.9 | QU |
| 3 | Igor Luzhkovsky | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 57.9 | |
| 4 | Uwe Jacobsen | 19 | Germany | GER | 57.9 | |
| 5 | Achmad Dimyati | 21 | Indonesia | INA | 59.1 | |
| 6 | Luis Nicolao | 16 | Argentina | ARG | 1:00.2 | |
| 7 | Fong Seow Jit | 18 | Malaya | MAL | 1:03.4 | |
| 8 | Alfred Grixti | 17 | Malta | MLT | 1:07.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel dos Santos Filho | 21 | Brazil | BRA | 56.3 | QU |
| 2 | Andrzej Salamon | 24 | Poland | POL | 56.5 | QU |
| 3 | Cam Grout | 20 | Canada | CAN | 57.6 | QU |
| 4 | Jorge Escalante | 20 | Mexico | MEX | 57.6 | QU |
| 5 | Ron Kroon | 17 | Netherlands | NED | 57.7 | QU |
| 6 | Gérard Gropaiz | 17 | France | FRA | 59.3 | |
| 7 | Peter Bärtschi | 24 | Switzerland | SUI | 1:02.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gyula Dobay | 22 | Hungary | HUN | 56.5 | QU |
| 2 | Vitaly Sorokin | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 58.2 | QU |
| 3 | Bengt Nordwall | 19 | Sweden | SWE | 58.5 | |
| 4 | Jan Bouwman | 24 | Netherlands | NED | 58.8 | |
| 5 | Amiram Trauber | 21 | Israel | ISR | 59.7 | |
| 6 | Cheung Kin Man | 28 | Hong Kong | HKG | 1:01.1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Henricks | 25 | Australia | AUS | 56.9 | QU |
| 2 | Per-Ola Lindberg | 20 | Sweden | SWE | 57.1 | QU |
| 3 | László Lantos | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 57.4 | QU |
| 4 | Stanley Clarke | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 59.1 | |
| 5 | Fernando de Abreu | 16 | Brazil | BRA | 1:00.1 | |
| 6 | Gudmunður Gíslason | 19 | Iceland | ISL | 1:00.8 | |
| 7 | Freddie Elizalde | 20 | Philippines | PHI | 1:03.0 | |
| 8 | Christopher Dowling | 16 | Malta | MLT | 1:08.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce Hunter | 21 | United States | USA | 56.6 | QU |
| 2 | Dick Pound | 18 | Canada | CAN | 56.7 | QU |
| 3 | Rubén Roca | 19 | Cuba | CUB | 58.3 | |
| 4 | Janez Kocmur | 22 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 58.7 | |
| 5 | Giorgio Perondini | 22 | Italy | ITA | 58.9 | |
| 6 | Phan Hữu Dong | 21 | South Vietnam | VNM | 1:01.3 | |
| 7 | Ünsal Fikirci | 20 | Turkey | TUR | 1:03.0 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lance Larson | 20 | United States | USA | 55.7 | QU |
| 2 | Aubrey Bürer | 21 | South Africa | RSA | 56.3 | QU |
| 3 | Katsuki Ishihara | 21 | Japan | JPN | 57.5 | QU |
| 4 | Bernard Aluchna | 23 | Poland | POL | 57.9 | QU |
| 5 | Paul Voell | 25 | Germany | GER | 58.0 | QU |
| 6 | William O'Donnell | 18 | Great Britain | GBR | 59.2 | |
| 7 | Gojko Arneri | 24 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 1:00.5 | |
| 8 | Itzhak Luria | 19 | Israel | ISR | 1:00.9 |