The men's 400 metre individual medley event at the 1964 Summer Olympics took place on 12–14 October.[1] This swimming event used medley swimming. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle. Unlike other events using freestyle, swimmers could not use butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke for the freestyle leg; most swimmers use the front crawl in freestyle events.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Dick Roth United States
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| Silver | Roy Saari United States
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| Bronze | Gerhard Hetz United Team of Germany
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Results edit
Heats edit
Heat 1
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Robie |  United States |
4:52.0 | |
| 2 | Ralph Hutton |  Canada |
5:06.2 | |
| 3 | John Oravainen |  Australia |
5:07.0 | |
| 4 | Stefan Weinrich |  Germany |
5:07.8 | |
| 5 | Celestino Pérez |  Puerto Rico |
5:10.9 | |
| 6 | Veljko Rogošić |  Yugoslavia |
5:11.0 | |
| 7 | Gershon Shefa |  Israel |
5:11.2 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandy Gilchrist | Canada |
4:58.3 | |
| 2 | Dick Roth | United States |
5:01.3 | |
| 3 | Terry Buck | Australia |
5:02.5 | |
| 4 | Elliot Chenaux | Puerto Rico |
5:11.3 | |
| 5 | Juan Fortuny |  Spain |
5:18.2 | |
| 6 | Juan Alanís |  Mexico |
5:18.6 | |
| 7 | António Basto |  Portugal |
5:19.7 | |
| 8 | Luis Paz |  Peru |
5:39.5 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Saari | United States |
5:02.3 | |
| 2 | György Kosztolánczy |  Hungary |
5:03.8 | |
| 3 | Jan Jiskoot |  Netherlands |
5:04.4 | |
| 4 | Dieter Pfeifer | Germany |
5:05.2 | |
| 5 | Ilkka Suvanto |  Finland |
5:09.0 | |
| 6 | Rafael Hernández | Mexico |
5:09.8 | |
| 7 | Charles Fox |  Northern Rhodesia |
5:38.2 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Hetz | Germany |
4:57.6 | |
| 2 | Csaba Ali | Hungary |
5:05.4 | |
| 3 | Olle Ferm |  Sweden |
5:10.5 | |
| 4 | Alex Alexander | Australia |
5:10.8 | |
| 5 | Guðmundur Gíslason |  Iceland |
5:15.5 | |
| 6 | Hannu Vaahtoranta | Finland |
5:16.2 | |
| 7 | Guillermo Davila | Mexico |
5:27.1 | |
| 8 | Narong Chok-Umnuay |  Thailand |
5:44.1 |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dick Roth | United States |
4:45.4 | WR |
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Roy Saari | United States |
4:47.1 | |
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Gerhard Hetz |  United Team of Germany |
4:51.0 | |
| 4 | Carl Robie | United States |
4:51.4 | |
| 5 | Sandy Gilchrist | Canada |
4:57.6 | |
| 6 | Jan Jiskoot | Netherlands |
5:01.9 | |
| 7 | György Kosztolánczy | Hungary |
5:01.9 | |
| 8 | Terry Buck | Australia |
5:03.0 |
Key: WR = World record
References edit
- ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Individual Medley". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2016.