Swimming at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between December 5 and 7.[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.

Swimming at the
1956 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mwomen
200 mmen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mwomen
4×200 mmen

Medalists
GoldMurray Rose
 Australia
SilverTsuyoshi Yamanaka
 Japan
BronzeGeorge Breen
 United States

Results

Heats

Four heats were held; the swimmers with the fastest eight times advanced to the Finals. The swimmers that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One
Rank Athlete Country Time
1Murray RoseAustralia18:04.1
2Tsuyoshi YamanakaJapan18:04.3
3William SlaterCanada18:51.6
4Guy MontserratFrance19:17.4
5György CsordásHungary19:44.2

Heat Two
Rank Athlete Country Time
1Gary WinramAustralia18:35.7
2Yukiyoshi AokiJapan18:36.0
3George OnekeaUnited States19:13.8
4Peter DuncanSouth Africa19:58.5
5Raúl MartínCuba19:59.9

Heat Three
Rank Athlete Country Time
1George BreenUnited States17:52.9
2Sándor ZáborszkyHungary19:01.2
3Jacques CollignonFrance19:10.8
4Bana SailaniPhilippines19:16.8
5Gennady AndrosovSoviet Union19:22.6
6Hans-Joachim ReichGermany19:28.6

Heat Four
Rank Athlete Country Time
1Murray GarrettyAustralia18:27.4
2Jean BoiteuxFrance18:46.6
3Seizaburo YagiJapan18:57.3
4David RadcliffeUnited States19:09.6

Final
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Murray Rose Australia17:58.9
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka Japan18:00.3
George Breen United States18:08.2
4Murray Garretty Australia18:26.5
5William Slater Canada18:38.1
6Jean Boiteux France18:38.3
7Yukiyoshi Aoki Japan18:38.3
8Gary Winram Australia19:06.2

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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