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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date13 – 15 August 1936
StatusOlympic
LocationSchwimmstadion, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants21 from 10 countries

For the second Olympics in succession, this event was dominated by the two powerhouses of men’s swimming, the United States and Japan. The main adversaries from the 400 metres, Jack Medica and Shunpei Uto, again had a dramatic personal duel, but this time it was for second place and the silver medal. The winner was a 19 year old university student from Japan, Noboru Terada. Terada went out hard from the start and never came under pressure from the other finalists. He was a half a length ahead at the finish. Medica, after having been out of the medals early on in the race, edged ahead of Uto with just over 100 metres to go.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1SFFinal
1217Noboru TeradaJPN19:55.5 (=1 h2)19:48.6 (1 h1)19:13.7 (1)Gold
2446Jack MedicaUSA19:55.5 (=1 h2)19:42.8 (1 h2)19:34.0 (2)Silver
3215Shunpei UtoJPN19:48.3 (1 h3)19:55.6 (3 h2)19:34.5 (3)Bronze
4216Sunao IshiharadaJPN19:55.8 (1 h1)19:53.9 (2 h2)19:48.5 (4)
5448Ralph FlanaganUSA19:49.9 (2 h3)19:59.4 (2 h1)19:54.8 (5)
6131Bobby LeiversGBR20:04.4 (2 h1)20:10.0 (3 h1)19:57.4 (6)
7494Heinz ArendtGER20:10.7 (3 h1)19:56.1 (4 h2)19:59.0 (7)
8133Norman WainwrightGBR20:47.6 (2 h4)20:14.4 (5 h2)–
963Bob PirieCAN20:16.4 (4 h1)20:17.3 (6 h2)–
10447Jim CristyUSA20:26.5 (1 h4)20:25.8 (4 h1)–
11495Hans FreeseGER20:13.7 (3 h3)20:27.6 (5 h1)–
12496Otto PrzywaraGER20:59.0 (3 h4)20:55.0 (6 h1)–
13109Christian TalliFRA21:03.0 (4 h3)21:09.8 (7 h2)–
1487Jørgen JørgensenDEN21:42.0 (3 h2)21:46.3 (7 h1)–
1557Bob HamertonCAN21:05.5 (5 h3)––
16–Edmund PaderAUT21:13.9 (4 h4)––
1786Aage HellstrømDEN21:16.9 (6 h3)––
1862Robert HooperCAN21:47.4 (4 h2)––
1945Manoel VillarBRA21:49.9 (5 h1)––
2051João HavelangeBRA22:54.1 (5 h2)––
AC402István AngyalHUN– (6 h1)––
DNS6Kurt PatuzziAUT– (DNS h1)––
DNS74Jorge BerroetaCHI– (DNS h4)––
DNS76Washington GuzmánCHI– (DNS h2)––
DNS7Qadri MahmudEGY– (DNS h1)––
DNS–Ödön GrófHUN– (DNS h2)––
DNS400Árpád LengyelHUN– (DNS h4)––
DNS423Maximino GarcíaURU– (DNS h3)––

Round One

Date13 August 1936 — 11:15
FormatTop three in each heat and the next two fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Shunpei UtoJPN19:48.3Q
2–Ralph FlanaganUSA19:49.9Q
=3–Jack MedicaUSA19:55.5Q
=3–Noboru TeradaJPN19:55.5Q
5–Sunao IshiharadaJPN19:55.8Q
6–Bobby LeiversGBR20:04.4Q
7–Heinz ArendtGER20:10.7Q
8–Hans FreeseGER20:13.7Q
9–Bob PirieCAN20:16.4q
10–Jim CristyUSA20:26.5Q
11–Norman WainwrightGBR20:47.6Q1
12–Otto PrzywaraGER20:59.0Q
13–Christian TalliFRA21:03.0q
14–Bob HamertonCAN21:05.5
15–Edmund PaderAUT21:13.9
16–Aage HellstrømDEN21:16.9
17–Jørgen JørgensenDEN21:42.0Q
18–Robert HooperCAN21:47.4
19–Manoel VillarBRA21:49.9
20–João HavelangeBRA22:54.1
AC–István AngyalHUN–2
DNS–Qadri MahmudEGY–
DNS–Kurt PatuzziAUT–
DNS–Washington GuzmánCHI–
DNS–Ödön GrófHUN–
DNS–Maximino GarcíaURU–
DNS–Jorge BerroetaCHI–
DNS–Árpád LengyelHUN–

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Sunao IshiharadaJPN19:55.8Q
2–Bobby LeiversGBR20:04.4Q
3–Heinz ArendtGER20:10.7Q
4–Bob PirieCAN20:16.4q
5–Manoel VillarBRA21:49.9
6–István AngyalHUN–
DNS–Qadri MahmudEGY–
DNS–Kurt PatuzziAUT–

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
=1–Jack MedicaUSA19:55.5Q
=1–Noboru TeradaJPN19:55.5Q
3–Jørgen JørgensenDEN21:42.0Q
4–Robert HooperCAN21:47.4
5–João HavelangeBRA22:54.1
DNS–Washington GuzmánCHI–
DNS–Ödön GrófHUN–

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Shunpei UtoJPN19:48.3Q
2–Ralph FlanaganUSA19:49.9Q
3–Hans FreeseGER20:13.7Q
4–Christian TalliFRA21:03.0q
5–Bob HamertonCAN21:05.5
6–Aage HellstrømDEN21:16.9
DNS–Maximino GarcíaURU–

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Jim CristyUSA20:26.5Q
2–Norman WainwrightGBR20:47.6Q3
3–Otto PrzywaraGER20:59.0Q
4–Edmund PaderAUT21:13.9
DNS–Jorge BerroetaCHI–
DNS–Árpád LengyelHUN–

Semi-Finals

Date14 August 1936 — 15:30
FormatTop three in each heat and the fastest fourth-place advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Jack MedicaUSA19:42.8Q
2–Noboru TeradaJPN19:48.6Q
3–Sunao IshiharadaJPN19:53.9Q
4–Shunpei UtoJPN19:55.6Q
5–Heinz ArendtGER19:56.1q
6–Ralph FlanaganUSA19:59.4Q
7–Bobby LeiversGBR20:10.0Q
8–Norman WainwrightGBR20:14.4
9–Bob PirieCAN20:17.3
10–Jim CristyUSA20:25.8
11–Hans FreeseGER20:27.6
12–Otto PrzywaraGER20:55.0
13–Christian TalliFRA21:09.8
14–Jørgen JørgensenDEN21:46.3

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Noboru TeradaJPN19:48.6Q
2–Ralph FlanaganUSA19:59.4Q
3–Bobby LeiversGBR20:10.0Q
4–Jim CristyUSA20:25.8
5–Hans FreeseGER20:27.6
6–Otto PrzywaraGER20:55.0
7–Jørgen JørgensenDEN21:46.3

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Jack MedicaUSA19:42.8Q
2–Sunao IshiharadaJPN19:53.9Q
3–Shunpei UtoJPN19:55.6Q
4–Heinz ArendtGER19:56.1q
5–Norman WainwrightGBR20:14.4
6–Bob PirieCAN20:17.3
7–Christian TalliFRA21:09.8

Final Round

Date15 August 1936 — 16:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1–Noboru TeradaJPN19:13.7
2–Jack MedicaUSA19:34.0
3–Shunpei UtoJPN19:34.5
4–Sunao IshiharadaJPN19:48.5
5–Ralph FlanaganUSA19:54.8
6–Bobby LeiversGBR19:57.4
7–Heinz ArendtGER19:59.0