1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1500m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
competition	1500 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	Swimming and Diving Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	20 athletes from 11 nations
Competition phase	December 5-7, 1956
Medals	Murray Rose ( AUS ) Tsuyoshi Yamanaka ( JPN ) George Breen ( USA )

The competition over 1,500 meters freestyle men at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Australian city of Melbourne was from 5 to 7 December in Swimming and Diving Stadium discharged.

Participating Nations

A total of 20 swimmers from 11 nations took part in the competition.

Australia (3)  Germany (1)  France (3)  Japan (3)

Canada (1)  Cuba (1)  Philippines (1)  Soviet Union (1)

South African Union (1)  Hungary (2)  United States (3)

Existing records

World record	George Breen ( United States )	18: 05.9 min	New Haven , USA	May 3, 1956
Olympic record	Ford Konno ( United States )	18:30.3 min	Helsinki , Finland	2nd August 1952

See also : List of swimming world records over 1500 meters freestyle

Prelims

There were four preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final.

Forward 1

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	Murray Rose	Australia	18:04.1 min
2	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	18:04.3 min
3	William Slater	Canada	18: 51.6 min
4th	Guy Montserrat	France	19: 17.4 min
5	György Csordás	Hungary	19: 44.2 min

Forward 2

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	Gary Winram	Australia	18: 35.7 min
2	Yukiyoshi Aoki	Japan	18: 36.0 min
3	George Onekea	United States	19: 13.8 min
4th	Peter Duncan	South African Union	19: 58.5 min
5	Raúl Martín	Cuba	19: 59.9 min

Forward 3

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	George Breen	United States	17: 52.9 min
2	Sándor Záborszky	Hungary	19:01.2 min
3	Jacques Collignon	France	19: 10.8 min
4th	Bana Sailani	Philippines	19: 16.8 min
5	Gennady Androsov	Soviet Union	19: 22.6 min
6th	Hans-Joachim Reich	Germany	19: 28.6 min

Forward 4

rank	Surname	nation	time
1	Murray Garretty	Australia	18: 27.4 min
2	Jean Boiteux	France	18: 46.6 min
3	Seizaburo Yagi	Japan	18: 57.3 min
4th	David Radcliffe	United States	19: 09.6 min

After world record holder Murray Rose had set a new Olympic record in the first run with 18: 04.1 min, George Breen undercut this performance in the third and penultimate run, while at the same time setting the Australian 's world record by 6.6 s to 17: 52.9 min improved.

final

rank	Surname	nation	time
	Murray Rose	Australia	17: 58.9 min
	Tsuyoshi Yamanaka	Japan	18: 00.3 min
	George Breen	United States	18: 08.2 min
4th	Murray Garretty	Australia	18: 26.5 min
5	William Slater	Canada	18: 38.1 min
6th	Jean Boiteux	France	18: 38.3 min
7th	Yukiyoshi Aoki	Japan	18: 38.3 min
8th	Gary Winram	Australia	19: 06.2 min

Web links

• 1956 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1500 m freestyle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )