Men 400m Freestyle Swimming Olympic Games 1936 Berlin, Germany - Wednesday, 12th August - Gold Medal: Jack Medica, United States
Final 15:20 timegapLY
1. Jack MedicaUSA United States4:44.5OR221
2. Shunpei UtoJPN Japan4:45.6+1.1s317
3. Shozo MakinoJPN Japan4:48.1+3.6s721
4. Ralph FlanaganUSA United States4:52.7+8.2s517
5. Hiroshi NegamiJPN Japan4:53.6+9.1s124
6. Jean TarisFRA France4:53.8+9.3s627
7. Robert LeiversGBR Great Britain5:00.9+16.4s421
Venue: Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field. 34 Competitors from 16 Nations.
World Record: Jack Medica, United States 4:38.7 New Heaven, United States 30 August 1934
Olympic Record: Buster Crabbe, United States 4:48.4 Los Angeles, United States 10 August 1932
Todor 66index Swimming OG
index Berlin 1956index Swimming Berlin 1936
Men 100m FreestyleWomen 100m Freestyle
Men 400m FreestyleWomen 400m Freestyle
Men 1500m Freestyle
Men 100m BackstrokeWomen 100m Backstroke
Men 200m BreaststrokeWomen 200m Breaststroke
Men 4x200m Freestyle RelayWomen 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1948 Men 400m FreestyleMen 400m Freestyle History1932 Men 400m Freestyle
Unlike the 100, this race would follow the predicted course and turn into a triumph for the USA’s Jack Medica but only after a tremendous duel. Shumpei Uto took a lead over Medica but the American fought back and narrowed a lead. A spurt by the Japanese swimmer pushed him further ahead but his exertion took much out of him and Medica responded. Medica and Uto battled for gold in the final 50 metres with the American only taking the lead with 10 metres to go.

Semi-Finals - Tuesday, 11th August 10:00

First 3 from each Semi and Best 4th (Robert Leivers, Great Britain) advanced to Final.
Semi 1 timegapLYRk.
1. Shunpei UtoJPN Japan4:48.4+0.2s1173.
2. Ralph FlanaganUSA United States4:49.9+1.7s3174.
3. Hiroshi NegamiJPN Japan4:55.4+7.2s4245.
4. John MacionisUSA United States4:56.4+8.2s6208.
5. Hans FreeseGer Germany4:58.5+10.3s5189.
6. Robert PirieCaN Canada4:58.7+10.5s22010.
7. Odon GrofHUN Hungary5:01.9+13.7s72111.
Semi 2 timegapLYRk.
1. Shozo MakinoJPN Japan4:48.2 5211.
2. Jack MedicaUSA United States4:48.2 4211.
3. Jean TarisFRA France4:55.6+7.4s2276.
4. Robert LeiversGBR Great Britain4:55.7+7.5s6217.
5. Heinz ArendtGer Germany5:13.4+25.2s31912.
6. Otto PrzywaraGer Germany5:14.9+26.7s72113.
-. Walter Ledgard SrPER PeruDNS 120-.
Like the 100 metre freestyle at the same Games, this event was predicted to be a battle between an American world record holder and a strong Japanese trio.
One competitor who did not qualify from his heat was Brazil’s João Havelange. Havelange became one of the world’s leading sports administrators as both a long serving member of the IOC and as president of FIFA, the governing body of world football.

Heats - Monday, 10th August 15:15

First 2 from each Heat and 2 Best 3rds (Robert Pirie, Canada and Heinz Arendt, Germany) advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1 timegapLYRk.
1. Hiroshi NegamiJPN Japan4:52.6+7.1s1243.
2. John MacionisUSA United States4:57.1+11.6s3208.
3. Heinz ArendtGer Germany4:57.2+11.7s4199.
4. Arpad LengyelHUN Hungary4:57.7+12.2s72011.
5. Edmund PaderAUT Austria5:16.9+31.4s6_21.
6. Robert HooperCaN Canada5:17.2+31.7s51722.
-. Roger ZirilliSUI SwitzerlandDNS 225-.
Heat 2 timegapLYRk.
1. Robert LeiversGBR Great Britain4:57.2+11.7s1219.
2. Otto PrzywaraGer Germany5:11.7+26.2s52118.
3. Aage Even HellstromDEN Denmark5:18.2+32.7s31524.
4. Joao HavelangeBRA Brazil5:31.5+46.0s22030.
-. Gunther ZobernigAUT AustriaDNS 420-.
-. Charlie ChanCHn ChinaDNS 625-.
-. Dudley SpurlingBER BermudaDNS 722-.
Heat 3 timegapLYRk.
1. Shozo MakinoJPN Japan4:51.3+5.8s4212.
2. Ralph FlanaganUSA United States4:54.7+9.2s2175.
3. Norman WainwrightGBR Great Britain5:03.6+18.1s72214.
4. Robert Williams HamertonCaN Canada5:13.3+27.8s12520.
5. Jorgen Kurt JorgensenDEN Denmark5:17.8+32.3s52223.
6. Istvan AngyelHUN Hungary5:20.9+35.4s32129.
7. Werner LehmannSUI Switzerland5:36.8+51.3s62032.
Heat 4 timegapLYRk.
1. Odon GrofHUN Hungary4:59.4+13.9s52112.
2. Hans FreeseGer Germany5:03.1+17.6s71813.
3. Heikki Johannes HietanenFIN Finland5:08.9+23.4s32117.
4. William PearsonGBR Great Britain5:12.7+27.2s21919.
5. Aluizio Courrage LageBRA Brazil5:18.3+32.8s11726.
6. Washington GuzmanCHI Chile5:19.1+33.6s41727.
7. Franz SeltenheimAUT Austria5:38.3+52.8s6_33.
Heat 5 timegapLYRk.
1. Shunpei UtoJPN Japan4:45.5OR1171.
2. Jean TarisFRA France4:53.9+8.4s5274.
3. Robert PirieCaN Canada4:56.0+10.5s4207.
4. Poul Arne PetersenDEN Denmark5:20.3+34.8s32328.
5. Edmund CooperBER Bermuda5:53.8+1:08.322334.
-. Egon RoolaidEST EstoniaDNS 617-.
-. Panagiotis ProvatopoulosGRE GreeceDNS 7_-.
Heat 6 timegapLYRk.
1. Jack MedicaUSA United States4:55.9+10.4s6216.
2. Walter Ledgard SrPER Peru5:05.5+20.0s22015.
3. Pieter Hendrik StamNED Netherlands5:07.8+22.3s51716.
4. Manoel Da Rocha VillarBRA Brazil5:18.2+32.7s12324.
5. Hans BrennerSUI Switzerland5:33.8+48.3s42331.
-. Qadri MahmudEGY EgyptDNS -_-.
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