The men's 400 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 Monday to Wednesday, 10 to 12 August 1936.
Thirty-four swimmers from 16 nations competed.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.
World record 4:38.7 Jack Medica Honolulu (USA) 30 August 1934 Olympic record 4:48.4 Buster Crabbe Los Angeles (USA) 10 August 1932
In the fifth heat Shunpei Uto set a new Olympic record with 4:45.5 minutes. In the final Jack Medica bettered the Olympic record with 4:44.5 minutes.
Results Heats
Monday 10 August 1936: The fastest two in each heat and the next two fastest from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:52.6 QQ 2 4:57.1 QQ 3 4:57.2 qq 4 4:57.7 5 5:16.9 6 5:17.2
Heat 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:57.2 QQ 2 5:11.7 QQ 3 5:18.2 4 5:31.5
Heat 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:51.3 QQ 2 4:54.7 QQ 3 5:03.6 4 5:13.3 5 5:17.8 6 5:20.9 7 5:36.8
Heat 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:59.4 QQ 2 5:03.1 QQ 3 5:08.9 4 5:12.7 5 5:18.3 6 5:19.1 7 5:38.3
Heat 5
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:45.5 QQ OR 2 4:53.9 QQ 3 4:56.0 qq 4 5:20.3 5 5:53.8
Heat 6
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:55.9 QQ 2 5:05.5 QQ 3 5:07.8 4 5:18.2 5 5:33.8
Semifinals
Tuesday 11 August 1936: The fastest three in each semi-final and the fastest fourth-placed advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:48.4 QQ 2 4:49.9 QQ 3 4:55.4 QQ 4 4:56.4 5 4:58.5 6 4:58.7 7 5:01.9
Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual. 1 4:48.2 QQ 4:48.2 QQ 3 4:53.6 QQ 4 4:55.7 qq 5 5:13.4 6 5:14.9
Final
Wednesday 12 August 1936:
Place Swimmer Time 1 4:44.5 OR 2 4:45.6 3 4:48.1 4 4:52.7 5 4:53.6 6 4:53.8 7 5:00.9
References
External links Olympic Report