Final 16:30 | Time | Ath.1 | Ath.2 | Ath.3 | Ath.4 | 1. United States | 3:02.2 | Jack Yerman | 46.7s | Earl Young | 45.6s | Glenn Davis | 45.5s | Otis Davis | 44.4s | 2. Germany | 3:02.7 | Manfred Kinder | 47.0s | Jochen Reske | 45.8s | Johannes Kaiser | 45.4s | Carl Kauffmann | 44.5s | 3. West Indies | 3:04.0 | George Kerr | 46.8s | James Wedderburn | 46.7s | Keith Gardner | 45.5s | Malcolm A.E. Spence | 45.0s | 4. South Africa | 3:05.0 | Edward Jefferys | 47.0s | Edgar Davis | 46.0s | Gordon Day | 46.5s | Malcolm C. Spence | 45.5s | 5. Great Britain | 3:08.3 | Barry Jackson | 47.1s | Malcolm Yardley | 46.9s | John Wrighton | 46.6s | Robbie Brightwell | 47.7s | 6. Switzerland | 3:09.4 | Rene Weber | 47.1s | Ernst Zaugg | 47.4s | Hansrudi Bruder | 46.3s | Christian Waegli | 48.6s |
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| Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. Capp.: 65,000. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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