Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle explained
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 14 and 15.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of eight lengths of the pool.
Results
Heats
Seven heats were held; the fastest eight swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.
Heat One
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:21.6 |
| 2 | | | 4:28.8 |
| 3 | | | 4:29.9 |
| 4 | | | 4:30.8 |
| 5 | | | 4:44.9 |
| 6 | | | 5:00.0 | |
Heat Two
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:20.0 |
| 2 | | | 4:24.2 |
| 3 | | | 4:27.4 |
| 4 | | | 4:34.0 |
| 5 | | | 4:35.1 |
| 6 | | | 4:40.9 |
| 7 | | | 4:53.3 | |
Heat Three
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:19.9 |
| 2 | | | 4:26.6 |
| 3 | | | 4:30.0 |
| 4 | | | 4:30.2 |
| 5 | | | 4:39.0 |
| 6 | | | 4:46.5 | |
Heat Four
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:21.1 |
| 2 | | | 4:23.5 |
| 3 | | | 4:29.3 |
| 4 | | | 4:30.0 |
| 5 | | | 4:35.5 |
| 6 | | | 4:38.4 |
| 7 | | | 4:55.8 | |
Heat Five
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:19.8 |
| 2 | | | 4:24.7 |
| 3 | | | 4:27.8 |
| 4 | | | 4:31.0 |
| 5 | | | 4:41.0 |
| 6 | | | 4:44.5 |
| 7 | | | 4:50.4 | |
Heat Six
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:17.2 |
| 2 | | | 4:19.4 |
| 3 | | | 4:28.9 |
| 4 | | | 4:30.9 |
| 5 | | | 4:33.2 |
| 6 | | | 4:33.2 |
| 7 | | | 4:38.0 |
| 8 | | | 5:03.7 | |
Heat Seven
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|
| 1 | | | 4:15.8 |
| 2 | | | 4:16.2 |
| 3 | | | 4:24.6 |
| 4 | | | 4:29.1 |
| 5 | | | 4:29.4 |
| 6 | | | 4:34.3 |
| 7 | | | 4:38.2 |
| 8 | | | 4:43.8 | |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|
| | | 4:12.2 | WR |
| | | 4:14.9 | |
| | | 4:15.1 | |
| 4 | | | 4:16.7 | |
| 5 | | | 4:16.9 | |
| 6 | | | 4:19.1 | |
| 7 | | | 4:20.2 | |
| 8 | | | 4:21.4 | | |
Key: WR = World record
Notes and References
- Web site: Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165258/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 October 2016 . Sports Reference.
