Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained

Event:Men's 400 metre freestyle
Games:1928 Summer
Venue:Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium
Date:7–9 August
Competitors:26
Nations:17
Gold:Alberto Zorrilla
Goldnoc:ARG
Silver:Boy Charlton
Silvernoc:AUS
Bronze:Arne Borg
Bronzenoc:SWE
Prev:1924
Next:1932

The men's 400 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 Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.

Twenty-six swimmers from 17 nations competed.

Records

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

World Record4:50.3 Arne BorgStockholm (SWE)11 September 1925
Olympic Record5:04.2 Johnny WeissmullerParis (FRA)18 July 1924

In the final Alberto Zorrilla bettered the Olympic record to 5:01.6 minutes.

Results

Heats

Tuesday 7 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 5:13.4
2 5:23.4
3 5:27.8
4 Unknown

Heat 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:09.8
2 5:17.8
3 5:20.0
4 5:41.0
5 Unknown

Heat 3

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:18.8
2 5:20.0
3 5:39.8
4 5:39.8

Heat 4

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:09.6
2 5:26.4
3 5:32.0
4 5:35.2

Heat 5

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:22.8
2 5:23.0
3 Unknown
4 Unknown
5 Unknown

Heat 6

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:19.2
2 5:32.8
3 5:38.6
4 Unknown

Semifinals

Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:11.4
2 5:13.6
3 5:20.6
4 Unknown
5 Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 5:05.4
2 5:06.2
3 5:06.8
4 Unknown
5 Unknown
6 Unknown

Final

Friday 10 August 1928:

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
5:01.6
5:03.6
5:04.6
4 5:05.4
5 5:16.0
6 5:25.0

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 4 September 2016 . Sports Reference.