The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday 11 August 1932, to Saturday 13 August 1932.
Fifteen swimmers from eight nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.
World record 19:07.2 Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) 2 September 1927 Olympic record 19:51.8 Arne Borg Amsterdam (NED) 6 August 1928
In the first semi-final Kusuo Kitamura set a new Olympic record with 19:51.6 minutes. Shozo Makino bettered this record in the second semi-final with 19:38.7 minutes. In the final Kusuo Kitamura again took the Olympic record with 19:12.4 minutes.
Results
Heats
Thursday 11 August 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final. In the second heat Sunao Ishiharada and Boy Charlton tied for second place which allowed ten swimmers to advance to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:55.2 QQ 2 20:01.0 QQ 3 20:01.2 qq 4 23:52.4
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:58.4 QQ 2 20:09.5 QQ 20:09.5 QQ
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 20:06.0 QQ 2 20:12.6 QQ 3 21:04.5 4 22:39.2
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:53.3 QQ 2 20:48.1 QQ 3 22:19.6 4 23:40.0
Semifinals
Friday 12 August 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:51.6 QQ OR 2 20:04.2 QQ 3 20:06.9 QQ 4 20:31.2 5 20:58.7
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:38.7 QQ OR 2 19:51.8 QQ 3 19:52.5 QQ 4 19:53.1 5 20:03.7
Final
Saturday 13 August 1932:
Place Swimmer Time 1 19:12.4 OR 2 19:14.1 3 19:39.5 4 19:45.1 5 20:02.7 6 20:09.7
References
External links Olympic Report