| 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 |
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place August 29 — September 1. [1] The relay featured teams of four swimmers each swimming four lengths of the 50 m pool freestyle.
Two heats were held; the fastest eight teams advanced to the Finals. The teams that advanced are highlighted.
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tsuyoshi Yamanaka , Makoto Fukui , Hiroshi Ishii , Tatsuo Fujimoto (JPN) | 8:17.1 | |
| 2 |  Hamilton Milton , John Martin-Dye , Richard Campion , Ian Black (GBR) | 8:26.9 | |
| 3 |  Vitaly Sorokin , Gennady Nikolayev , Serhiy Tovstoplet , Boris Nik'it'ini (URS) | 8:30.6 | |
| 3 |  Bengt-Olov Almstedt , Lars-Erik Bengtsson , Bengt Nordwall , Per-Ola Lindberg (SWE) | 8:30.6 | |
| 5 |  Andrzej Salamon , Bernard Aluchna , Jerzy Tracz , Jan Lutomski (POL) | 8:32.0 | |
| 6 |  Jean-Pascal Curtillet , Gérard Gropaiz , Marc Kamoun , Jean Boiteux (FRA) | 8:41.2 | |
| 7 |  Peter Bärtschi , Rainer Goltzsche , Karl Fridlin , Hans-Ulrich Dürst (SUI) | 9:18.1 | |
| - |  Horst-Günter Gregor , Gerhard Hetz , Frank Wiegand , Hans-Joachim Klein (PHI) | DNS |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bill Darnton , Tom Winters , Steve Clark , George Harrison (USA) | 8:18.0 | |
| 2 |  David Dickson , John Rigby , Allan Wood , John Devitt (AUS) | 8:24.2 | |
| 3 |  Frank Wiegand , Gerhard Hetz , Hans Zierold , Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) | 8:29.4 | |
| 4 |  Ilkka Suvanto , Kari Haavisto , Stig-Olof Grenner , Karri Käyhkö (FIN) | 8:29.7 | |
| 5 |  György Müller , László Lantos , Gyula Dobay , József Katona (HUN) | 8:32.6 | |
| 6 |  Fritz Dennerlein , Bruno Bianchi , Angelo Romani , Paolo Galleti (ITA) | 8:38.1 | |
| 7 |  Milan Jeger , Slobodan Kićović , Vlado Brinovec , Veljko Rogošić (YUG) | 8:49.8 | |
| 8 |  Raúl Guzmán , Alfredo Guzmán , Jorge Escalante , Mauricio Ocampo (MEX) | 8:50.4 |
| Place | Swimmers | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA) | 8:10.2 | WR |
 | Makoto Fukui , Hiroshi Ishii , Tsuyoshi Yamanaka , Tatsuo Fujimoto (JPN) | 8:13.2 | |
 | David Dickson , John Devitt , Murray Rose , John Konrads (AUS) | 8:13.8 | |
| 4 | Hamilton Milton , John Martin-Dye , Richard Campion , Ian Black (GBR) | 8:28.1 | |
| 5 | Ilkka Suvanto , Kari Haavisto , Stig-Olof Grenner , Karri Käyhkö (FIN) | 8:29.7 | |
| 6 | Sven-Göran Johansson , Lars-Erik Bengtsson , Bengt Nordwall , Per-Ola Lindberg (SWE) | 8:31.0 | |
| 7 | Frank Wiegand , Gerhard Hetz , Hans Zierold , Hans-Joachim Klein (GER) | 8:31.8 | |
| 8 | Igor Luzhkovsky , Gennady Nikolayev , Vitaly Sorokin , Boris Nik'it'ini (URS) | 8:32.8 |
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