The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1956 Olympic Games took place between 5 and 7 December.[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.
Medalists
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 |
1 | Murray Rose | Australia | 18:04.1 |
2 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | Japan | 18:04.3 |
3 | William Slater | Canada | 18:51.6 |
4 | Guy Montserrat | France | 19:17.4 |
5 | György Csordás | Hungary | 19:44.2 |
Heat Two
Heat Three
Heat Four
Final
References
- ^ "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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