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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	13 – 15 July 1924
Status	Olympic
Location	Piscine des Tourelles, Saint-Mandé
Participants	22 from 12 countries

Andrew “Boy” Charlton, had emerged as a contender for Olympic honours early in 1924, when the 16 year old had defeated Sweden’s Arne Borg, in a 440yd race that caused a sensation in Charlton’s native Australia. At Paris the two men resumed their rivalry, firstly Charlton won his heat in an Olympic record time then, in the next heat, the Swede took four seconds off his own records. They met at semi final stage with Charlton taking a clear victory but the times were slower than the heats and many felt Borg was holding back his efforts until the final. Borg certainly went quicker in the final, taking over half a minute off his world record but Charlton had long finished by then. The Australian’s time of 20 minutes 6.6 seconds was over a minute inside the old world record. Frank Beaurepaire of Australia took the bronze medal, repeating his achievements of 1908 and 1920 in this event.

Pos	Swimmer	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	Boy Charlton	AUS	21:20.4 (1 h3)	21:28.4 (1 h1)	20:06.6 (1)	Gold
2	Arne Borg	SWE	21:11.4 (1 h4)	21:50.8 (2 h1)	20:41.4 (2)	Silver
3	Frank Beaurepaire	AUS	22:17.6 (1 h5)	21:41.6 (1 h2)	21:48.4 (3)	Bronze
4	Jack Hatfield	GBR	22:26.8 (2 h3)	21:53.4 (3 h1)	21:55.6 (4)
5	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	22:43.2 (2 h4)	21:48.6 (2 h2)	22:10.4 (5)
3 h2 r2/3	Åke Borg	SWE	22:55.2 (1 h2)	21:59.4 (3 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/3	Adam Smith	USA	22:48.8 (2 h1)	22:39.8 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	Harold Annison	GBR	22:38.4 (1 h1)	23:11.8 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	George Vernot	CAN	23:11.4 (2 h5)	23:02.4 (5 h1)	–
6 h1 r2/3	Jack Taylor	GBR	23:16.6 (2 h2)	23:13.8 (6 h1)	–
3 h1 r1/3	Moss Christie	AUS	22:49.4 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	Kazuo Noda	JPN	23:44.2 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	Dick Howell	USA	22:48.2 (3 h3)	– (DNS h2)	–
3 h4 r1/3	Renato Bacigalupo	ITA	23:04.4 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	Salvator Pélégry	FRA	24:07.6 (3 h5)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	Jean Rebeyrol	FRA	24:46.4 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	GRE	26:17.4 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	Václav Antoš	TCH	24:44.0 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	Pedro Méndez	ESP	26:23.5 (5 h5)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	Gustave Klein	FRA	– (DNF h1)	–	–		DNF
AC h1 r1/3	Kazuo Onoda	JPN	– (DNF h1)	–	–		DNF
AC h3 r1/3	Ante Roje	YUG	– (DNF h3)	–	–		DNF
DNS	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	Béla Eperjessy	HUN	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	István Serény	HUN	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	Gianni Patrignani	ITA	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	Đuro Sentđerđi	YUG	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One (13 July 1924 — 10:30, 15:00)

Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Harold Annison	GBR	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:38.4	Q
2	–	Adam Smith	USA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:48.8	Q
3	–	Moss Christie	AUS	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:49.4
DNF	–	Gustave Klein	FRA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–
DNF	–	Kazuo Onoda	JPN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–
DNS	–	István Serény	HUN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Åke Borg	SWE	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:55.2	Q
2	–	Jack Taylor	GBR	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:16.6	Q
3	–	Kazuo Noda	JPN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:44.2
4	–	Jean Rebeyrol	FRA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	24:46.4
DNS	–	Béla Eperjessy	HUN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–
DNS	–	Gianni Patrignani	ITA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–

Heat Three

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Boy Charlton	AUS	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:20.4	QOR
2	–	Jack Hatfield	GBR	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:26.8	Q
3	–	Dick Howell	USA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:48.2	q
4	–	Dionysios Vasilopoulos	GRE	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	26:17.4
DNF	–	Ante Roje	YUG	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–
DNS	–	Zoltán Bitskey	HUN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–

Heat Four

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Arne Borg	SWE	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:11.4	QWR
2	–	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:43.2	Q
3	–	Renato Bacigalupo	ITA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:04.4
DNS	–	Đuro Sentđerđi	YUG	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–

Heat Five

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Frank Beaurepaire	AUS	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:17.6	Q
2	–	George Vernot	CAN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:11.4	Q
3	–	Salvator Pélégry	FRA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	24:07.6
4	–	Václav Antoš	TCH	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	24:44.0
5	–	Pedro Méndez	ESP	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	26:23.5

Semi-Finals (14 July 1924 — 15:00)

Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the final.

Heat One

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Boy Charlton	AUS	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:28.4	Q
2	–	Arne Borg	SWE	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:50.8	Q
3	–	Jack Hatfield	GBR	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:53.4	q
4	–	Adam Smith	USA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	22:39.8
5	–	George Vernot	CAN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:02.4
6	–	Jack Taylor	GBR	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:13.8

Heat Two

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	Time
1	–	Frank Beaurepaire	AUS	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:41.6	Q
2	–	Katsuo Takaishi	JPN	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:48.6	Q
3	–	Åke Borg	SWE	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	21:59.4
4	–	Harold Annison	GBR	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	23:11.8
DNS	–	Dick Howell	USA	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	– –	–

Final (15 July 1924 — 15:00)

Pos	Lane	Swimmer	NOC	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1400 m	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