Swimming - Men's 1500 m Free-style

Honour Rating : 4

Distance:

• 1896: 1200m
• 1904-06: 1 mile
• 1908-2004: 1500m

Formula

• Final:
  • 1896: direct final with six
  • 1900: not held
  • 1904: direct final with seven
  • 1906: direct final with 24
  • 1908: four finalists
  • 1912-24: five finalists
  • 1928-32: six finalists
  • 1936: seven finalists
  • 1948-2004: eight finalists
• Semi-Finals:
  • 1896-06: none
  • 1908: two semi-finals of four competitors, two qualified
  • 1912-24: two semi-finals of five or six competitors, top two qualified plus one fastest loser
  • 1928-32: two semi-finals of five competitors, three qualified
  • 1936: two semi-finals of seven competitors, three qualified plus one fastest loser
  • 1948: two semi-finals of seven competitors, two qualified plus four fastest losers
  • 1952-2004: none
• Round one:
  • 1896,1904: none
  • 1908: seven heats, winner qualified, plus one fastest loser
  • 1912-28: five heats, two qualified, plus one fastest loser
  • 1932: four heats, two qualified, plus one fastest loser
  • 1936: four heats, three qualified, plus two fastest losers
  • 1948: six heats, two qualified, plus four fastest losers
  • 1952-2004: 8 fastest times qualified

Participants

Top Competitors

1. (25200) Kieren Perkins (AUS/1992-2000)
2. (20700) Vladimir Salnikov (URS/1976-80;88)
3. (12800) Michael Burton (USA/1968-72)
4. (12800) Grant Hackett (AUS/2000-04)
5. (10728) Arne Borg (SWE/1920-28)
6. (10728) Andrew "Boy" Charlton (AUS/1924-32)
7. (10400) Murray Rose (AUS/1956-60)
8. (9730) Henry Taylor (GBR/1906-20)
9. (8976) Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG-GER/1984-92)
10. (8000) James McLane (USA/1948-52)
11. (7744) Frank Beaurepaire (AUS/1908;20-24)
12. (6530) George Hodgson (CAN/1912-20)
13. (6400) Hajós Alfréd (HUN/1896)
14. (6400) Norman Ross (USA/1920)
15. (6400) Kusuo Kitamura (JPN/1932)
16. (6400) Noboru Terada (JPN/1936)
17. (6400) Ford Konno (USA/1952)
18. (6400) John Konrads (AUS/1960)
19. (6400) Robert Windle (AUS/1964)
20. (6400) Brian Goodell (USA/1976)
21. (6400) Michael O'Brien (USA/1984)
22. (6204) John Hatfield (GBR/1912-24)
23. (5600) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka (JPN/1956-60)
24. (5550) Emil Rausch (GER/1904-06)
25. (5200) Otto Wahle (AUT/1904)
26. (5120) George Breen (USA/1956-60)
27. (4256) John Marshall (AUS/1948-52)
28. (4256) John Nelson (USA/1964-68)
29. (4130) George Vernot (CAN/1920-24)
30. (4000) Ioannis Andreou (GRE/1896)
31. (4000) Shozo Makino (JPN/1932)
32. (4000) Jack Medica (USA/1936)
33. (4000) Shiro Hashizume (JPN/1952)
34. (4000) John Kinsella (USA/1968)
35. (4000) Graham Windeatt (AUS/1972)
36. (4000) Bobby Hackett (USA/1976)
37. (4000) Aleksandr Chayev (URS/1980)
38. (4000) George DiCarlo (USA/1984)
39. (4000) Glen Housman (AUS/1992)
40. (4000) Daniel Kowalski (AUS/1996)
41. (4000) Larsen Jensen (USA/2004)
42. (3560) Clarence "Buster" Crabbe (USA/1928-32)
43. (3520) Graeme Smith (GBR/1996;2004)
44. (3328) Sydney Battersby (GBR/1908-12)
45. (3246) John Jarvis (GBR/1906-08)
46. (3200) Max Metzker (AUS/1976-80)
47. (3120) Otto Scheff (AUT/1906-08)
48. (3120) Jörg Hoffmann (GDR-GER/1988-96)
49. (3000) Kiss Géza (HUN/1904)
50. (2816) James Cristy (USA/1932-36)
51. (2600) Graham White (AUS/1968-72)
52. (2560) Harold Hardwick (AUS/1912)
53. (2560) Shumpei Uto (JPN/1936)
54. (2560) Mitró György (HUN/1948)
55. (2560) Tetsuo Okamoto (BRA/1952)
56. (2560) Allan Wood (AUS/1964)
57. (2560) Gregory Brough (AUS/1968)
58. (2560) Douglas Northway (USA/1972)
59. (2560) Stephen Holland (AUS/1976)
60. (2560) Uwe Daßler (GDR/1988)
61. (2560) Chris Thompson (USA/2000)
62. (2560) David Davies (GBR/2004)
63. (2240) Rainer Henkel (FRG/1984-88)
64. (2000) Ryk Neethling (RSA/1996-2000)
65. (1928) Sunao Ishiharada (JPN/1932-36)
66. (1920) Francis Gailey (USA/1904)

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.