The men's 400 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 Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
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 Arne Borg Stockholm (SWE) 11 September 1925 Olympic record 5:04.2 Johnny Weissmuller 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 1 5:13.4 2 5:23.4 3 5:27.8 4 Unknown
Heat 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:09.8 2 5:17.8 3 5:20.0 4 5:41.0 5 Unknown
Heat 3
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:18.8 2 5:20.0 3 5:39.8 4 5:39.8
Heat 4
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:09.6 2 5:26.4 3 5:32.0 4 5:35.2
Heat 5
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:22.8 2 5:23.0 3 Unknown 4 Unknown 5 Unknown
Heat 6
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:19.2 2 5:32.8 3 5:38.6 4 Unknown
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:11.4 2 5:13.6 3 5:20.6 4 Unknown 5 Unknown
Semifinal 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 5:05.4 2 5:06.2 3 5:06.8 4 Unknown 5 Unknown 6 Unknown
Final
Friday 10 August 1928:
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 5:01.6 5:03.6 5:04.6 4 5:05.4 5 5:16.0 6 5:25.0
References
External links Olympic Report