Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4–6 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Saturday to Monday, 4 to 6 August 1928.
Nineteen swimmers from 13 nations competed.
Records
[edit]These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 19:07.2 | Arne Borg | Bologna (ITA) | 2 September 1927 |
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Olympic Record | 20:06.6 | Boy Charlton | Paris (FRA) | 15 July 1924 |
In the final Arne Borg bettered the Olympic record to 19:51.8 minutes.
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Saturday 4 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Austin Clapp | United States | 21:31.0 | Q |
2 | Takaji Takebayashi | Japan | 22:30.4 | Q |
3 | James Thompson | Canada | 22:56.6 | |
4 | Giovanni Gambi | Italy | Unknown | |
5 | Jean Taris | France | Unknown |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nobuo Arai | Japan | 21:35.4 | Q |
2 | Giuseppe Perentin | Italy | 21:42.4 | Q |
3 | Dick de Man | Netherlands | 23:03.2 | |
4 | David Lindsay | New Zealand | Unknown |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Katsuo Takaishi | Japan | 21:20.8 | Q |
2 | Ray Ruddy | United States | 22:12.0 | Q |
3 | Václav Antoš | Czechoslovakia | 22:43.0 |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alberto Zorrilla | Argentina | 22:21.2 | Q |
2 | Garnet Ault | Canada | 22:55.8 | Q |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg | Sweden | 20:14.2 | Q |
2 | Boy Charlton | Australia | 20:17.4 | Q |
3 | Buster Crabbe | United States | 20:17.8 | q |
4 | Walter Handschuhmacher | Germany | 22:18.6 | |
5 | Taburan Tamse | Philippines | Unknown |
Semifinals
[edit]Sunday 5 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg | Sweden | 20:42.0 | Q |
2 | Alberto Zorrilla | Argentina | 21:17.0 | Q |
3 | Garnet Ault | Canada | 21:33.4 | Q |
4 | Nobuo Arai | Japan | Unknown | |
— | Takaji Takebayashi | Japan | DNF | |
— | Austin Clapp | United States | DNS |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Buster Crabbe | United States | 20:55.4 | Q |
2 | Boy Charlton | Australia | 20:57.0 | Q |
3 | Ray Ruddy | United States | 21:31.2 | Q |
4 | Giuseppe Perentin | Italy | Unknown | |
— | Katsuo Takaishi | Japan | DNS |
Final
[edit]Monday 6 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Arne Borg | Sweden | 19:51.8 | OR | |
Boy Charlton | Australia | 20:02.6 | ||
Buster Crabbe | United States | 20:28.8 | ||
4 | Ray Ruddy | United States | 21:05.0 | |
5 | Alberto Zorrilla | Argentina | 21:23.8 | |
6 | Garnet Ault | Canada | 21:46.0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 1,50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2008.