Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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

GoldJimmy McLane
 United States
SilverJohn Marshall
 Australia
BronzeGyörgy Mitró
 Hungary

Results

Heats

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1John Marshall Australia20:01.1
2György Csordás Hungary20:06.8
3Marijan Stipetić Yugoslavia20:10.1
4Donald Bland Great Britain20:13.9
5György Mitró Hungary20:15.0
6Jimmy McLane United States20:17.7
7Miroslav Bartůšek Czechoslovakia20:19.4
8Per-Olof Östrand Sweden20:19.8
9Florbel Pérez Uruguay20:20.2
10Forbes Norris United States20:21.0
11Bill Heusner United States20:29.6
12Ferenc Vörös Hungary20:31.9
13Jack Hale Great Britain20:31.9
14Jo Bernardo France20:34.8
15Rolf Kestener Brazil20:36.3
16Luis González Colombia20:40.6
17Don Johnston South Africa20:41.8
18Jack Wardrop Great Britain20:43.0
19Ramón Bravo Mexico20:45.5
20Luis Child Colombia20:47.0
21Angel Maldonado Mexico20:47.2
22René Cornu France21:01.6
23Sambiao Basanung Philippines21:05.9
24Isidoro Martínez-Vela Spain21:13.7
25César Borja Mexico21:15.8
26Alejandro Febrero Spain21:15.9
27Adolfo Mancuso Argentina21:16.7
28Vanja Illić Yugoslavia21:17.0
29Joseph Reynders Belgium21:23.1
30Doug Gibson Canada21:25.6
31Juan Garay Argentina21:33.2
32Jesús Domínguez Spain21:33.5
33Garrick Agnew Australia21:40.1
34Janko Puhar Yugoslavia21:45.1
35Derek Oatway Bermuda21:55.1
36Bimal Chandra India22:52.9
37Philip Tribley Bermuda22:56.6
38Allen Gilchrist Canada23:00.6
39Anwar Aziz Chaudhry Pakistan25:37.4

Semifinals

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Jimmy McLane United States19:52.2Q
2John Marshall Australia19:53.8Q
3György Mitró Hungary20:06.5Q
4György Csordás Hungary20:06.6Q
5Forbes Norris United States20:09.3Q
6Marjan Stipetić Yugoslavia20:12.9Q
7Donald Bland Great Britain20:19.8q
8Bill Heusner United States20:23.9q
9Jo Bernardo France20:25.5
10Ferenc Vörös Hungary20:31.4
11Florbel Pérez Uruguay20:32.6
12Miroslav Bartůšek Czechoslovakia20:32.9
13Luis González Colombia20:41.6
14Rolf Egon Brazil20:44.6

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Jimmy McLane United States19:18.5
John Marshall Australia19:31.3
György Mitró Hungary19:43.2
4György Csordás Hungary19:54.2
5Marjan Stipetić Yugoslavia20:10.7
6Forbes Norris United States20:18.8
7Donald Bland Great Britain20:19.8
8Bill Heusner United States20:45.4

References

  1. "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.
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