Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
Rank Athlete Country Time
1 Mike Troy United States 2:12.8
2 Neville Hayes Australia 2:14.6
3 Dave Gillanders United States 2:15.3
4 Fritz Dennerlein Italy 2:16.0
5 Haruo Yoshimuta Japan 2:18.3
6 Kevin Berry Australia 2:18.5
7 Valentin Kuzmin Soviet Union 2:18.9
8 Kenzo Izutsu Japan 2:19.4
Results -- Final
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.