Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Games:1920 Summer
Venue:Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates:August 22–25
Competitors:23
Nations:12
Gold:Norman Ross
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:George Vernot
Silvernoc:CAN
Bronze:Frank Beaurepaire
Bronzenoc:AUS
Prev:1912
Next:1924

The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third appearance of the event.

A total of 23 swimmers from 12 nations competed in the event, which was held from Sunday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 25, 1920.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record22:00.0 George HodgsonStockholm (SWE)July 10, 1912
Olympic Record22:00.0 George HodgsonStockholm (SWE)July 10, 1912

Results

Quarterfinals

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 23:40.0 Q
2 23:41.2 Q
3 23:54.4 q
DNF
DNF

Heat 2

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 24:28.8 Q
2 24:39.4 Q
3 24:58.0
4
5

Heat 3

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 24:28.2 Q
2 24:36.6 Q
3 25:18.0
4
5

Heat 4

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 24:08.2 Q
2 26:46.4 Q
3 27:42.0
4

Heat 5

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 22:55.0 Q
2 23:41.6 Q
3 23:56.6
DNF

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 23:12.0 Q
2 23:23.0 Q
3 23:26.4 q
4
5

Semifinal 2

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time width=90Qual.
1 22:59.4 Q
2 23:02.2 Q
3 23:51.4
4
5
6

Final

Place width=220Swimmer width=90Time
1 22:23.2
2 22:36.4
3 23:04.0
4 23:59.1
5 24:04.3

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165221/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/SWI/mens-1500-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 29 August 2016 . Sports Reference.