Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
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Men's 400 metre freestyle
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
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Venue | Olympic Sports Park Swim Stadium | |||||||||||
Date | 7–9 August | |||||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 17 nations | |||||||||||
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Swimming
at the
1928 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 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
Twenty-six swimmers from 17 nations competed.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 4:50.3 |
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Stockholm ( SWE ) | 11 September 1925 |
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Olympic Record | 5:04.2 |
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Paris ( FRA ) | 18 July 1924 |
In the final Alberto Zorrilla bettered the Olympic record to 5:01.6 minutes.
Results
Heats
Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.
Heat 1
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Austin Clapp |
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5:13.4 | Q |
2 | Nobuo Arai |
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5:23.4 | Q |
3 | Friedel Berges |
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5:27.8 | |
4 | James Thompson |
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Unknown |
Heat 2
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Buster Crabbe |
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5:09.8 | Q |
2 | Hiroshi Yoneyama |
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5:17.8 | Q |
3 | Albert Vandeplancke |
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5:20.0 | q |
4 | Géza Szigritz |
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5:41.0 | |
5 | Arthur Watts |
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Unknown |
Heat 3
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Garnet Ault |
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5:18.8 | Q |
2 | Herbert Heinrich |
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5:20.0 | Q |
3 | Václav Antoš |
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5:39.8 | |
4 | Taburan Tamse |
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5:39.8 |
Heat 4
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg |
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5:09.6 | Q |
2 | Ray Ruddy |
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5:26.4 | Q |
3 | Walter Handschuhmacher |
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5:32.0 | |
4 | Rezső Wanié |
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5:35.2 |
Heat 5
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Katsuo Takaishi |
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5:22.8 | Q |
2 | Boy Charlton |
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5:23.0 | Q |
3 | Paolo Costoli |
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Unknown | |
4 | Adán Gordón |
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Unknown | |
5 | Hernán Téllez |
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Unknown |
Heat 6
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alberto Zorrilla |
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5:19.2 | Q |
2 | Jack Hatfield |
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5:32.8 | Q |
3 | David Lindsay |
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5:38.6 | |
4 | Billy Broderick |
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Unknown |
Semifinals
Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Alberto Zorrilla |
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5:11.4 | Q |
2 | Boy Charlton |
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5:13.6 | Q |
3 | Ray Ruddy |
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5:20.6 | Q |
4 | Garnet Ault |
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5 | Hiroshi Yoneyama |
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Unknown | |
— | Jack Hatfield |
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Nobuo Arai |
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DNS |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Arne Borg |
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5:05.4 | Q |
2 | Buster Crabbe |
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5:06.2 | Q |
3 | Austin Clapp |
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5:06.8 | Q |
4 | Katsuo Takaishi |
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Unknown | |
5 | Herbert Heinrich |
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Unknown | |
6 | Albert Vandeplancke |
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Unknown |
Final
Friday 10 August 1928:
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Alberto Zorrilla |
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5:01.6 | OR |
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Boy Charlton |
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5:03.6 | |
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Arne Borg |
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5:04.6 | |
4 | Buster Crabbe |
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5:05.4 | |
5 | Austin Clapp |
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5:16.0 | |
6 | Ray Ruddy |
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5:25.0 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Freestyle" . Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 . Retrieved 4 September 2016 .
External links
- Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish) . Retrieved 30 September 2008 .
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