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Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Swimming at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen

The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday 11 August 1932, to Saturday 13 August 1932.

Fifteen swimmers from eight nations competed.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Kusuo Kitamura
 Japan 		Shozo Makino
 Japan 		Jim Cristy
 United States

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record 19:07.2 Sweden Arne Borg Bologna (ITA) 2 September 1927
Olympic Record 19:51.8 Sweden Arne Borg Amsterdam (NED) 6 August 1928

In the first semi-final Kusuo Kitamura set a new Olympic record with 19:51.6 minutes. Shozo Makino bettered this record in the second semi-final with 19:38.7 minutes. In the final Kusuo Kitamura again took the Olympic record with 19:12.4 minutes.

Results

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Heats

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Thursday 11 August 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final. In the second heat Sunao Ishiharada and Boy Charlton tied for second place which allowed ten swimmers to advance to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Kusuo Kitamura (JPN) 19:55.2 QQ
2  Buster Crabbe (USA) 20:01.0 QQ
3  Jean Taris (FRA) 20:01.2 qq
4  Nalin Malik (IND) 23:52.4

Heat 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Jim Cristy (USA) 19:58.4 QQ
2  Sunao Ishiharada (JPN) 20:09.5 QQ
 Boy Charlton (AUS) 20:09.5 QQ

Heat 3

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Ralph Flanagan (USA) 20:06.0 QQ
2  Noel Ryan (AUS) 20:12.6 QQ
3  Giuseppe Perentin (ITA) 21:04.5
4  Ignacio Gutiérrez (MEX) 22:39.2

Heat 4

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Shozo Makino (JPN) 19:53.3 QQ
2  Paolo Costoli (ITA) 20:48.1 QQ
3  George Burrows (CAN) 22:19.6
4  Manuel Villegas (MEX) 23:40.0

Semifinals

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Friday 12 August 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Kusuo Kitamura (JPN) 19:51.6 QQ OR
2  Jean Taris (FRA) 20:04.2 QQ
3  Jim Cristy (USA) 20:06.9 QQ
4  Sunao Ishiharada (JPN) 20:31.2
5  Paolo Costoli (ITA) 20:58.7

Semifinal 2

Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1  Shozo Makino (JPN) 19:38.7 QQ OR
2  Buster Crabbe (USA) 19:51.8 QQ
3  Noel Ryan (AUS) 19:52.5 QQ
4  Boy Charlton (AUS) 19:53.1
5  Ralph Flanagan (USA) 20:03.7

Final

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Saturday 13 August 1932:

Place Swimmer Time
1  Kusuo Kitamura (JPN) 19:12.4 OR
2  Shozo Makino (JPN) 19:14.1
3  Jim Cristy (USA) 19:39.5
4  Noel Ryan (AUS) 19:45.1
5  Buster Crabbe (USA) 20:02.7
6  Jean Taris (FRA) 20:09.7

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
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