Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The women's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, which was established in 1924 after 1920 a 300 metre event was held. The competition was held from Thursday to Saturday, 13 to 15 August 1936.

Swimming at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Twenty swimmers from ten nations competed.

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
Rie Mastenbroek
 Netherlands		 Ragnhild Hveger
 Denmark		 Lenore Wingard
 United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1936 Summer Olympics.

World Record 5:16.0 Willy den Ouden Rotterdam (NED) 12 July 1934
Olympic Record 5:28.5 Helene Madison Los Angeles (USA) 13 August 1932

Ragnhild Hveger set a new Olympic record in the first heat with 5:28.0 minutes. In the final Rie Mastenbroek bettered the Olympic record with 5:26.4 minutes.

Results

Heats

Thursday 13 August 1936: The fastest three in each heat and the fastest fourth-placed from across the heats advanced to the semi-finals. Only two swimmers competed in heat two therefore only 15 swimmers advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)5:28.0QQ OR
2 Lenore Wingard (USA)5:34.0QQ
3 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)5:35.5QQ
4 Gladys Morcom (GBR)6:00.8
5 Vera Harsányi (HUN)6:14.7

Heat 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Tini Wagner (NED)5:57.5QQ
2 Borbála Sóthy (HUN)6:14.8QQ

Heat 3

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Grete Frederiksen (DEN)5:39.5QQ
2 Ans Timmermans (NED)5:42.5QQ
3 Louisette Fleuret (FRA)5:46.8QQ
4 Hatsuko Morioka (JPN)5:51.0qq
5 Evelyn de Lacy (AUS)5:51.9

Heat 4

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Inger Carlsen (DEN)5:57.1QQ
2 Margaret Jeffery (GBR)6:12.7QQ
3 Mary Lou Petty (USA)6:16.6QQ

Heat 5

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Rie Mastenbroek (NED)5:38.6QQ
2 Irma Schrameková (TCH)5:47.5QQ
3 Kazue Kojima (JPN)5:50.4QQ
4 Ágnes Bíró (HUN)6:14.3
5 Scylla Venancio (BRA)6:23.0

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. As both fourth placed swimmers set the same time both advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Rie Mastenbroek (NED)5:40.3QQ
2 Lenore Wingard (USA)5:42.2QQ
3 Grete Frederiksen (DEN)5:42.5QQ
4 Tini Wagner (NED)5:45.9qq
5 Irma Schrameková (TCH)5:46.0
6 Hatsuko Morioka (JPN)5:49.1
7 Borbála Sóthy (HUN)6:11.2

Semifinal 2

PlaceSwimmerTimeQual.
1 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)5:33.7QQ
2 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)5:42.5QQ
3 Kazue Kojima (JPN)5:43.5QQ
4 Mary Lou Petty (USA)5:45.9qq
5 Louisette Fleuret (FRA)5:46.1
6 Ans Timmermans (NED)5:49.4
7 Inger Carlsen (DEN)5:55.0
8 Margaret Jeffery (GBR)6:07.2

Final

Saturday 15 August 1936:

PlaceSwimmerTime
1 Rie Mastenbroek (NED)5:26.4 OR
2 Ragnhild Hveger (DEN)5:27.5
3 Lenore Wingard (USA)5:29.0
4 Mary Lou Petty (USA)5:32.2
5 Piedade Coutinho (BRA)5:35.2
6 Kazue Kojima (JPN)5:43.1
7 Grete Frederiksen (DEN)5:45.0
8 Tini Wagner (NED)5:46.0

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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