Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1964 Olympic Games took place between October 16 and 17. 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

Five heats were held; the eight fastest swimmers advanced to the Finals. Those that advanced are highlighted.

Heat One

Heat Two

Heat Three

Heat Four

Heat Five

Final

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

1. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics
2. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
3. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
4. Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
5. Swimming at the Summer Olympics
6. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
7. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
8. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
9. Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
10. Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
11. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
12. Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
13. Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
14. 1964 Summer Olympics
15. List of Australian Olympic medallists in swimming
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17. Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
18. Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
19. Ireland at the 2024 Summer Olympics
20. Italy at the 2024 Summer Olympics