1932 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	100 m freestyle
gender	Men
Attendees	22 athletes from 10 countries
Competition location	Los Angeles Swimming Stadium
Competition phase	August 6, 1932 (preliminary, semi-finals) August 7, 1932 (final)
Winning time	58.2 s
Medalist  Yasuji Miyazaki ( JPN )  Tatsugo Kawaishi ( JPN )  Albert Schwartz ( USA )

Swimming competitions at the 1932 Olympics
100 m freestyle	Men	Women
400 m freestyle	Men	Women
1500 m freestyle	Men
100 m back	Men	Women
200 m chest	Men	Women
4 × 100 m freestyle		Women
4 × 200 m freestyle	Men

The men's 100 meter freestyle swimming competition at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 6th and 7th. The Japanese Yasuji Miyazaki became Olympic champion. Silver went to his compatriot Tatsugo Kawaishi and bronze to Albert Schwartz .

Records

Before the start of the Olympic Games, the following records were valid.

World record	57.4 s	Johnny Weissmüller	Miami , United States	February 17, 1924
Olympic record	58.6 s	Johnny Weissmüller	Amsterdam , Netherlands	August 11, 1928

The following new records were set:

Olympic record	58.0 s	Yasuji Miyazaki	Semi-final 2

Results

Prelims

The preliminary runs were held on August 6th. The first two athletes of each run as well as the fastest athlete of all runs qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Manuella Kalili	United States	59.6 s	Q
2	István Bárány	Hungary	1: 00.4 min	Q
3	Munroe Bourne	Canada	1: 01.1 min
4th	Reginald Sutton	Great Britain	1: 02.9 min
5	Leopoldo Tahier	Argentina	1: 05.3 min
6th	Manoel Villar	Brazil	1: 08.4 min

Run 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Walter Spence	Canada	59.3 s	Q
2	Albert Schwartz	United States	59.6 s	Q
3	Tatsugo Kawaishi	Japan	59.8 s	q
4th	András Wanié	Hungary	1: 02.8 min
5	Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	Great Britain	1: 05.9 min

Run 3

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Zenjiro Takahashi	Japan	59.5 s	Q
2	Raymond Thompson	United States	1: 02.0 min	Q
3	Alfredo Rocca	Argentina	1: 04.2 min
4th	Joseph Whiteside	Great Britain	1: 04.7 min
5	Eskil Lundahl	Sweden	1: 06.2 min
6th	João Pereira	Brazil	1: 08.2 min

Run 4

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Yasuji Miyazaki	Japan	58.7 s	Q
2	András Székely	Hungary	1: 01.5 min	Q
3	Abdurahman Ali	Philippines	1: 02.2 min
4th	Noel Ryan	Australia	1: 02.9 min
5	Robert Halloran	Canada	1: 06.9 min

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on August 6th. The first three athletes of each run qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Yasuji Miyazaki	Japan	58.0 s	Q ( OR )
2	Raymond Thompson	United States	59.3 s	Q
3	Manuella Kalili	United States	59.3 s	Q
4th	István Bárány	Hungary	59.4 s
5	András Székely	Hungary	1: 01.4 min

Semi-final 2

rank	athlete	nation	time	Note
1	Tatsugo Kawaishi	Japan	59.0 s	Q
2	Albert Schwartz	United States	59.2 s	Q
3	Zenjiro Takahashi	Japan	59.5 s	Q
4th	Walter Spence	Canada	59.6 s

final

August 7, 1932

rank	athlete	nation	time
1	Yasuji Miyazaki	Japan	58.2 s
2	Tatsugo Kawaishi	Japan	58.6 s
3	Albert Schwartz	United States	58.8 s
4th	Manuella Kalili	United States	59.2 s
5	Zenjiro Takahashi	Japan	59.2 s
6th	Raymond Thompson	United States	59.5 s

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