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Swimming at the 1960 Roma Summer Games:
Men's 200 metres Butterfly
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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Olympic Swimming Stadium, Roma
Date Started: August 31, 1960
Date Finished: September 2, 1960
| Gold: |  Mike Troy |
| Silver: |  Neville Hayes |
| Bronze: | Dave Gillanders |
Summary
This event was on the Olympic program for only the second time, having been added in 1956. By the time of the Rome Olympics, Mike Troy of the USA had set the last five world records, lowering the mark from 2:19.0 in July 1959 to 2:13.2 set at the 1960 US Trials in Detroit. Although he had lost the 1959 Pan American Games to his countryman, Dave Gillanders, he was heavily favored in Rome and did not disappoint, winning the final easily in another world record time of 2:12.8, with Gillanders placing third, behind Australia’s Neville Hayes. Troy later served with the Navy in Vietnam, where he was decorated for valor.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Troy | 19 | United States | USA | Gold | WR |
| 2 | Neville Hayes | 16 | Australia | AUS | Silver | |
| 3 | Dave Gillanders | 21 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Fritz Dennerlein | 24 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5 | Haruo Yoshimuta | 20 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 6 | Kevin Berry | 15 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 7 | Valentin Kuzmin | 19 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 8 | Kenzo Izutsu | 19 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Eulalio Ríos | 25 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Pavel Pazdírek | 22 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Grigory Kiselyov | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Jürgen Bachmann | 18 | Germany | GER | ||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | Luis Nicolao | 16 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | Alexandru Popescu | 24 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | Ian Blyth | 17 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| AC h2 r2/3 | Ilkka Suvanto | 17 | Finland | FIN | DNF | |
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Håkan Bengtsson | 18 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 3 h5 r1/3 | Fernando Fanjul | 18 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Amir Hussin Hamsain | 18 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Henri Vidil | 19 | France | FRA | ||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | László Kiss | 19 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Wolfgang Sieber | 22 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Luís Vaz Jorge | 16 | Portugal | POR | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Heriberto de la Fe | 19 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | José Vicente León | 16 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Giampiero Fossati | 16 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | Gerrit Korteweg | 23 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | Aldo Perseke | 17 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | Ahiron Radjae | 17 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 6 h5 r1/3 | Veljko Rogošić | 19 | Yugoslavia | YUG | ||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | Bert Sitters | 18 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | Cam Grout | 20 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 7 h3 r1/3 | Lovro Radonjić | 34 | Yugoslavia | YUG | ||
| 7 h5 r1/3 | Fong Seow Hor | 23 | Malaya | MAL |
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