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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Olympic Park Swimming Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 11, 1932
Date Finished: August 11, 1932
Format: Top two in each heat and the fastest third-place advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta |
| Silver: | Reizo Koike |
| Bronze: | Teófilo Yldefonso |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | 28 | Japan | JPN | 2:46.2 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Jikirum Adjaluddin | 21 | Philippines | PHI | 2:49.9 | QU |
| 3 | Ulysse Cartonnet | 20 | France | FRA | 2:50.8 | QC |
| 4 | Basil Francis | 17 | United States | USA | 2:57.2 | |
| 5 | Sigfrid Heyner | 23 | Sweden | SWE | 3:00.7 | |
| 6 | Harry Forsell | Brazil | BRA | 3:14.6 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reizo Koike | 16 | Japan | JPN | 2:46.2 | QU/=OR |
| 2 | Erwin Sietas | 22 | Germany | GER | 2:51.0 | QU |
| 3 | Justo José Caraballo | 17 | Argentina | ARG | 2:55.2 | |
| 4 | Edwin Moles | 23 | United States | USA | 2:56.8 | |
| 5 | Dick Wyndham | Canada | CAN | 3:12.4 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teófilo Yldefonso | 29 | Philippines | PHI | 2:53.7 | QU |
| 2 | Walter Spence | 31 | Canada | CAN | 2:56.5 | QU |
| 3 | Alfred Schoebel | 21 | France | FRA | 2:56.6 | |
| 4 | John Paulsen | 18 | United States | USA | 3:00.1 | |
| 5 | Pablo Zierold | Mexico | MEX | 3:15.2 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toivo Reingoldt | 26 | Finland | FIN | 2:53.6 | QU |
| 2 | Shigeo Nakagawa | 22 | Japan | JPN | 2:55.0 | QU |