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Men's 400 m freestyle - Swimming |   | ||||
 Men's 400 m freestyle 1956
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| Final | |||||
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Murray Rose |  |
AUS | 4.27,3 | OR |
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Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |  |
JPN | 4.30,4 | |
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George Breen |  |
USA | 4.32,5 | |
| 4. | Kevin O'Halloran | |
AUS | 4.32,9 | |
| 5. | Hans Zierold |  |
GER | 4.34,6 | |
| 6. | Garry Winram | |
AUS | 4.34,9 | |
| 7. | Koji Nonoshita | |
JPN | 4.38,2 | |
| 8. | Angelo Romani |  |
ITA | 4.41,7 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 1 | |||||
| 1. | Kevin O'Halloran | |
AUS | 4.36,9 | q |
| 2. | Koji Nonoshita | |
JPN | 4.37,3 | q |
| 3. | Angelo Romani | |
ITA | 4.37,6 | q |
| 4. | William Woolsey | |
USA | 4.38,2 | |
| 5. | Sylvio dos Santos |  |
BRA | 4.48,8 | |
| 6. | Ulfiano Babol |  |
PHI | 4.53,4 | |
| 7. | Wan Shiu Ming |  |
HKG | 5.02,6 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 2 | |||||
| 1. | John Wardrop |  |
GBR | 4.39,8 | |
| 2. | Anthony Briscoe |  |
RSA | 4.41,4 | |
| 3. | George Onekea | |
USA | 4.41,6 | |
| 4. | Hans Köhler | |
GER | 4.43,5 | |
| 5. | Habib Nasution |  |
INA | 4.44,0 | |
| 6. | Per-Olof Östrand |  |
SWE | 4.45,9 | |
| 7. | Gilberto Martinez |  |
COL | 4.51,4 | |
| 8. | Raul Martin |  |
CUB | 4.58,2 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 3 | |||||
| 1. | George Breen | |
USA | 4.35,7 | q |
| 2. | Peter Duncan | |
RSA | 4.46,7 | |
| 3. | Karri Käykhö |  |
FIN | 4.49,6 | |
| 4. | Yoshiro Noda | |
JPN | 4.49,9 | |
| 5. | Guy Montserrat |  |
FRA | 4.52,6 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 4 | |||||
| 1. | Garry Winram | |
AUS | 4.34,5 | q |
| 2. | Jean Boiteux | |
FRA | 4.37,9 | |
| 3. | William Slater |  |
CAN | 4.40,4 | |
| 4. | Neil McKechnie | |
GBR | 4.42,6 | |
| 5. | Boris Nikitin |  |
URS | 4.42,8 | |
| 6. | William Steuart | |
RSA | 4.43,0 | |
| 7. | Bana Sailani | |
PHI | 4.49,0 | |
| Round 1 - Heat 5 | |||||
| 1. | Murray Rose | |
AUS | 4.31,7 | q |
| 2. | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | |
JPN | 4.31,8 | q |
| 3. | Hans Zierold | |
GER | 4.31,7 | q |
| 4. | Jenö Ats |  |
HUN | 4.47,6 | |
| 5. | Jacques Collignon | |
FRA | 4.49,3 | |
| Men's 400 m freestyle - Swimming - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format:
Swimmers competed in preliminary heats and final. The eight swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the final. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Men's 400 m freestyle competition was held at the Swimming Stadium and 32 athletes participated in the event. |
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| These results for Men's 400 m freestyle - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||
