Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke





































































Left-right: Frank McKinney, David Theile and Bob Bennett


The men's 100 metre backstroke event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 30 and 31.[1] This swimming event used backstroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.




Contents






  • 1 Medalists


  • 2 Results


    • 2.1 Heats


      • 2.1.1 Heat One


      • 2.1.2 Heat Two


      • 2.1.3 Heat Three


      • 2.1.4 Heat Four


      • 2.1.5 Heat Five




    • 2.2 Semifinals


      • 2.2.1 Semifinal One


      • 2.2.2 Semifinal Two




    • 2.3 Final




  • 3 References





Medalists















Gold
David Theile
 Australia
Silver
Frank McKinney
 United States
Bronze
Bob Bennett
 United States


Results



Heats


Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. The swimmers that advanced to the Semifinals are highlighted.



Heat One

























































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 John Monckton Australia 1:04.4
2 József Csikány Hungary 1:04.5
3 Wolfgang Wagner Germany 1:04.7
4 Kazuo Tomita Japan 1:04.7
5 Herman Verbauwen Belgium 1:05.0
6 Julio Cabrera Spain 1:06.5
7 Raúl Cerqueira Portugal 1:06.7
8 Dimitrios Kolovos Greece 1:13.8


Heat Two

























































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 Bob Bennett United States 1:02.0
2 Leonid Barbier Soviet Union 1:03.5
3 Jürgen Dietze Germany 1:04.0
4 Jan Jiskoot Netherlands 1:05.9
5 Friedrich Suda Austria 1:06.0
6 Mihovil Dorčić Yugoslavia 1:06.0
7 Joram Shnider Israel 1:11.1
8 Ünsal Fikirci Turkey 1:15.2


Heat Three



















































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 Robert Christophe France 1:04.0
2 Graham Sykes Great Britain 1:04.8
3 Bob Wheaton Canada 1:05.7
4 Bengt-Olov Almstedt Sweden 1:05.9
5 Alejandro Gaxiola Mexico 1:05.9
6 Athos de Oliveira Brazil 1:07.9
7 Rudy Muller Luxembourg 1:12.3


Heat Four



















































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 David Theile Australia 1:03.1
2 Veiko Siimar Soviet Union 1:04.6
3 Giuseppe Avellone Italy 1:05.4
4 Haydn Rigby Great Britain 1:06.2
5 Kazuo Watanabe Japan 1:08.4
6 Lorenzo Cortez Philippines 1:08.7
7 Rolf Burggraf Switzerland 1:11.0


Heat Five



















































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 Frank McKinney United States 1:02.4
2 Pedro Diz Argentina 1:04.7
3 Stig-Olof Grenner Finland 1:04.7
4 Claude Raffy France 1:05.8
5 Gilberto Elsa Italy 1:05.8
6 Enrique Rabell Mexico 1:08.0
7 János Konrád Hungary 1:19.9


Semifinals


Two heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.



Semifinal One

























































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 David Theile Australia 1:03.1
2 Robert Christophe France 1:03.7
3 Bob Bennett United States 1:03.7
4 John Monckton Australia 1:03.8
5 Veiko Siimar Soviet Union 1:04.6
6 Kazuo Tomita Japan 1:05.2
7 Stig-Olof Grenner Finland 1:05.2
8 Herman Verbauwen Belgium 1:06.2


Semifinal Two

























































Rank
Athlete
Country
Time
1 Frank McKinney United States 1:03.8
2 Wolfgang Wagner Germany 1:03.9
3 Leonid Barbier Soviet Union 1:04.3
4 Jürgen Dietze Germany 1:04.7
5 Graham Sykes Great Britain 1:04.7
6 Pedro Diz Argentina 1:05.0
7 József Csikány Hungary 1:05.2
8 Giuseppe Avellone Italy 1:06.5


Final


































































Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 David Theile
 Australia
1:01.9
OR
2 Frank McKinney
 United States
1:02.1

3 Bob Bennett
 United States
1:02.3

4 Robert Christophe
 France
1:03.2

5 Leonid Barbier
 Soviet Union
1:03.5

6 Wolfgang Wagner
 United Team of Germany
1:03.5

7 John Monckton
 Australia
1:04.1

8 Veiko Siimar
 Soviet Union
1:04.6


Key: OR = Olympic record



References





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