Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Date July 16–18
Competitors 23 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Johnny Weissmuller  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Arne Borg  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Boy Charlton  Australia

The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Wednesday July 16, 1924 to Friday July 18, 1924.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 4:57.0 United States Johnny Weissmuller New Haven (USA) March 6, 1923
Olympic Record 5:24.4 Canada George Hodgson Stockholm (SWE) July 14, 1912

In the first heat Ralph Breyer set a new Olympic record with 5:22.4 minutes, only to be bettered in the third heat by Johnny Weissmuller who set a time of 5:22.2 minutes. Weissmuller improved this record to 5:13.6 minutes in the semi-finals and finally to 5:04.2 minutes in the final.

Results

Heats

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Ralph Breyer (USA)5:22.4QQ OR
2 Jack Hatfield (GBR)5:32.6QQ
3 Atilije Venturini (YUG)6:28.0
— Moss Christie (AUS)DNF

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Åke Borg (SWE)5:28.2QQ
2 Václav Antoš (TCH)5:34.8QQ
3 Dionysios Vasilopoulos (GRE)6:21.4
4 Đura Sentđerđi (YUG)6:41.4

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Johnny Weissmuller (USA)5:22.2QQ OR
2 Boy Charlton (AUS)5:30.2QQ
3 Edward Peter (GBR)5:38.6
4 Salvator Pélégry (FRA)5:56.2
5 Sjaak Köhler (NED)6:20.4

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Arne Borg (SWE)5:31.8QQ
2 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)5:38.0QQ
3 Kazuo Noda (JPN)5:43.8
4 Alberto Zorrilla (ARG)5:49.4
5 Stanislav Bičák (TCH)5:52.4

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Lester Smith (USA)5:32.4QQ
2 Harold Annison (GBR)5:32.6QQ
3 George Vernot (CAN)5:32.2qq
4 Édouard Vanzeveren (FRA)5:59.8
5 Pedro Méndez (ESP)6:26.6

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Johnny Weissmuller (USA)5:13.6QF OR
2 Boy Charlton (AUS)5:32.6QF
3 Lester Smith (USA)5:37.6
4 George Vernot (CAN)5:38.0
5 Václav Antoš (TCH)5:53.2
— Ralph Breyer (USA)DNS

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Arne Borg (SWE)5:21.4QF
2 Åke Borg (SWE)5:25.0QF
3 Jack Hatfield (GBR)5:30.4qf
4 Harold Annison (GBR)5:39.4
— Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)DNF

Final

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Johnny Weissmuller (USA)5:04.2 OR
2 Arne Borg (SWE)5:05.6
3 Boy Charlton (AUS)5:06.6
4 Åke Borg (SWE)5:26.0
5 Jack Hatfield (GBR)5:32.0

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 September 2008.
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