Swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme.[1] It was the third appearance of the event.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Nautique d'Antwerp
Dates	August 22–25
Competitors	23 from 12 nations
Medalists
Norman Ross  United States George Vernot  Canada Frank Beaurepaire  Australia

A total of 23 swimmers from 12 nations competed in the event, which was held from Sunday, August 22 to Wednesday, August 25, 1920.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	22:00.0	George Hodgson	Stockholm (SWE)	July 10, 1912
Olympic Record	22:00.0	George Hodgson	Stockholm (SWE)	July 10, 1912

Results

Quarterfinals

The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	George Vernot (CAN)	23:40.0	Q
2	Eugene Bolden (USA)	23:41.2	Q
3	Arne Borg (SWE)	23:54.4	q
—	René Ricolfi-Doria (SUI)	DNF
	Henry Taylor (GBR)	DNF

Heat 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Ludy Langer (USA)	24:28.8	Q
2	Edward Peter (GBR)	24:39.4	Q
3	Cor Zegger (NED)	24:58.0
4	Antonio Quarantotto (ITA)
5	Alois Hrášek (TCH)

Heat 3

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Harold Annison (GBR)	24:28.2	Q
2	George Hodgson (CAN)	24:36.6	Q
3	Gilio Bisagno (ITA)	25:18.0
4	Hans Drexler (SUI)
5	Emanuel Prüll (TCH)

Heat 4

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Norman Ross (USA)	24:08.2	Q
2	Paul De Backer (BEL)	26:46.4	Q
3	Frans Möller (SWE)	27:42.0
4	Joaquín Cuadrada (ESP)

Heat 5

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)	22:55.0	Q
2	Fred Kahele (USA)	23:41.6	Q
3	Jack Hatfield (GBR)	23:56.6
—	Pierre Lavraie (FRA)	DNF

Semifinals

The fastest two in each semi-final and the faster of the two third-placed swimmer advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	Norman Ross (USA)	23:12.0	Q
2	Fred Kahele (USA)	23:23.0	Q
3	Eugene Bolden (USA)	23:26.4	q
4	Arne Borg (SWE)
5	George Hodgson (CAN)

Semifinal 2

Place	Swimmer	Time	Qual.
1	George Vernot (CAN)	22:59.4	Q
2	Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)	23:02.2	Q
3	Harold Annison (GBR)	23:51.4
4	Ludy Langer (USA)
5	Edward Peter (GBR)
6	Paul De Backer (BEL)

Final

Place	Swimmer	Time
1	Norman Ross (USA)	22:23.2
2	George Vernot (CAN)	22:36.4
3	Frank Beaurepaire (AUS)	23:04.0
4	Fred Kahele (USA)	23:59.1
5	Eugene Bolden (USA)	24:04.3

References

1. "Swimming at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

Notes

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 25 April 2008.