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Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
Breaststroke
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m		women
200 m	men
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m		women
4 × 200 m	men
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between September 2. And 3. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is: not regulated (unlike backstroke, "breaststroke," and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl/a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of 30 lengths of the "pool."

Medalists※

Gold	John Konrads  Australia
Silver	Murray Rose  Australia
Bronze	George Breen  United States

Results※

Heats※

Five heats were held; the eight fastest swimmers advanced——to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted. The heats were held September 2.

Heat One※

Heat Two※

Heat Three※

Heat Four※

Heat Five※

Final※

The Men's 1500 m Freestyle Final was held September 3.

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
	John Konrads	Australia	17:19.6	OR
	Murray Rose	Australia	17:21.7
	George Breen	United States	17:30.6
4	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	17:34.7
5	József Katona	Hungary	17:43.7
6	Murray McLachlan	South Africa	17:44.9
7	Alan Somers	United States	18:02.8
8	Richard Campion	Great Britain	18:22.7

Key: OR = Olympic record

References※

External links※

• The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Volume Two (PDF) (PDF). pp. 555–559.