Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.^[1] 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.

Medalists

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	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	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	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	Qual.
1		19:55.5	QQ
1		19:55.5	QQ
3		21:42.0	QQ
4		21:47.4
5		22:54.1

Heat 3

Place	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	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	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	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	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	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	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	Time	width=90	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	width=230	Swimmer	width=90	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

External links

Olympic Report
Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 9 November 2008. pl.

Notes and References

Web site: Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/SWI/mens-1500-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 September 2016 . Sports Reference.