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Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
DateJuly 13–15
Competitors22 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Boy Charlton  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arne Borg  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Frank Beaurepaire  Australia
← 1920
1928 →
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

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.

Records

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

World Record 21:15.0 Sweden Arne Borg Sydney (AUS) January 30, 1924
Olympic Record 22:00.0 Canada 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

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Heats

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

Heat 1

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

Heat 2

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

Heat 3

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

Heat 4

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

Heat 5

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

Semifinals

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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

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

Semifinal 2

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

Final

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Tuesday July 15, 1924:

Place Swimmer Time
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

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  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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