Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle


The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which was established in 1908. The competition was held from Tuesday to Thursday, 7 to 9 August 1928.
Twenty-six swimmers from 17 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record4:50.3 Arne BorgStockholm 11 September 1925
Olympic Record5:04.2 Johnny WeissmullerParis 18 July 1924

In the final Alberto Zorrilla bettered the Olympic record to 5:01.6 minutes.

Results

Heats

Tuesday 7 August 1928: The fastest two in each heat and the fastest third-placed from across the heats advanced.

Heat 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:13.4
25:23.4
35:27.8
4Unknown

Heat 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:09.8
25:17.8
35:20.0
45:41.0
5Unknown

Heat 3

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:18.8
25:20.0
35:39.8
4Unknown

Heat 4

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:09.6
25:26.4
35:32.0
45:35.2

Heat 5

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:22.8
25:23.0
3Unknown
4Unknown
5Unknown

Heat 6

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:19.2
25:32.8
35:38.6
4Unknown

Semifinals

Wednesday 8 August 1928: The fastest three in each semi-final advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:11.4
25:13.6
35:20.6
4Unknown
5Unknown

Semifinal 2

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
15:05.4
25:06.2
35:06.8
4Unknown
5Unknown
6Unknown

Final

Friday 10 August 1928:
RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
5:01.6
5:03.6
5:04.6
45:05.4
55:16.0
65:25.0