The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday to Saturday, 13 to 15 August 1936.
Twenty-one swimmers from ten nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World record 19:07.2 Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) 2 September 1927 Olympic record 19:12.4 Kusuo Kitamura Los Angeles (USA) 13 August 1932
Results
Heats
Thursday 13 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the next two fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:55.8 QQ 2 20:04.4 QQ 3 20:10.7 QQ 4 20:16.4 qq 5 21:49.9 6
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:55.5 QQ 19:55.5 QQ 3 21:42.0 QQ 4 21:47.4 5 22:54.1
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:48.3 QQ 2 19:49.9 QQ 3 20:13.7 QQ 4 21:03.0 qq 5 21:05.5 6 21:16.9
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 20:26.5 QQ 2 20:47.6 QQ 3 20:59.0 QQ 4 21:13.9
Semifinals
Friday 14 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:48.6 QQ 2 19:59.4 QQ 3 20:10.0 QQ 4 20:25.8 5 20:27.6 6 20:55.0 7 21:46.3
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 19:42.8 QQ 2 19:53.9 QQ 3 19:55.6 QQ 4 19:56.1 qq 5 20:14.4 6 20:17.3 7 21:09.8
Final
Saturday 15 August 1936:
Place Swimmer Time 1 19:13.7 2 19:34.0 3 19:34.5 4 19:48.5 5 19:54.8 6 19:57.4 7 19:59.0
References
External links Olympic Report