Swimming at the 1924 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 1924 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held on Sunday July 13, 1924, on Monday July 14, 1924, and on Tuesday July 15, 1924.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
DateJuly 13–15
Competitors22 from 12 nations
Medalists
Boy Charlton  Australia
Arne Borg  Sweden
Frank Beaurepaire  Australia
Swimming at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record 21:15.0 Arne Borg Sydney (AUS) January 30, 1924
Olympic Record 22:00.0 George Hodgson Stockholm (SWE) July 10, 1912

In the third heat Boy Charlton set a new Olympic record with 21:20.4 minutes, but in the next heat Arne Borg bettered his own world record to 21:11.4 minutes. In the final both swimmers were under the standing world record with Boy Charlton bettered the record by more than a minute to 20:06.6 minutes.

Results

Heats

Sunday July 13, 1924: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Harold Annison (GBR)22:38.4QQ
2 Adam Smith (USA)22:48.8QQ
3 Moss Christie (AUS)22:49.4
— Gustave Klein (FRA)DNF
 Kazuo Onoda (JPN)DNF

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Åke Borg (SWE)22:55.2QQ
2 John Taylor (GBR)23:16.6QQ
3 Kazuo Noda (JPN)23:44.2
4 Jean Rebeyrol (FRA)24:46.4

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Boy Charlton (AUS)21:20.4QQ OR
2 Jack Hatfield (GBR)22:26.8QQ
3 Dick Howell (USA)22:48.2qq
4 Dionysios Vasilopoulos (GRE)26:17.4
— Ante Roje (YUG)DNF

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Arne Borg (SWE)21:11.4QQ WR
2 Katsuo Takaishi (JPN)22:43.2QQ
3 Luigi Bacigalupo (ITA)25:04.4

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)22:17.6QQ
2 George Vernot (CAN)23:11.4QQ
3 Salvator Pellegry (FRA)24:07.6
4 Václav Antoš (TCH)24:44.0
5 Pedro Méndez (ESP)26:23.5

Semifinals

Monday July 14, 1924: The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Boy Charlton (AUS)21:28.4QF
2 Arne Borg (SWE)21:50.8QF
3 Jack Hatfield (GBR)21:53.4qf
4 Adam Smith (USA)22:39.8
5 George Vernot (CAN)23:02.4
6 John Taylor (GBR)23:13.8

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)21:41.6QF
2 Katsuo Takaishi (JPN)21:48.6QF
3 Åke Borg (SWE)21:59.4
4 Harold Annison (GBR)23:11.8
— Dick Howell (USA)DNS

Final

Tuesday July 15, 1924:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Boy Charlton (AUS)20:06.6 WR
2 Arne Borg (SWE)20:41.4
3 Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)21:48.4
4 Jack Hatfield (GBR)21:55.6
5 Katsuo Takaishi (JPN)22:10.4

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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