- Medalists
- Results Heats Heat One Heat Two Heat Three Heat Four Heat Five Semifinals Semifinal One Semifinal Two Final
- References
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}{{SwimmingAt1960SummerOlympics}}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. MedalistsDavid Theile|AUS|1960 Summer}} | Frank McKinney|USA|1960 Summer}} | Bob Bennett|USA|1960 Summer}} |
ResultsHeatsFive 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
SemifinalsTwo heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted. Semifinal One Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
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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 |
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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 | David Theile | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} | 1:01.9 | OR | Frank McKinney | {{FlagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} | 1:02.1 | | Bob Bennett | {{FlagIOC|USA|1960 Summer}} | 1:02.3 | | 4 | Robert Christophe | {{FlagIOC|FRA|1960 Summer}} | 1:03.2 | | 5 | Leonid Barbier | {{FlagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} | 1:03.5 | | 6 | Wolfgang Wagner | {{FlagIOC|EUA|1960 Summer}} | 1:03.5 | | 7 | John Monckton | {{FlagIOC|AUS|1960 Summer}} | 1:04.1 | | 8 | Veiko Siimar | {{FlagIOC|URS|1960 Summer}} | 1:04.6 | |
Key: OR = Olympic record References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/SWI/mens-100-metres-backstroke.html |title=Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Backstroke |accessdate=17 October 2016 |work=Sports Reference}}
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