Final 15:30 time gap L Y 1. Tetsuo Hamuro Japan2:41.5 OR 6 18 2. Erwin Sietas Germany2:42.9 +1.4s 2 26 3. Reizo Koike Japan2:44.2 +2.7s 7 20 4. John Herbert Higgins United States2:45.2 +3.7s 3 20 5. Saburo Ito Japan2:47.6 +6.1s 5 21 6. Jochen Balke Germany2:47.8 +6.3s 1 18 7. Teófilo Yldefonzo Philippines2:51.1 +9.6s 4 33
Venue: Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field. 25 Competitors from 11 Nations. World Record: John Kasley, United States 2:37.2 New Heaven, United States 28 March 1936 Olympic Record: Reizo Koike, Japan 2:44.9 Los Angeles, United States 12 August 1932
American Jack Kasley had set a new world record in March 1936 but was badly out of form by the time of the Olympics. He finished sixth in his semi-final and was eliminated along with the former record holder, Leonard Spence of Bermuda, who was disqualified. The teenaged Japanese swimmer, Tetsuo Hamuro set the fastest time in heat and semi-final and led throughout the final. Hamuro, who was known for his fast starts, initially trailed Henry Higgins and Jochen Balke but the pair, who were using the new butterfly technique, faded in the second half of the race. Hamuro was pressured in the final stages by the fast finish of Germany’s Erwin Sietas but held on for victory. Sietas finished in 4th place in 1928 and 1936.
Semi-Finals - Friday, 14th August 15:00First 3 from each Semi and Best 4th (Teófilo Yldefonzo, Philippines) advanced to Final .
Semi 1 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Reizo Koike Japan2:44.5 +1.1s 2 20 3. 2. Jochen Balke Germany2:45.5 +2.1s 5 18 5. 3. Saburo Ito Japan2:45.5 +2.1s 7 21 6. 4. Raymond Kaye United States2:49.2 +5.8s 8 24 9. 5. Jikirum Adjaluddin Philippines2:54.0 +10.6s 4 25 12. 6. Arasad Alpad Philippines2:54.6 +11.2s 6 25 13. 7. Finn Martin Jensen Denmark2:54.8 +11.4s 3 21 14. 8. Gerald Hull Clawson Canada2:55.6 +12.2s 1 18 15.
Semi 2 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Tetsuo Hamuro Japan2:43.4 5 18 1. 2. John Herbert Higgins United States2:44.0 +0.6s 2 20 2. 3. Erwin Sietas Germany2:44.8 +1.4s 6 26 4. 4. Teófilo Yldefonzo Philippines2:46.8 +3.4s 8 33 7. 5. Arthur Heina Germany2:47.3 +3.9s 4 21 8. 6. Jack Kasley United States2:53.4 +10.0s 1 20 10. 7. Jan Felix Erbert Czechoslovakia2:53.5 +10.1s 7 18 11. -. Leonard Spence BermudaDSQ 3 27 -.
Heats - Thursday, 13th August 16:00First 3 from each Heat and Best 4th (Jikirum Adjaluddin, Philippines) advanced to Semi-Finals . Dorothy Schiller, United States also advanced.
Heat 1 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Tetsuo Hamuro Japan2:42.5 OR 3 18 1. 2. Erwin Sietas Germany2:44.6 +2.1s 2 26 3. 3. Raymond Kaye United States2:48.5 +6.0s 5 24 7. 4. Jikirum Adjaluddin Philippines2:50.2 +7.7s 7 25 10. 5. Julius Edgar Barbosa Arp Brazil3:02.6 +20.1s 4 16 21. -. Paul Schutz SwitzerlandDNS 6 27 -. -. Sandor Barocsy HungaryDNS 1 22 -.
Heat 2 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Saburo Ito Japan2:45.8 +3.3s 3 21 4. 2. Jochen Balke Germany2:46.4 +3.9s 5 18 5. 3. Jack Kasley United States2:54.4 +11.9s 6 20 13. 4. Erik Skou Denmark2:57.6 +15.1s 4 19 19. 5. Percy Belvin Bermuda3:09.8 +27.3s 1 23 22. 6. Albert William Puddy Canada3:10.2 +27.7s 2 19 23. -. Auguste Keel SwitzerlandDNS 7 25 -.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk. 1. John Herbert Higgins United States2:48.8 +6.3s 5 20 9. 2. Arasad Alpad Philippines2:52.6 +10.1s 2 25 12. 3. Finn Martin Jensen Denmark2:55.7 +13.2s 7 21 15. 4. Isaac Morais Brazil2:56.8 +14.3s 3 22 18. 5. Mohamed Hassanein Egypt2:58.9 +16.4s 6 _ 20. -. Jorge Berroeta ChileDSQ 4 18 -. -. Karl Schafer AustriaDNS 1 27 -.
Heat 4 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Leonard Spence BER Bermuda2:52.0 +9.5s 4 27 11. 2. Gerald Hull Clawson Canada2:54.7 +12.2s 2 18 14. 3. Jan Felix Erbert Czechoslovakia2:55.7 +13.2s 3 18 15. -. Carlos Reed ChileDSQ 6 19 -. -. Filippo Schembri MaltaDNS 1 25 -. -. Conrado Kuhn PeruDNS 7 20 -. -. Ferenc Csik HungaryDNS 5 22 -.
Heat 3 time gap L Y Rk. 1. Reizo Koike Japan2:43.8 +1.3s 1 20 2. 2. Teófilo Yldefonzo Philippines2:47.4 +4.9s 4 33 6. 3. Arthur Heina Germany2:48.5 +6.0s 2 21 7. 6. Hans Malmstrom Denmark2:56.5 +14.0s 5 23 17. -. Hans Girg AustriaDNS 6 24 -. -. Kurt Zimmermann SwitzerlandDNS 7 19 -.
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