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 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 Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) 2 September 1927 Olympic record 20:06.6 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 21:31.0 2 22:30.4 3 22:56.6 4 Unknown 5 Unknown
Heat 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 21:35.4 2 21:42.4 3 23:03.2 4 Unknown
Heat 3
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 21:20.8 2 22:12.0 3 22:43.0
Heat 4
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 22:21.2 2 22:55.8
Heat 5
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 20:14.2 2 20:17.4 3 20:17.8 4 22:18.6 5 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 20:42.0 2 21:17.0 3 21:33.4 4 Unknown
Semifinal 2
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 20:55.4 2 20:57.0 3 21:31.2 4 Unknown —
Final
Monday 6 August 1928:
Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 19:51.8 20:02.6 20:28.8 4 21:05.0 5 21:23.8 6 21:46.0
References
External links Olympic Report