Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the seventh appearance of the event, which had only not featured at the 1900 Games. The competition was held from Saturday August 6, 1932 to Sunday August 7, 1932.
| Men's 100 metre freestyle at the Games of the X Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | LA84 Foundation/John C. Argue Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6–7 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1932 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-two swimmers from ten nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 57.4 |  |
Miami (USA) | February 17, 1924 |
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| Olympic Record | 58.6 | |
Amsterdam (NED) | August 11, 1928 |
Saturday August 6, 1932: In the first semi-final Yasuji Miyazaki set a new Olympic record with 58.0 seconds.
Competition format
The competition used a three-round (quarterfinals, semifinals, final) format. The advancement rule was a modification of the one used since 1912, allowing the top swimmers in each race plus one or more wild cards to advance. For this event, the top two in each preliminary heat plus the fastest third-place swimmer would advance to the semifinals; the top three in each semifinal would move on to the final. There were 4 heats of between 5 and 6 swimmers, allowing 9 swimmers to advance to the semifinals. The 2 semifinals had 4 or 5 swimmers each; 6 advanced to the final.
Each race involved two lengths of the 50-metre pool.
Results
Heats
The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Manuella Kalili | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0:59.6 | Q |
| 2 | István Bárány | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:00.4 | Q |
| 3 | Munroe Bourne | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:01.1 | |
| 4 | Reginald Sutton |  | 1:02.9 | |
| 5 | Leopoldo Tahier |  | 1:05.3 | |
| 6 | Manoel Villar | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:08.4 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter Spence | | 0:59.3 | Q |
| 2 | Albert Schwartz | | 0:59.6 | Q |
| 3 | Tatsugo Kawaishi | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0:59.8 | q |
| 4 | András Wanié | | 1:02.8 | |
| 5 | Mostyn Ffrench-Williams | | 1:05.9 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zenjiro Takahashi | | 0:59.5 | Q |
| 2 | Raymond Thompson | | 1:02.0 | Q |
| 3 | Alfredo Rocca | | 1:04.2 | |
| 4 | Joseph Whiteside | | 1:04.7 | |
| 5 | Eskil Lundahl |  | 1:06.2 | |
| 6 | João Pereira | | 1:08.2 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuji Miyazaki | | 0:58.7 | Q |
| 2 | András Székely | | 1:01.5 | Q |
| 3 | Abdurahman Ali | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1:02.2 | |
| 4 | Noel Ryan |  | 1:02.9 | |
| 5 | Robert Halloran | | 1:06.9 |
Semifinals
The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuji Miyazaki | | 0:58.0 | Q, OR |
| 2 | Raymond Thompson | | 0:59.3 | Q |
| 3 | Manuella Kalili | | 0:59.3 | Q |
| 4 | István Bárány | | 0:59.4 | |
| 5 | András Székely | | 1:01.4 |
Semifinal 2
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatsugo Kawaishi | | 0:59.0 | Q |
| 2 | Albert Schwartz | | 0:59.2 | Q |
| 3 | Zenjiro Takahashi | | 0:59.5 | Q |
| 4 | Walter Spence | | 0:59.6 |
Final
Sunday August 7, 1932:
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Yasuji Miyazaki | | 0:58.2 | |
 | Tatsugo Kawaishi | | 0:58.6 | |
 | Albert Schwartz | | 0:58.8 | |
| 4 | Manuella Kalili | | 0:59.2 | |
| 5 | Zenjiro Takahashi | | 0:59.2 | |
| 6 | Raymond Thompson | | 0:59.5 |
References
- "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 100 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 November 2008.
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