Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 16 and 17.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of 30 lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldBob Windle
 Australia
SilverJohn Nelson
 United States
BronzeAllan Wood
 Australia

Results

Heats

Five heats were held; the eight fastest swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Bob WindleAustralia17:15.9
2József KatonaHungary17:33.5
3Kazuyuki IwamotoJapan17:52.7
4Holger KirschkeGermany18:01.6
5Celestino PérezPuerto Rico18:07.2
6Tan Thuan HengMalaysia18:24.2
7Esa LepolaFinland18:33.4

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Roy SaariUnited States17:27.0
2Sueaki SasakiJapan17:28.8
3Sandy GilchristCanada17:42.0
4Tin Maung NiMyanmar18:09.5
5Alan DurrettNorthern Rhodesia18:24.9
6Slobodan DijakovićYugoslavia18:31.2
7Walter Ledgard Jr.Peru19:10.3

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1John NelsonUnited States17:22.4
2Russell PheganAustralia17:28.9
3Guillermo EchevarríaMexico17:35.0
4Miguel TorresSpain17:36.0
5Heinz JungaGermany18:08.7
6Petr LohnickýCzechoslovakia18:18.4
7Eliot ChenauxPuerto Rico18:33.1

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Allan WoodAustralia17:26.3
2Veljko RogošićYugoslavia18:05.5
3John ThurleyGreat Britain18:12.3
4Ricardo MorelloArgentina18:46.5
5Pano CapéronisSwitzerland19:10.5
6Robert LohHong Kong19:28.6

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Bill FarleyUnited States17:30.5
2Satoru NakanoJapan17:40.4
3Julio ArangoColombia17:59.1
4Alfredo GuzmánMexico18:07.4

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Bob Windle Australia17:01.7OR
John Nelson United States17:03.0
Allan Wood Australia17:07.7
4Bill Farley United States17:18.2
5Russell Phegan Australia17:22.4
6Sueaki Sasaki Japan17:25.3
7Roy Saari United States17:29.2
8József Katona Hungary17:30.8

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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