Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Appearance
Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
200 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | women | |
4 × 200 m | men | |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 5 and 7 August, at the Empire Pool.[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 consists of 30 lengths of the pool.
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Jimmy McLane![]() |
Silver | John Marshall![]() |
Bronze | György Mitró![]() |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Jimmy McLane | ![]() |
19:52.2 | Q |
2 | John Marshall | ![]() |
19:53.8 | Q |
3 | György Mitró | ![]() |
20:06.5 | Q |
4 | György Csordás | ![]() |
20:06.6 | Q |
5 | Forbes Norris | ![]() |
20:09.3 | Q |
6 | Marjan Stipetić | ![]() |
20:12.9 | Q |
7 | Donald Bland | ![]() |
20:19.8 | q |
8 | Bill Heusner | ![]() |
20:23.9 | q |
9 | Jo Bernardo | ![]() |
20:25.5 | |
10 | Ferenc Vörös | ![]() |
20:31.4 | |
11 | Florbel Pérez | ![]() |
20:32.6 | |
12 | Miroslav Bartůšek | ![]() |
20:32.9 | |
13 | Luis González | ![]() |
20:41.6 | |
14 | Rolf Egon | ![]() |
20:44.6 |
Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Jimmy McLane | ![]() |
19:18.5 | |
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John Marshall | ![]() |
19:31.3 | |
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György Mitró | ![]() |
19:43.2 | |
4 | György Csordás | ![]() |
19:54.2 | |
5 | Marjan Stipetić | ![]() |
20:10.7 | |
6 | Forbes Norris | ![]() |
20:18.8 | |
7 | Donald Bland | ![]() |
20:19.8 | |
8 | Bill Heusner | ![]() |
20:45.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.