Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly


The men's 200 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 31 and September 2. This swimming event used the butterfly stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Results

Heats

Five heats were held; the fastest sixteen swimmers advanced to the Semifinals. Because there was a tie for sixteenth place, a swim-off was held to determine the sixteenth swimmer to advance.
Key
Advanced to Semifinals
See Swim-Off
Did Not Advance

Heat One

Heat Two

Heat Three

Heat Four

Heat Five

Swim-Off

Semifinals

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

Semifinal One

Semifinal Two

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Mike Troy2:12.8WR
Neville Hayes2:14.6
Dave Gillanders2:15.3
4Fritz Dennerlein2:16.0
5Haruo Yoshimuta2:18.3
6Kevin Berry2:18.5
7Valentin Kuzmin2:18.9
8Kenzo Izutsu2:19.4

Key: WR = World record