Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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 August 4, 1928, to Monday August 6, 1928.

Nineteen swimmers from 13 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Arne Borg
 Sweden		 Boy Charlton
 Australia		 Buster Crabbe
 United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19:07.2 Sweden Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) September 2, 1927
Olympic Record 20:06.6 Australia Boy Charlton Paris (FRA) July 15, 1924

In the final Arne Borg bettered the Olympic record to 19:51.8 minutes.

Results

Heats

Saturday August 4, 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Austin Clapp (USA)21:31.0QQ
2 Takaji Takebayashi (JPN)22:30.4QQ
3 James Thompson (CAN)22:56.6
4 Giovanni Gambi (ITA)
5 Jean Taris (FRA)

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Nobuo Arai (JPN)21:35.4QQ
2 Giuseppe Perentin (ITA)21:42.4QQ
3 Dick de Man (NED)23:03.2
4 David Lindsay (NZL)

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Katsuo Takaishi (JPN)21:20.8QQ
2 Ray Ruddy (USA)22:12.0QQ
3 Václav Antoš (TCH)22:43.0

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Alberto Zorrilla (ARG)22:21.2QQ
2 Garnet Ault (CAN)22:55.8QQ

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Arne Borg (SWE)20:14.2QQ
2 Boy Charlton (AUS)20:17.4QQ
3 Buster Crabbe (USA)20:17.8qq
4 Walter Handschuhmacher (GER)22:18.6
5 Taburan Tamse (PHI)

Semifinals

Sunday August 5, 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Arne Borg (SWE)20:42.0QF
2 Alberto Zorrilla (ARG)21:17.0QF
3 Garnet Ault (CAN)21:33.4QF
4 Nobuo Arai (JPN)
— Takaji Takebayashi (JPN)DNF
— Austin Clapp (USA)DNS

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Buster Crabbe (USA)20:55.4QF
2 Boy Charlton (AUS)20:57.0QF
3 Ray Ruddy (USA)21:31.2QF
4 Giuseppe Perentin (ITA)
— Katsuo Takaishi (JPN)DNS

Final

Monday August 6, 1928:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Arne Borg (SWE)19:51.8 OR
2 Boy Charlton (AUS)20:02.6
3 Buster Crabbe (USA)20:28.8
4 Ray Ruddy (USA)21:05.0
5 Alberto Zorrilla (ARG)21:23.8
6 Garnet Ault (CAN)21:46.0

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 1,50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2008.
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