Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400 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 Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
Men's 400 metre freestyle at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 7–9 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 17 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 | |
Twenty-six swimmers from 17 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 4:50.3 | Stockholm (SWE) | 11 September 1925 | |
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Olympic Record | 5:04.2 | Paris (FRA) | 18 July 1924 |
In the final Alberto Zorrilla bettered the Olympic record to 5:01.6 minutes.
Results
Heats
Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Austin Clapp | 5:13.4 | Q | |
2 | Nobuo Arai | 5:23.4 | Q | |
3 | Friedel Berges | 5:27.8 | ||
4 | James Thompson | Unknown |
Heat 2
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Buster Crabbe | 5:09.8 | Q | |
2 | Hiroshi Yoneyama | 5:17.8 | Q | |
3 | Albert Vandeplancke | 5:20.0 | q | |
4 | Géza Szigritz | 5:41.0 | ||
5 | Arthur Watts | Unknown |
Heat 3
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Garnet Ault | 5:18.8 | Q | |
2 | Herbert Heinrich | 5:20.0 | Q | |
3 | Václav Antoš | 5:39.8 | ||
4 | Taburan Tamse | Unknown |
Heat 4
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg | 5:09.6 | Q | |
2 | Ray Ruddy | 5:26.4 | Q | |
3 | Walter Handschuhmacher | 5:32.0 | ||
4 | Rezső Wanié | 5:35.2 |
Heat 5
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Katsuo Takaishi | 5:22.8 | Q | |
2 | Boy Charlton | 5:23.0 | Q | |
3 | Paolo Costoli | Unknown | ||
4 | Adán Gordón | Unknown | ||
5 | Hernán Téllez | Unknown |
Heat 6
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alberto Zorrilla | 5:19.2 | Q | |
2 | Jack Hatfield | 5:32.8 | Q | |
3 | David Lindsay | 5:38.6 | ||
4 | William Broderick | Unknown |
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alberto Zorrilla | 5:11.4 | Q | |
2 | Boy Charlton | 5:13.6 | Q | |
3 | Ray Ruddy | 5:20.6 | Q | |
4 | Garnet Ault | Unknown | ||
5 | Hiroshi Yoneyama | Unknown | ||
— | Jack Hatfield | DNS | ||
Nobuo Arai | DNS |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg | 5:05.4 | Q | |
2 | Buster Crabbe | 5:06.2 | Q | |
3 | Austin Clapp | 5:06.8 | Q | |
4 | Katsuo Takaishi | Unknown | ||
5 | Herbert Heinrich | Unknown | ||
6 | Albert Vandeplancke | Unknown |
Final
Friday 10 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Alberto Zorrilla | 5:01.6 | OR | ||
Boy Charlton | 5:03.6 | |||
Arne Borg | 5:04.6 | |||
4 | Buster Crabbe | 5:05.4 | ||
5 | Austin Clapp | 5:16.0 | ||
6 | Ray Ruddy | 5:25.0 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2008.
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