Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date4–6 August
Competitors19 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arne Borg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boy Charlton  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Buster Crabbe  United States
← 1924
1932 →
Swimming at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Saturday to Monday, 4 to 6 August 1928.

Nineteen swimmers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19:07.2 Sweden Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) 2 September 1927
Olympic Record 20:06.6 Australia Boy Charlton Paris (FRA) 15 July 1924

In the final Arne Borg bettered the Olympic record to 19:51.8 minutes.

Results

Heats

Saturday 4 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 Austin Clapp  United States 21:31.0 Q
2 Takaji Takebayashi  Japan 22:30.4 Q
3 James Thompson  Canada 22:56.6
4 Giovanni Gambi  Italy Unknown
5 Jean Taris  France Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Nobuo Arai  Japan 21:35.4 Q
2 Giuseppe Perentin  Italy 21:42.4 Q
3 Dick de Man  Netherlands 23:03.2
4 David Lindsay  New Zealand Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Katsuo Takaishi  Japan 21:20.8 Q
2 Ray Ruddy  United States 22:12.0 Q
3 Václav Antoš  Czechoslovakia 22:43.0

Heat 4

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Alberto Zorrilla  Argentina 22:21.2 Q
2 Garnet Ault  Canada 22:55.8 Q

Heat 5

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Arne Borg  Sweden 20:14.2 Q
2 Boy Charlton  Australia 20:17.4 Q
3 Buster Crabbe  United States 20:17.8 q
4 Walter Handschuhmacher  Germany 22:18.6
5 Taburan Tamse  Philippines Unknown

Semifinals

Sunday 5 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Arne Borg  Sweden 20:42.0 Q
2 Alberto Zorrilla  Argentina 21:17.0 Q
3 Garnet Ault  Canada 21:33.4 Q
4 Nobuo Arai  Japan Unknown
— Takaji Takebayashi  Japan DNF
— Austin Clapp  United States DNS

Semifinal 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Buster Crabbe  United States 20:55.4 Q
2 Boy Charlton  Australia 20:57.0 Q
3 Ray Ruddy  United States 21:31.2 Q
4 Giuseppe Perentin  Italy Unknown
— Katsuo Takaishi  Japan DNS

Final

Monday 6 August 1928:

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Arne Borg  Sweden 19:51.8 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Boy Charlton  Australia 20:02.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Buster Crabbe  United States 20:28.8
4 Ray Ruddy  United States 21:05.0
5 Alberto Zorrilla  Argentina 21:23.8
6 Garnet Ault  Canada 21:46.0

References

  1. ^ "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.