Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
| Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | women | |||
| 200 m | men | |||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 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
| Gold |  Chris von SaltzaUnited States (USA) |
| Silver |  Jane CederqvistSweden (SWE) |
| Bronze |  Tineke LagerbergNetherlands (NED) |
Results
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Chris von Saltza | United States | 4:50.6 | OR |
 | Jane Cederqvist | Sweden | 4:53.9 | |
 | Tineke Lagerberg | Netherlands | 4:56.9 | |
| 4 | Ilsa Konrads |  Australia | 4:57.9 | |
| 5 | Dawn Fraser | Australia | 4:58.5 | |
| 6 | Nan Rae |  Great Britain | 4:59.7 | |
| 7 | Corrie Schimmel | Netherlands | 5:02.3 | |
| 8 | Bibbi Segerström | Sweden | 5:02.4 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
- 1960 Summer Olympics results: Women's 400 m freestyle, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2009-11-06.
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