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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Olympic Swimming Stadium, Roma
Date Started: August 26, 1960
Date Finished: August 26, 1960
Format: Fastest 16 advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Bill Mulliken |
| Silver: | Yoshihiko Osaki |
| Bronze: | Wieger Mensonides |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Mulliken | 20 | United States | USA | 2:38.0 | QU |
| 2 | Heorhiy Prokopenko | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:39.2 | QU |
| 3 | Gerard Rowlinson | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:45.0 | |
| 4 | Engin Ünal | 23 | Turkey | TUR | 2:49.0 | |
| 5 | Antonio Saloso | 19 | Philippines | PHI | 2:53.3 | |
| AC | László Felkai | 19 | Hungary | HUN | DQ | |
| AC | Gerald Brauner | Austria | AUT | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkadiy Holovchenko | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | 2:41.0 | QU |
| 2 | Đorđe Perišić | 19 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 2:41.1 | QU |
| 3 | Christopher Walkden | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | 2:41.5 | QU |
| 4 | Mihai Mitrofan | 29 | Romania | ROU | 2:41.8 | QU |
| 5 | Farid Zablith Filho | 18 | Brazil | BRA | 2:48.6 | |
| 6 | Roland Boullanger | 21 | France | FRA | 2:54.4 | |
| 7 | Nicolas Wildhaber | 30 | Switzerland | SUI | 2:58.7 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wieger Mensonides | 22 | Netherlands | NED | 2:39.0 | QU |
| 2 | Roberto Lazzari | 22 | Italy | ITA | 2:41.2 | QU |
| 3 | Konrad Enke | 26 | Germany | GER | 2:44.6 | |
| 4 | Richard Audoly | 17 | France | FRA | 2:46.5 | |
| 5 | Pierpaolo Spangaro | 18 | Italy | ITA | 2:53.8 | |
| 6 | Tony Williams | 21 | Sri Lanka | SRI | 2:59.8 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isao Masuda | 22 | Japan | JPN | 2:41.2 | QU |
| 2 | Terry Gathercole | 24 | Australia | AUS | 2:41.7 | QU |
| 3 | Pekka Lairola | 32 | Finland | FIN | 2:43.3 | |
| 4 | Bernt Nilsson | 21 | Sweden | SWE | 2:45.7 | |
| 5 | Steve Rabinovitch | 18 | Canada | CAN | 2:47.2 | |
| 6 | Laurel Lee | 25 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | 2:52.8 | |
| 7 | Werner Risi | 20 | Switzerland | SUI | 2:56.6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Hait | 20 | United States | USA | 2:40.8 | QU |
| 2 | Andrzej Kłopotowski | 25 | Poland | POL | 2:41.4 | QU |
| 3 | György Kunsági | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 2:42.2 | QU |
| 4 | Egon Henninger | 20 | Germany | GER | 2:42.4 | QC |
| 5 | Vítězslav Svozil | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:42.4 | QC |
| 6 | Emilio Díaz | 20 | Spain | ESP | 2:52.9 | |
| 7 | Trương Ke Nhon | 21 | South Vietnam | VNM | 2:53.0 | |
| AC | Erny Schweitzer | 21 | Luxembourg | LUX | DQ |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshihiko Osaki | 21 | Japan | JPN | 2:39.1 | QU |
| 2 | Gilbert Desmit | 22 | Belgium | BEL | 2:42.4 | QC |
| 3 | Tommie Lindström | 22 | Sweden | SWE | 2:42.8 | |
| 4 | William Burton | 18 | Australia | AUS | 2:43.9 | |
| 5 | Guillermo Alsina | 22 | Spain | ESP | 2:51.4 | |
| 6 | Gershon Shefa | 17 | Israel | ISR | 2:51.7 | |
| 7 | Nikolaos Zakharopoulos | Greece | GRE | 2:56.4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egon Henninger | 20 | Germany | GER | 2:39.5 | QU |
| 2 | Gilbert Desmit | 22 | Belgium | BEL | 2:41.1 | QU |
| 3 | Vítězslav Svozil | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 2:41.7 |