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Swimming at the 1908 London Summer Games:

Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Round One

Swimming at the 1908 Summer Games: Next Summer Games

Events:
Phases:

Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): White City Stadium, London; White City Stadium, London
Date Started: July 21, 1908
Date Finished: July 21, 1908
Format: Winners of heats and fastest loser advanced to the semi-finals.

Gold: GBR Henry Taylor
Silver: GBR Sydney Battersby
Bronze: ANZ Frank Beaurepaire

Round One Heat One

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Paul Radmilovic 22 Great Britain GBR 25:02.4 QU/OR
2 Gunnar Wennerström 28 Sweden SWE 27:15.4
3 Oreste Muzzi 20 Italy ITA 28:52.8

Round One Heat Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Frank Beaurepaire 16 Australasia ANZ 23:45.8 QU/OR
2 Sam Blatherwick 19 Great Britain GBR 25:15.4
3 Piet Ooms 23 Netherlands NED 27:24.4
4 Wille Andersson 17 Sweden SWE 27:34.4

Round One Heat Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Lewis Moist Great Britain GBR 26:52.0 QU

Round One Heat Four

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Sydney Battersby 20 Great Britain GBR 23:42.8 QU/OR
2 Frank Springfield 20 Australasia ANZ 24:52.4
3 André Theuriet 21 France FRA 32:37.0

Round One Heat Five

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 John Jarvis 36 Great Britain GBR 25:51.6 QU
2 James Green United States USA 28:09.0
3 Richard Hassell Great Britain GBR 28:14.8

Round One Heat Six

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Henry Taylor 23 Great Britain GBR 23:24.4 QU/OR
2 Otto Scheff 18 Austria AUT 24:15.8 QC
3 Gustaf Wretman 19 Sweden SWE 28:40.8
AC Eduard Meijer 30 Netherlands NED DNF

Round One Heat Seven

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Willie Foster 17 Great Britain GBR 24:33.4 QU