Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle
Freestyle swimming
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 event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. Swimming events were held in a 100 m course built in Stockholm harbor. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Friday July 12, 1912...

 programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. At the 1904 and 1906 Olympics a one mile freestyle contest was held. The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Wednesday July 10, 1912.

Nineteen swimmers from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
World Record 22:48.4   Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor (swimmer)
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July 25, 1908
Olympic Record 22:48.4   Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor (swimmer)
Henry Taylor was a British freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He served in the Royal Navy during the First World War, and continued to swim competitively until 1926...

London
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July 25, 1908


George Hodgson
George Hodgson
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set a new world record with a 22:23.0 in the qualifying round and improved his own record in the final to 22:00.0.

Quarterfinals

The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall.

Quarterfinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 23:12.2 QS
2 23:34.0 QS
3 24:06.4 qs
DNF


Quarterfinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 22:58.0 QS
2 23:16.6 QS
DNF


Quarterfinal 3
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 22:23.0 QS WR
2 23:03.6 QS
3 28:32.4


Quarterfinal 4
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 23:58.0 QS
2 25:19.8 QS
3 27:38.0
DNF


Quarterfinal 5
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 23:23.2 QS
2 23:52.2 QS
3 25:45.6
4 27:05.2
DNF

Semifinals

The top two from each heat and the faster of the two third place swimmers advanced.

Semifinal 1
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 22:26.0 QF
2 22:33.4 QF
3 23:14.0 qf
4 23:14.4
DNF
DNS


Semifinal 2
Place Swimmer Time Qual.
1 23:09.8 QF
2 23:24.2 QF
3 23:32.2
4
DNS

Final


Place Swimmer Time
1 22:00.0 WR
2 22:39.0
3 23:15.4
- DNF
- DNF
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