The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 27 (qualification) and September 1 (final).[ 1] This swimming event used medley swimming as a relay. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each of the four swimmers completed two lengths of the pool, each using a different stroke. The first on each team used the backstroke , the second used the breaststroke , the third used the butterfly stroke , and the final swimmer used freestyle (restricted to not allow any of the first three strokes to be used, though nearly all swimmers use front crawl regardless).
Medalists
Left-right:Ferrell, Larson, Hait, McKinney
Results
Heats
Three heats were held; the fastest eight teams advanced to the Finals. The teams that advanced are highlighted.
Heat One
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Geoff Shipton , Julian Carroll , William Burton , Kevin Berry (AUS )
4:14.8
2
Wolfgang Wagner , Günter Tittes , Hermann Lotter , Uwe Jacobsen (EUA )
4:17.7
3
Robert Christophe , Roland Boullanger , Jean Pommat , Alain Gottvallès (FRA )
4:21.7
4
Alejandro Gaxiola , Enrique Rabell , Mauricio Ocampo , Jorge Escalante (MEX )
4:23.1
5
Ilkka Suvanto , Kari Haavisto , Stig-Olof Grenner , Karri Käyhkö (FIN )
4:27.3
6
Joram Shnider , Gershon Shefa , Itzhak Luria , Amiram Trauber (ISR )
4:37.6
Heat Two
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Yoshihiko Osaki , Keigo Shimizu , Kazuo Watanabe , Katsuki Ishihara (JPN )
4:16.0
2
Giuseppe Avellone , Roberto Lazzari , Fritz Dennerlein , Bruno Bianchi (ITA )
4:16.0
3
Leonid Barbiyer , Leonid Kolesnikov , Grigory Kiselyov , Igor Luzhkovsky (URS )
4:16.2
4
Graham Sykes , Christopher Walkden , Ian Black , Stanley Clarke (GBR )
4:16.8
5
Lorenzo Cortez , Antonio Saloso , Freddie Elizalde , Bana Sailani (PHI )
4:28.0
6
Athos de Oliveira Filho , Farid Zablith Filho , Aldo Perseke , Fernando de Abreu (BRA )
4:30.1
Heat Three
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Jeff Farrell , Bob Bennett , Dave Gillanders , Steve Clark (USA )
4:08.2
WR
2
Bob Wheaton , Steve Rabinovitch , Cam Grout , Dick Pound (CAN )
4:15.3
3
Jan Jiskoot , Wieger Mensonides , Gerrit Korteweg , Ron Kroon (NED )
4:16.1
4
József Csikány , György Kunsági , László Kiss , László Lantos (HUN )
4:17.7
5
Mihovil Dorčić , Đorđe Perišić , Veljko Rogošić , Janez Kocmur (YUG )
4:25.5
6
Raúl Cerqueira , Eduardo de Sousa , Luís Vaz Jorge , Herlander Ribeiro (POR )
4:39.9
Final
Place
Swimmers
Time
Notes
1
Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell (USA )
4:05.4
WR
2
David Theile , Terry Gathercole , Neville Hayes , Geoff Shipton (AUS )
4:12.0
3
Kazuo Tomita , Koichi Hirakida , Yoshihiko Osaki , Keigo Shimuzu (JPN )
4:12.2
4
Bob Wheaton , Steve Rabinovitch , Cam Grout , Dick Pound (CAN )
4:16.8
5
Leonid Barbiyer , Leonid Kolesnikov , Grigory Kiselyov , Igor Luzhkovsky (URS )
4:16.8
6
Giuseppe Avellone , Roberto Lazzari , Fritz Dennerlein , Bruno Bianchi (ITA )
4:17.2
7
Graham Sykes , Christopher Walkden , Ian Black , Stanley Clarke (GBR )
4:17.6
8
Jan Jiskoot , Wieger Mensonides , Gerrit Korteweg , Ron Kroon (NED )
4:18.2
References
1960 : Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Thompson Mann , Bill Craig , Fred Schmidt , Steve Clark (USA )
1968 : Charlie Hickcox , Don McKenzie , Doug Russell , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : Mike Stamm , Tom Bruce , Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich (USA )
1976 : John Naber , John Hencken , Matt Vogel , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Mark Kerry , Peter Evans , Mark Tonelli , Neil Brooks (AUS )
1984 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Pablo Morales , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : David Berkoff , Richard Schroeder , Matt Biondi , Chris Jacobs (USA )
1992 : Jeff Rouse , Nelson Diebel , Pablo Morales , Jon Olsen , David Berkoff , Hans Dersch , Melvin Stewart , Matt Biondi (USA )
1996 : Jeff Rouse , Jeremy Linn , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. , Josh Davis , Kurt Grote , John Hargis , Tripp Schwenk (USA )
2000 : Lenny Krayzelburg , Ed Moses , Ian Crocker , Gary Hall Jr. , Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak (USA )
2004 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak , Lenny Krayzelburg , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Neil Walker (USA )
2008 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak , Matt Grevers , Mark Gangloff , Ian Crocker , Garrett Weber-Gale (USA )
2012 : Matt Grevers , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones (USA )
2016 : Ryan Murphy , Cody Miller , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , David Plummer , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Caeleb Dressel (USA )
2020 : Ryan Murphy , Michael Andrew , Caeleb Dressel , Zach Apple , Hunter Armstrong , Andrew Wilson , Tom Shields , Blake Pieroni (USA )
2024 : Xu Jiayu , Qin Haiyang , Sun Jiajun , Pan Zhanle , Wang Changhao (CHN )