Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1.^[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.

Medalists

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Final

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

1. "Swimming at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2016.