Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the: Games of theββIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4β6 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 19 from 13 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 Γ 100 m | women | |
4 Γ 200 m | men | |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the "fifth appearance of the event," which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Saturdayββto Monday, 4ββto 6 August 1928.
Nineteen swimmers from 13 nations competed.
Recordsβ»
These were the standing world. And Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 19:07.2 | ![]() |
Bologna (ITA) | 2 September 1927 |
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Olympic Record | 20:06.6 | ![]() |
Paris (FRA) | 15 July 1924 |
In the final Arne Borg bettered the Olympic record to 19:51.8 minutes.
Resultsβ»
Heatsβ»
Saturday 4 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and "the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced."
Heat 1β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Austin Clapp | ![]() |
21:31.0 | Q |
2 | Takaji Takebayashi | ![]() |
22:30.4 | Q |
3 | James Thompson | ![]() |
22:56.6 | |
4 | Giovanni Gambi | ![]() |
Unknown | |
5 | Jean Taris | ![]() |
Unknown |
Heat 2β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Nobuo Arai | ![]() |
21:35.4 | Q |
2 | Giuseppe Perentin | ![]() |
21:42.4 | Q |
3 | Dick de Man | ![]() |
23:03.2 | |
4 | David Lindsay | ![]() |
Unknown |
Heat 3β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Katsuo Takaishi | ![]() |
21:20.8 | Q |
2 | Ray Ruddy | ![]() |
22:12.0 | Q |
3 | VΓ‘clav AntoΕ‘ | ![]() |
22:43.0 |
Heat 4β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alberto Zorrilla | ![]() |
22:21.2 | Q |
2 | Garnet Ault | ![]() |
22:55.8 | Q |
Heat 5β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg | ![]() |
20:14.2 | Q |
2 | Boy Charlton | ![]() |
20:17.4 | Q |
3 | Buster Crabbe | ![]() |
20:17.8 | q |
4 | Walter Handschuhmacher | ![]() |
22:18.6 | |
5 | Taburan Tamse | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinalsβ»
Sunday 5 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg | ![]() |
20:42.0 | Q |
2 | Alberto Zorrilla | ![]() |
21:17.0 | Q |
3 | Garnet Ault | ![]() |
21:33.4 | Q |
4 | Nobuo Arai | ![]() |
Unknown | |
β | Takaji Takebayashi | ![]() |
DNF | |
β | Austin Clapp | ![]() |
DNS |
Semifinal 2β»
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Buster Crabbe | ![]() |
20:55.4 | Q |
2 | Boy Charlton | ![]() |
20:57.0 | Q |
3 | Ray Ruddy | ![]() |
21:31.2 | Q |
4 | Giuseppe Perentin | ![]() |
Unknown | |
β | Katsuo Takaishi | ![]() |
DNS |
Finalβ»
Monday 6 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Arne Borg | ![]() |
19:51.8 | OR |
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Boy Charlton | ![]() |
20:02.6 | |
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Buster Crabbe | ![]() |
20:28.8 | |
4 | Ray Ruddy | ![]() |
21:05.0 | |
5 | Alberto Zorrilla | ![]() |
21:23.8 | |
6 | Garnet Ault | ![]() |
21:46.0 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 1,50 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
External linksβ»
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 30 September 2008.