The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Sunday July 13, 1924, on Monday July 14, 1924, and on Tuesday July 15, 1924.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
World record 21:15.0 Arne Borg Sydney (AUS) January 30, 1924 Olympic record 22:00.0 George Hodgson Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912
In the third heat Boy Charlton set a new Olympic record with 21:20.4 minutes, but in the next heat Arne Borg bettered his own world record to 21:11.4 minutes. In the final both swimmers were under the standing world record with Boy Charlton bettered the record by more than a minute to 20:06.6 minutes.
Results
Heats
Sunday July 13, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 22:38.4 QQ 2 22:48.8 QQ 3 22:49.4 — DNF DNF
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 22:55.2 QQ 2 23:16.6 QQ 3 23:44.2 4 24:46.4
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 21:20.4 QQ OR 2 22:26.8 QQ 3 22:48.2 qq 4 26:17.4 — DNF
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 21:11.4 QQ WR 2 22:43.2 QQ 3 25:04.4
Heat 5
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 22:17.6 QQ 2 23:11.4 QQ 3 24:07.6 4 24:44.0 5 26:23.5
Semifinals
Monday July 14, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 21:28.4 QF 2 21:50.8 QF 3 21:53.4 qf 4 22:39.8 5 23:02.4 6 23:13.8
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 21:41.6 QF 2 21:48.6 QF 3 21:59.4 4 23:11.8 — DNS
Final
Tuesday July 15, 1924:
Place Swimmer Time 1 20:06.6 WR 2 20:41.4 3 21:48.4 4 21:55.6 5 22:10.4
References
External links Olympic Report