Men 400m Freestyle Swimming XVIII Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo, Japan - Thursday, 15th October - Gold Medal: Donald Scholander, United States
Final time gap L Y 100m 200m 300m 1. Donald Schollander United States4:12.2 WR 4 18 1:00.4 2:05.7 3:10.5 2. Frank Wiegand UT Germany4:14.9 +2.7s 3 21 1:01.1 2:06.4 3:11.9 3. Allan Wood Australia4:15.1 +2.9s 5 21 1:01.5 2:06.2 3:10.6 4. Roy Saari United States4:16.7 +4.5s 1 19 1:00.3 2:06.0 3:12.5 5. John Nelson United States4:16.9 +4.7s 7 16 1:01.3 2:06.9 3:12.5 6. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan4:19.1 +6.9s 8 25 1:01.0 2:07.5 3:14.4 7. Russell Phegan Australia4:20.2 +8.0s 2 17 1:01.5 2:06.8 3:12.8 8. Semyon Belits-Geiman Soviet Union4:21.4 +9.2s 6 19 1:00.5 2:06.1 3:14.0
World Record: Donald Scholander, United States 4:12.7 Los Altos, United States 31st July 1964 Olympic Record: Murray Rose, Australia 4:18.3 Rome, Italy 31st August 1960
Australia's Murray Rose had won this event in 1956 and 1960 and was still considered formidable, holding the world record of 4:13.4 at the beginning of 1964. But by 1964 he had settled in the United States, first as a student at the University of Southern California, and then as an actor in Los Angeles. He elected not to return for the Australian Trials in February, and Australian swimming officials responded by not allowing him on the Olympic team. He might have contended for gold in Tokyo, but American Donald Schollander would have been difficult to beat. On 31 July he had broken Rose's world record, posting 4:12.7, and was considered the favorite.
In the final he trailed Roy Saari at 100 metres but pulled away to lead at 200 metres and then kept extending his lead, finishing in 4:12.2 to better his own world record. He was behind his world record pace at 300 metres, but finished in 1:01.7 for the record. Germany's Frank Wiegand trailed 2.7 seconds behind for silver, with Australian Allan Wood getting bronze as Saari struggled on the final laps.
Heats - Tiesday, 13th OctoberBest 8 times advanced to Final.
Heat 7 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Don Schollander United States4:15.8 OR 3 18 1. 1:02.1 2:08.1 3:12.6 2. Allan Wood Australia4:16.2 q +0.4s 6 21 2. 1:01.8 2:06.2 3:11.5 3. Mats Svensson Sweden4:24.6 +8.8s 5 21 12. 1:02.8 2:10.6 3:17.1 4. Martin Klink UT Germany4:29.1 +13.3s 1 24 19. 1:02.9 2:10.6 3:18.4 5. Ralph Hutton Canada4:29.4 +13.6s 7 16 21. 1:03.3 2:12.1 3:21.1 6. John Martin-Dye Great Britain4:34.3 +18.5s 8 24 32. 1:04.1 2:14.3 3:24.3 7. Thuan-Heng Tan Malaysia4:38.2 +22.4s 4 16 36. 1:03.9 2:15.0 3:27.3 8. Pano Caperonis Switzerland4:43.8 +28.0s 2 17 41. 1:06.8 2:19.3 3:33.2
Heat 6 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Frank Wiegand UT Germany4:17.2 OR +1.4s 4 21 3. 1:00.1 2:05.7 3:14.0 2. Semyon Belits-Geiman Soviet Union4:19.4 q +3.6s 7 19 4. 1:00.4 2:05.7 3:11.7 3. Petr Lohnicky Czechoslovakia4:28.9 +13.1s 6 23 18. 1:02.1 2:10.1 3:18.7 4. Celestino Perez Puerto Rico4:30.9 +15.1s 2 16 27. 1:02.9 2:11.4 3:21.1 5. Robert Lord Great Britain4:33.2 +17.4s 5 19 29. 1:03.0 2:13.3 3:25.2 5. Francis Luyce France4:33.2 +17.4s 3 17 29. 1:02.5 2:11.7 3:22.9 7. Ilkka Suvanto Finland4:38.0 +22.2s 1 21 35. 1:05.2 2:16.0 3:28.0 8. Andras Bodnar Hungary5:03.7 +47.9s 8 22 49. 1:04.1 2:21.6 3:43.1
Heat 5 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Russell Phegan Australia4:19.8 q +4.0s 2 17 5. 1:01.8 2:06.7 3:12.6 2. Jozsef Katona Hungary4:24.7 +8.9s 3 23 13. 1:02.0 2:08.0 3:15.6 3. Takeshi Yamakage Japan4:27.8 +12.0s 6 19 16. 1:01.5 2:09.9 3:18.7 4. John Thurley Great Britain4:31.0 +15.2s 5 16 28. 1:03.2 2:11.8 3:21.3 5. Slobodan Dijakovic Yugoslavia4:41.0 +25.2s 8 17 40. 1:00.9 2:09.0 3:22.8 6. Teodoro Capriles Venezuela4:44.5 +28.7s 7 19 42. 1:04.9 2:16.9 3:30.5 7. Walter Ledgard-Buse Peru4:50.4 +34.6s 4 19 45. 1:06.6 2:21.4 3:37.1 -. Eliot H Chenaux Puerto RicoDNS 1 17 -.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan4:21.1 q +5.3s 1 25 8. 1:00.5 2:06.9 3:14.0 2. Hans Rosendahl Sweden4:23.5 +7.7s 6 19 10. 1:01.2 2:08.7 3:16.3 3. Ron Jacks Canada4:29.3 +13.5s 5 16 20. 1:02.3 2:11.4 3:21.5 4. Pierpaolo Spangaro Italy4:30.0 +14.2s 3 22 23. 1:03.6 2:12.8 3:22.0 5. Tuomo Juhani Hamalainen Finland4:35.5 +19.7s 4 19 34. 1:02.3 2:12.1 3:23.4 6. Gert Kolli Austria4:38.4 +22.6s 7 24 37. 1:03.5 2:14.2 3:26.8 7. Bong-Jo Kim South Korea4:55.8 +40.0s 2 18 47. 1:05.2 2:20.0 3:38.0 -. Jean Pommat FranceDNS 8 2 -.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. John Nelson United States4:19.9 q +4.1s 5 16 6. 1:00.5 2:06.6 3:13.0 2. Johan Bontekoe Netherlands4:26.6 +10.8s 2 21 14. 1:01.7 2:08.4 3:16.8 3. Yevgeny Novikov Soviet Union4:30.0 +14.2s 6 19 23. 1:03.6 2:12.7 3:22.4 4. Carlos Van Der Math Argentina4:30.2 +14.4s 8 18 25. 1:03.2 2:11.9 3:21.0 5. Alan Hugh Durrett Zambia4:39.0 +23.2s 3 16 38. 1:03.1 2:13.5 3:26.2 6. Adriaan Frederik Oudt Netherlands4:46.5 +30.7s 7 18 44. 1:04.9 2:17.1 3:32.5 -. Jan Lundin SwedenDNS 4 22 -. -. Guillermo Echevarria MexicoDNS 1 16 -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Roy Saari United States4:20.0 q +4.2s 5 19 7. 59.6s 2:05.6 3:13.9 2. Sandy Gilchrist Canada4:24.2 +8.4s 1 18 11. 1:01.1 2:08.2 3:16.7 3. Sergio De Gregorio Italy4:27.4 +11.6s 7 18 15. 1:02.3 2:09.8 3:17.4 4. Aleksandr Paramonov Soviet Union4:34.0 +18.2s 8 22 31. 1:02.3 2:10.8 3:21.9 5. Julio Arango Colombia4:35.1 +19.3s 3 14 33. 1:03.6 2:13.8 3:25.1 6. Maung Ni Tin Burma4:40.9 +25.1s 4 26 39. 1:03.8 2:14.4 3:27.5 7. Robert Loh Hong Kong4:53.3 +37.5s 2 18 46. 1:04.5 2:16.5 3:32.7 -. Pierre Canavese FranceDNS 6 19 -.
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Robert Windle Australia4:21.6 +5.8s 7 19 9. 1:00.3 2:04.4 3:11.9 2. Haruo Yoshimuta Japan4:28.8 +13.0s 4 24 17. 1:02.1 2:09.1 3:18.8 3. Wolfgang Kremer UT Germany4:29.9 +14.1s 6 18 22. 1:01.3 2:10.0 3:20.8 4. Giovanni Orlando Italy4:30.8 +15.0s 2 19 26. 1:02.3 2:10.4 3:21.6 5. Carlos Canepa Peru4:44.9 +29.1s 3 21 43. 1:05.6 2:17.6 3:32.3 6. Laszlo Szlamka Hungary5:00.0 +44.2s 1 21 48. 1:05.8 2:23.0 3:42.1 -. Luis Nicolao ArgentinaDNS 5 2 -.
Final time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Donald Schollander United States4:12.2 WR 4 18 1. 1:00.4 2:05.7 3:10.5 2. Frank Wiegand UT Germany4:14.9 +2.7s 3 21 2. 1:01.1 2:06.4 3:11.9 3. Allan Wood Australia4:15.1 +2.9s 5 21 3. 1:01.5 2:06.2 3:10.6 4. Roy Saari United States4:16.7 +4.5s 1 19 4. 1:00.3 2:06.0 3:12.5 5. John Nelson United States4:16.9 +4.7s 7 16 5. 1:01.3 2:06.9 3:12.5 6. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan4:19.1 +6.9s 8 25 6. 1:01.0 2:07.5 3:14.4 7. Russell Phegan Australia4:20.2 +8.0s 2 17 7. 1:01.5 2:06.8 3:12.8 8. Semyon Belits-Geiman Soviet Union4:21.4 +9.2s 6 19 8. 1:00.5 2:06.1 3:14.0 Heats time gap L Y Rk 100m 200m 300m 1. Don Schollander United States4:15.8 OR 3 18 1. 1:02.1 2:08.1 3:12.6 2. Allan Wood Australia4:16.2 q +0.4s 6 21 2. 1:01.8 2:06.2 3:11.5 1. Frank Wiegand UT Germany4:17.2 OR +1.4s 4 21 3. 1:00.1 2:05.7 3:14.0 2. Semyon Belits-Geiman Soviet Union4:19.4 q +3.6s 7 19 4. 1:00.4 2:05.7 3:11.7 1. Russell Phegan Australia4:19.8 q +4.0s 2 17 5. 1:01.8 2:06.7 3:12.6 1. John Nelson United States4:19.9 q +4.1s 5 16 6. 1:00.5 2:06.6 3:13.0 1. Roy Saari United States4:20.0 q +4.2s 5 19 7. 59.6s 2:05.6 3:13.9 1. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan4:21.1 q +5.3s 1 25 8. 1:00.5 2:06.9 3:14.0 1. Robert Windle Australia4:21.6 +5.8s 7 19 9. 1:00.3 2:04.4 3:11.9 2. Hans Rosendahl Sweden4:23.5 +7.7s 6 19 10. 1:01.2 2:08.7 3:16.3 2. Sandy Gilchrist Canada4:24.2 +8.4s 1 18 11. 1:01.1 2:08.2 3:16.7 3. Mats Svensson Sweden4:24.6 +8.8s 5 21 12. 1:02.8 2:10.6 3:17.1 2. Jozsef Katona Hungary4:24.7 +8.9s 3 23 13. 1:02.0 2:08.0 3:15.6 2. Johan Bontekoe Netherlands4:26.6 +10.8s 2 21 14. 1:01.7 2:08.4 3:16.8 3. Sergio De Gregorio Italy4:27.4 +11.6s 7 18 15. 1:02.3 2:09.8 3:17.4 3. Takeshi Yamakage Japan4:27.8 +12.0s 6 19 16. 1:01.5 2:09.9 3:18.7 2. Haruo Yoshimuta Japan4:28.8 +13.0s 4 24 17. 1:02.1 2:09.1 3:18.8 3. Petr Lohnicky Czechoslovakia4:28.9 +13.1s 6 23 18. 1:02.1 2:10.1 3:18.7 4. Martin Klink UT Germany4:29.1 +13.3s 1 24 19. 1:02.9 2:10.6 3:18.4 3. Ron Jacks Canada4:29.3 +13.5s 5 16 20. 1:02.3 2:11.4 3:21.5 5. Ralph Hutton Canada4:29.4 +13.6s 7 16 21. 1:03.3 2:12.1 3:21.1 3. Wolfgang Kremer UT Germany4:29.9 +14.1s 6 18 22. 1:01.3 2:10.0 3:20.8 3. Yevgeny Novikov Soviet Union4:30.0 +14.2s 6 19 23. 1:03.6 2:12.7 3:22.4 4. Pierpaolo Spangaro Italy4:30.0 +14.2s 3 22 23. 1:03.6 2:12.8 3:22.0 4. Carlos Van Der Math Argentina4:30.2 +14.4s 8 18 25. 1:03.2 2:11.9 3:21.0 4. Giovanni Orlando Italy4:30.8 +15.0s 2 19 26. 1:02.3 2:10.4 3:21.6 4. Celestino Perez Puerto Rico4:30.9 +15.1s 2 16 27. 1:02.9 2:11.4 3:21.1 4. John Thurley Great Britain4:31.0 +15.2s 5 16 28. 1:03.2 2:11.8 3:21.3 5. Robert Lord Great Britain4:33.2 +17.4s 5 19 29. 1:03.0 2:13.3 3:25.2 5. Francis Luyce France4:33.2 +17.4s 3 17 29. 1:02.5 2:11.7 3:22.9 4. Aleksandr Paramonov Soviet Union4:34.0 +18.2s 8 22 31. 1:02.3 2:10.8 3:21.9 6. John Martin-Dye Great Britain4:34.3 +18.5s 8 24 32. 1:04.1 2:14.3 3:24.3 5. Julio Arango Colombia4:35.1 +19.3s 3 14 33. 1:03.6 2:13.8 3:25.1 5. Tuomo Juhani Hamalainen Finland4:35.5 +19.7s 4 19 34. 1:02.3 2:12.1 3:23.4 7. Ilkka Suvanto Finland4:38.0 +22.2s 1 21 35. 1:05.2 2:16.0 3:28.0 7. Thuan-Heng Tan Malaysia4:38.2 +22.4s 4 16 36. 1:03.9 2:15.0 3:27.3 6. Gert Kolli Austria4:38.4 +22.6s 7 24 37. 1:03.5 2:14.2 3:26.8 5. Alan Hugh Durrett Zambia4:39.0 +23.2s 3 16 38. 1:03.1 2:13.5 3:26.2 6. Maung Ni Tin Burma4:40.9 +25.1s 4 26 39. 1:03.8 2:14.4 3:27.5 5. Slobodan Dijakovic Yugoslavia4:41.0 +25.2s 8 17 40. 1:00.9 2:09.0 3:22.8 8. Pano Caperonis Switzerland4:43.8 +28.0s 2 17 41. 1:06.8 2:19.3 3:33.2 6. Teodoro Capriles Venezuela4:44.5 +28.7s 7 19 42. 1:04.9 2:16.9 3:30.5 5. Carlos Canepa Peru4:44.9 +29.1s 3 21 43. 1:05.6 2:17.6 3:32.3 6. Adriaan Frederik Oudt Netherlands4:46.5 +30.7s 7 18 44. 1:04.9 2:17.1 3:32.5 7. Walter Ledgard-Buse Peru4:50.4 +34.6s 4 19 45. 1:06.6 2:21.4 3:37.1 7. Robert Loh Hong Kong4:53.3 +37.5s 2 18 46. 1:04.5 2:16.5 3:32.7 7. Bong-Jo Kim South Korea4:55.8 +40.0s 2 18 47. 1:05.2 2:20.0 3:38.0 6. Laszlo Szlamka Hungary5:00.0 +44.2s 1 21 48. 1:05.8 2:23.0 3:42.1 8. Andras Bodnar Hungary5:03.7 +47.9s 8 22 49. 1:04.1 2:21.6 3:43.1 -. Luis Nicolao ArgentinaDNS 5 2 -. -. Pierre Canavese FranceDNS 6 19 -. -. Jan Lundin SwedenDNS 4 22 -. -. Guillermo Echevarria MexicoDNS 1 16 -. -. Jean Pommat FranceDNS 8 2 -. -. Eliot H Chenaux Puerto RicoDNS 1 17 -.
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