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

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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Noboru Terada
  Japan
Jack Medica
  United States
Shunpei Uto
  Japan

Records

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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

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Heats

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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 Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Sunao Ishiharada (JPN) 19:55.8 QQ
2   Bob Leivers (GBR) 20:04.4 QQ
3   Heinz Arendt (GER) 20:10.7 QQ
4   Bob Pirie (CAN) 20:16.4 qq
5   Manoel Villar (BRA) 21:49.9
6   István Angyal (HUN)

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Jack Medica (USA) 19:55.5 QQ
  Noboru Terada (JPN) 19:55.5 QQ
3   Jørgen Jørgensen (DEN) 21:42.0 QQ
4   Robert Hooper (CAN) 21:47.4
5   João Havelange (BRA) 22:54.1

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Shumpei Uto (JPN) 19:48.3 QQ
2   Ralph Flanagan (USA) 19:49.9 QQ
3   Hans Freese (GER) 20:13.7 QQ
4   Christian Talli (FRA) 21:03.0 qq
5   Bob Hamerton (CAN) 21:05.5
6   Aage Hellstrøm (DEN) 21:16.9

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Jim Cristy (USA) 20:26.5 QQ
2   Norman Wainwright (GBR) 20:47.6 QQ
3   Otto Przywara (GER) 20:59.0 QQ
4   Edmund Pader (AUT) 21:13.9

Semifinals

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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 Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Noboru Terada (JPN) 19:48.6 QQ
2   Ralph Flanagan (USA) 19:59.4 QQ
3   Bob Leivers (GBR) 20:10.0 QQ
4   Jim Cristy (USA) 20:25.8
5   Hans Freese (GER) 20:27.6
6   Otto Przywara (GER) 20:55.0
7   Jørgen Jørgensen (DEN) 21:46.3

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1   Jack Medica (USA) 19:42.8 QQ
2   Sunao Ishiharada (JPN) 19:53.9 QQ
3   Shumpei Uto (JPN) 19:55.6 QQ
4   Heinz Arendt (GER) 19:56.1 qq
5   Norman Wainwright (GBR) 20:14.4
6   Bob Pirie (CAN) 20:17.3
7   Christian Talli (FRA) 21:09.8

Final

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Saturday 15 August 1936:

Place Swimmer Time
1   Noboru Terada (JPN) 19:13.7
2   Jack Medica (USA) 19:34.0
3   Shumpei Uto (JPN) 19:34.5
4   Sunao Ishiharada (JPN) 19:48.5
5   Ralph Flanagan (USA) 19:54.8
6   Bob Leivers (GBR) 19:57.4
7   Heinz Arendt (GER) 19:59.0

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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