Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Thursday August 11, 1932, to Saturday August 13, 1932. Fifteen swimmers from eight nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kusuo Kitamura File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Shozo Makino File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan	Jim Cristy File:US flag 48 stars.svg United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World Record	19:07.2	Arne Borg	Bologna (ITA)	September 2, 1927
Olympic Record	19:51.8	Arne Borg	Amsterdam (NED)	August 6, 1928

In the first semi-final Kusuo Kitamura set a new Olympic record with 19:51.6 minutes. Shozo Makino bettered this record in the second semi-final with 19:38.7 minutes. In the final Kusuo Kitamura again took the Olympic record with 19:12.4 minutes.

Results

Heats

Thursday August 11, 1932: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced to the final. In the second heat Sunao Ishiharada and Boy Charlton tied for second place which allowed ten swimmers to advance to the semi-finals. Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kusuo Kitamura (JPN)	19:55.2	QQ
2	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Buster Crabbe (USA)	20:01.0	QQ
3	File:Flag of France.svg Jean Taris (FRA)	20:01.2	qq
4	File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Nalin Malik (IND)	23:52.4

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Jim Cristy (USA)	19:58.4	QQ
2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Sunao Ishiharada (JPN)	20:09.5	QQ
	File:Flag of Australia.svg Boy Charlton (AUS)	20:09.5	QQ

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Ralph Flanagan (USA)	20:06.0	QQ
2	File:Flag of Australia.svg Noel Ryan (AUS)	20:12.6	QQ
3	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Giuseppe Perentin (ITA)	21:04.5
4	File:Flag of Mexico (1916–1934).svg Ignacio Gutiérrez (MEX)	22:39.2

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shozo Makino (JPN)	19:53.3	QQ
2	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Paolo Costoli (ITA)	20:48.1	QQ
3	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg George Burrows (CAN)	22:19.6
4	File:Flag of Mexico (1916–1934).svg Manuel Villegas (MEX)	23:40.0

Semifinals

Friday August 12, 1932: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final. Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kusuo Kitamura (JPN)	19:51.6	QQ OR
2	File:Flag of France.svg Jean Taris (FRA)	20:04.2	QQ
3	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Jim Cristy (USA)	20:06.9	QQ
4	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Sunao Ishiharada (JPN)	20:31.2
5	File:Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg Paolo Costoli (ITA)	20:58.7

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shozo Makino (JPN)	19:38.7	QQ OR
2	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Buster Crabbe (USA)	19:51.8	QQ
3	File:Flag of Australia.svg Noel Ryan (AUS)	19:52.5	QQ
4	File:Flag of Australia.svg Boy Charlton (AUS)	19:53.1
5	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Ralph Flanagan (USA)	20:03.7

Final

Saturday August 13, 1932:

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Kusuo Kitamura (JPN)	19:12.4 OR
2	File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Shozo Makino (JPN)	19:14.1
3	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Jim Cristy (USA)	19:39.5
4	File:Flag of Australia.svg Noel Ryan (AUS)	19:45.1
5	File:US flag 48 stars.svg Buster Crabbe (USA)	20:02.7
6	File:Flag of France.svg Jean Taris (FRA)	20:09.7

External links

• Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in polski). Retrieved 8 November 2008.