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Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games:
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke
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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Olympic Swimming Stadium, Roma
Date Started: August 26, 1960
Date Finished: August 30, 1960
| Gold: |  Bill Mulliken |
| Silver: |  Yoshihiko Osaki |
| Bronze: |  Wieger Mensonides |
Summary
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.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Mulliken | 20 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Yoshihiko Osaki | 21 | Japan | JPN | Silver | |
| 3 | Wieger Mensonides | 22 | Netherlands | NED | Bronze | |
| 4 | Egon Henninger | 20 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5 | Roberto Lazzari | 22 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 6 | Terry Gathercole | 24 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 7 | Andrzej Kłopotowski | 25 | Poland | POL | ||
| 8 | Paul Hait | 20 | United States | USA | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Arkadiy Holovchenko | 24 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Heorhiy Prokopenko | 23 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Mihai Mitrofan | 29 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Gilbert Desmit | 22 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Christopher Walkden | 22 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Isao Masuda | 22 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | Đorđe Perišić | 19 | Yugoslavia | YUG | ||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | György Kunsági | 26 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | Gerard Rowlinson | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Konrad Enke | 26 | Germany | GER | ||
| 3 h4 r1/3 | Pekka Lairola | 32 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | Tommie Lindström | 22 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Vítězslav Svozil | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | Engin Ünal | 23 | Turkey | TUR | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Richard Audoly | 17 | France | FRA | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Bernt Nilsson | 21 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | William Burton | 18 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Antonio Saloso | 19 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Farid Zablith Filho | 18 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Pierpaolo Spangaro | 18 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Steve Rabinovitch | 18 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | Guillermo Alsina | 22 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | Roland Boullanger | 21 | France | FRA | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Tony Williams | 21 | Sri Lanka | SRI | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | Laurel Lee | 25 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | Emilio Díaz | 20 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 6 h6 r1/3 | Gershon Shefa | 17 | Israel | ISR | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | Nicolas Wildhaber | 30 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 7 h4 r1/3 | Werner Risi | 20 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 7 h5 r1/3 | Trương Ke Nhon | 21 | South Vietnam | VNM | ||
| 7 h6 r1/3 | Nikolaos Zakharopoulos | Greece | GRE | |||
| AC h1 r1/3 | Gerald Brauner | Austria | AUT | DQ | ||
| AC h1 r1/3 | László Felkai | 19 | Hungary | HUN | DQ | |
| AC h5 r1/3 | Erny Schweitzer | 21 | Luxembourg | LUX | DQ |
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