Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle

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.

Medalists

GoldDon Schollander
 United States
SilverFrank Wiegand
 United Team of Germany
BronzeAllan Wood
 Australia

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
1Bob WindleAustralia4:21.6
2Haruo YoshimutaJapan4:28.8
3Wolfgang KremerGermany4:29.9
4Giovanni OrlandoItaly4:30.8
5Carlos CanepaPeru4:44.9
6László SzlamkaHungary5:00.0

Heat Two

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Roy SaariUnited States4:20.0
2Sandy GilchristCanada4:24.2
3Sergio De GregorioItaly4:27.4
4Aleksandr ParamonovSoviet Union4:34.0
5Julio ArangoColombia4:35.1
6Tin Maung NiMyanmar4:40.9
7Robert LohHong Kong4:53.3

Heat Three

Rank Athlete Country Time
1John NelsonUnited States4:19.9
2Johan BontekoeNetherlands4:26.6
3Yevgeny NovikovSoviet Union4:30.0
4Carlos van der MaathArgentina4:30.2
5Alan DurrettNorthern Rhodesia4:39.0
6Aad OudtNetherlands4:46.5

Heat Four

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Tsuyoshi YamanakaJapan4:21.1
2Hans RosendahlSweden4:23.5
3Ron JacksCanada4:29.3
4Pierpaolo SpangaroItaly4:30.0
5Tuomo HämäläinenFinland4:35.5
6Gert KölliAustria4:38.4
7Kim Bong-joSouth Korea4:55.8

Heat Five

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Russell PheganAustralia4:19.8
2József KatonaHungary4:24.7
3Takeshi YamakageJapan4:27.8
4John ThurleyGreat Britain4:31.0
5Slobodan DijakovićYugoslavia4:41.0
6Téodoro CaprilesVenezuela4:44.5
7Walter Ledgard Jr.Peru4:50.4

Heat Six

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Frank WiegandGermany4:17.2
2Semyon Belits-GeimanSoviet Union4:19.4
3Petr LohnickýCzechoslovakia4:28.9
4Celestino PérezPuerto Rico4:30.9
5Bob LordGreat Britain4:33.2
6Francis LuyceFrance4:33.2
7Ilkka SuvantoFinland4:38.0
8András BodnárHungary5:03.7

Heat Seven

Rank Athlete Country Time
1Don SchollanderUnited States4:15.8
2Allan WoodAustralia4:16.2
3Mats SvenssonSweden4:24.6
4Martin KlinkGermany4:29.1
5Ralph HuttonCanada4:29.4
6John Martin-DyeGreat Britain4:34.3
7Tan Thuan HengMalaysia4:38.2
8Pano CapéronisSwitzerland4:43.8

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Don Schollander United States4:12.2WR
Frank Wiegand United Team of Germany4:14.9
Allan Wood Australia4:15.1
4Roy Saari United States4:16.7
5John Nelson United States4:16.9
6Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan4:19.1
7Russell Phegan Australia4:20.2
8Semyon Belits-Geiman Soviet Union4:21.4

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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