Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1936 Berlin, Germany - Saturday, 15th August - Gold Medal: Noboru Terada, Japan
Final 16:10 time gap L Y 1. Noboru Terada Japan19:13.7 4 18 2. Jack Medica United States19:34.0 +20.3s 2 21 3. Shunpei Uto Japan19:34.5 +20.8s 3 17 4. Sunao Ishiharada Japan19:48.5 +34.8s 1 21 5. Ralph Flanagan United States19:54.8 +41.1s 6 17 6. Robert Leivers Great Britain19:57.4 +43.7s 7 21 7. Heinz Arendt Germany19:59.0 +45.3s 5 19
Venue: Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field. 21 Competitors from 10 Nations. World Record: Arne Borg, Sweden 19:07.2 Bologna, Italy 2 September 1928 Olympic Record: Kusuo Kitamura, Japan 19:12.4 Los Angeles, United States 13 August 1932
The main adversaries from the 400 metres Jack Medica and Shumpei Uto again had a dramatic personal duel but this time it was for second place and the silver medal. The winner was a nineteen 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 100m to go.
Semi-Finals - Friday, 14th August 16:10First 3 from each Semi and Best 4th (Heinz Arendt, Germany) advanced to Final .
Semi 1 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Noboru Terada Japan19:48.6 +5.8s 2 18 2. 2. Ralph Flanagan United States19:59.4 +16.6s 1 17 6. 3. Robert Leivers Great Britain20:10.0 +27.2s 3 21 7. 4. James Cristy United States20:25.8 +43.0s 5 23 10. 5. Hans Freese Germany20:27.6 +44.8s 7 18 11. 6. Otto Przywara Germany20:55.0 +1:12.2 - 21 12. 7. Jorgen Kurt Jorgensen Denmark21:46.3 +1:02.5 - 22 14.
Semi 2 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Jack Medica United States19:42.8 7 21 1. 2. Sunao Ishiharada Japan19:53.9 +11.1s 4 21 3. 3. Shunpei Uto Japan19:55.6 +12.8s 3 17 4. 4. Heinz Arendt Germany19:56.1 +13.3s 2 19 5. 5. Norman Wainwright Great Britain20:14.4 +31.6s 6 22 8. 6. Robert Pirie Canada20:17.3 +34.5s 5 20 9. 7. Christian Talli France21:09.8 +1:27.0 1 28 13.
Heats - Thursday, 13th August 11:15First 2 from each Heat and 2 Best 3rds (Robert Pirie, Canada 9. and Christian Talli, France 13.) advanced to Semi-Finals .
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Sunao Ishiharada Japan19:55.8 +7.5s 2 21 5. 2. Robert Leivers Great Britain20:04.4 +16.1s 4 21 6. 3. Heinz Arendt Germany20:10.7 +22.4s 5 19 7. 4. Robert Pirie Canada20:16.4 +28.1s 7 20 9. 5. Manoel Da Rocha Villar Brazil21:49.9 +2:01.6s 1 23 19. -. Istvan Angyel HungaryDNS 8 21 -. -. Qadri Mahmud EgyptDNS 3 18 -. -. Kurt Patuzzi AustriaDNS 6 34 -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Noboru Terada Japan19:55.5 +7.2s 3 18 3. 1. Jack Medica United States19:44.4 +7.2s - 21 1. 3. Jorgen Kurt Jorgensen Denmark21:42.0 +1:53.7s 4 22 17. 4. Robert Hooper Canada21:47.4 +1:59.1s 6 17 18. 5. Joao Havelange Brazil22:54.1 +3:05.8s 1 20 20. -. Washington Guzman ChileDNS 7 17 -. -. Odon Grof HungaryDNS 5 21 -.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Shunpei Uto Japan19:48.3 6 17 1. 2. Ralph Flanagan United States19:49.9 +1.6s 1 17 2. 3. Hans Freese Germany20:13.7 +25.4s 4 18 8. 4. Christian Talli France21:03.0 +1:14.7s 7 28 13. 5. Robert Williams Hamerton Canada21:05.5 +1:17.2s 2 25 14. 6. Aage Even Hellstrom Denmark21:16.9 +1:28.6s 5 15 16. -. Maximino Garcia Rodriguez UruguayDNS 3 21 -.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Norman Wainwright Great Britain20:26.5 +38.2s 1 22 11. 2. James Cristy United States20:47.6 +59.3s 6 23 10. 3. Otto Przywara Germany20:59.0 +1:10.7s 7 21 12. 4. Edmund Pader Austria21:13.9 +1:25.6s 4 _ 15. -. Jorge Berroeta ChileDNS 3 18 -. -. Arpad Lengyel HungaryDNS 2 20 -.
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