Swimming at the 1936 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 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday August 13, 1936, to Saturday August 15, 1936.

Twenty-one swimmers from ten nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Noboru Terada
 Japan		 Jack Medica
 United States		 Shunpei Uto
 Japan

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19:07.2 Sweden Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) September 2, 1927
Olympic Record 19:12.4 Japan Kusuo Kitamura Los Angeles (USA) August 13, 1932

Results

Heats

Thursday August 13, 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the next two fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Sunao Ishiharada (JPN)19:55.8QQ
2 Bob Leivers (GBR)20:04.4QQ
3 Heinz Arendt (GER)20:10.7QQ
4 Bob Pirie (CAN)20:16.4qq
5 Manoel Villar (BRA)21:49.9
6 István Angyal (HUN)

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jack Medica (USA)19:55.5QQ
 Noboru Terada (JPN)19:55.5QQ
3 Jørgen Jørgensen (DEN)21:42.0QQ
4 Robert Hooper (CAN)21:47.4
5 João Havelange (BRA)22:54.1

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Shumpei Uto (JPN)19:48.3QQ
2 Ralph Flanagan (USA)19:49.9QQ
3 Hans Freese (GER)20:13.7QQ
4 Christian Talli (FRA)21:03.0qq
5 Bob Hamerton (CAN)21:05.5
6 Aage Hellstrøm (DEN)21:16.9

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jim Cristy (USA)20:26.5QQ
2 Norman Wainwright (GBR)20:47.6QQ
3 Otto Przywara (GER)20:59.0QQ
4 Edmund Pader (AUT)21:13.9

Semifinals

Friday August 14, 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Noboru Terada (JPN)19:48.6QQ
2 Ralph Flanagan (USA)19:59.4QQ
3 Bob Leivers (GBR)20:10.0QQ
4 Jim Cristy (USA)20:25.8
5 Hans Freese (GER)20:27.6
6 Otto Przywara (GER)20:55.0
7 Jørgen Jørgensen (DEN)21:46.3

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Jack Medica (USA)19:42.8QQ
2 Sunao Ishiharada (JPN)19:53.9QQ
3 Shumpei Uto (JPN)19:55.6QQ
4 Heinz Arendt (GER)19:56.1qq
5 Norman Wainwright (GBR)20:14.4
6 Bob Pirie (CAN)20:17.3
7 Christian Talli (FRA)21:09.8

Final

Saturday August 15, 1936:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Noboru Terada (JPN)19:13.7
2 Jack Medica (USA)19:34.0
3 Shumpei Uto (JPN)19:34.5
4 Sunao Ishiharada (JPN)19:48.5
5 Ralph Flanagan (USA)19:54.8
6 Bob Leivers (GBR)19:57.4
7 Heinz Arendt (GER)19:59.0

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  • Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
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