Final | | time | | gap | L | Y | 100m | 200m | 300m | 1. Donald Schollander | United States | 4:12.2 | WR | | 4 | 18 | 1:00.4 | 2:05.7 | 3:10.5 | 2. Frank Wiegand | UT Germany | 4:14.9 | | +2.7s | 3 | 21 | 1:01.1 | 2:06.4 | 3:11.9 | 3. Allan Wood | Australia | 4:15.1 | | +2.9s | 5 | 21 | 1:01.5 | 2:06.2 | 3:10.6 | 4. Roy Saari | United States | 4:16.7 | | +4.5s | 1 | 19 | 1:00.3 | 2:06.0 | 3:12.5 | 5. John Nelson | United States | 4:16.9 | | +4.7s | 7 | 16 | 1:01.3 | 2:06.9 | 3:12.5 | 6. Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | Japan | 4:19.1 | | +6.9s | 8 | 25 | 1:01.0 | 2:07.5 | 3:14.4 | 7. Russell Phegan | Australia | 4:20.2 | | +8.0s | 2 | 17 | 1:01.5 | 2:06.8 | 3:12.8 | 8. Semyon Belits-Geiman | Soviet Union | 4:21.4 | | +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 4:18.3Rome, Italy 31st August 1960 |
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