The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 16 and 17.[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 consisted of 30 lengths of the pool.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Bob Windle Australia
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| Silver | John Nelson United States
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| Bronze | Allan Wood Australia
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Results
editHeats
editFive heats were held; the eight fastest swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.
Heat One
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Windle | Australia | 17:15.9 |
| 2 | József Katona | Hungary | 17:33.5 |
| 3 | Kazuyuki Iwamoto | Japan | 17:52.7 |
| 4 | Holger Kirschke | Germany | 18:01.6 |
| 5 | Celestino Pérez | Puerto Rico | 18:07.2 |
| 6 | Tan Thuan Heng | Malaysia | 18:24.2 |
| 7 | Esa Lepola | Finland | 18:33.4 |
Heat Two
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Saari | United States | 17:27.0 |
| 2 | Sueaki Sasaki | Japan | 17:28.8 |
| 3 | Sandy Gilchrist | Canada | 17:42.0 |
| 4 | Tin Maung Ni | Myanmar | 18:09.5 |
| 5 | Alan Durrett | Northern Rhodesia | 18:24.9 |
| 6 | Slobodan Dijaković | Yugoslavia | 18:31.2 |
| 7 | Walter Ledgard Jr. | Peru | 19:10.3 |
Heat Three
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Nelson | United States | 17:22.4 |
| 2 | Russell Phegan | Australia | 17:28.9 |
| 3 | Guillermo Echevarría | Mexico | 17:35.0 |
| 4 | Miguel Torres | Spain | 17:36.0 |
| 5 | Heinz Junga | Germany | 18:08.7 |
| 6 | Petr Lohnický | Czechoslovakia | 18:18.4 |
| 7 | Eliot Chenaux | Puerto Rico | 18:33.1 |
Heat Four
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allan Wood | Australia | 17:26.3 |
| 2 | Veljko Rogošić | Yugoslavia | 18:05.5 |
| 3 | John Thurley | Great Britain | 18:12.3 |
| 4 | Ricardo Morello | Argentina | 18:46.5 |
| 5 | Pano Capéronis | Switzerland | 19:10.5 |
| 6 | Robert Loh | Hong Kong | 19:28.6 |
Heat Five
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Farley | United States | 17:30.5 |
| 2 | Satoru Nakano | Japan | 17:40.4 |
| 3 | Julio Arango | Colombia | 17:59.1 |
| 4 | Alfredo Guzmán | Mexico | 18:07.4 |
Final
edit| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Bob Windle |  Australia |
17:01.7 | OR |
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John Nelson |  United States |
17:03.0 | |
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Allan Wood | Australia |
17:07.7 | |
| 4 | Bill Farley | United States |
17:18.2 | |
| 5 | Russell Phegan | Australia |
17:22.4 | |
| 6 | Sueaki Sasaki |  Japan |
17:25.3 | |
| 7 | Roy Saari | United States |
17:29.2 | |
| 8 | József Katona |  Hungary |
17:30.8 |
Key: OR = Olympic record
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2016.