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Host City: Los Angeles, United States
Venue(s): Olympic Park Swimming Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Date Started: August 12, 1932
Date Finished: August 12, 1932
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta |
| Silver: | Reizo Koike |
| Bronze: | Teófilo Yldefonso |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reizo Koike | 16 | Japan | JPN | 2:44.9 | QU/OR |
| 2 | Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | 28 | Japan | JPN | 2:45.4 | QU |
| 3 | Jikirum Adjaluddin | 21 | Philippines | PHI | 2:50.2 | QU |
| 4 | Ulysse Cartonnet | 20 | France | FRA | 2:50.9 | |
| 5 | Toivo Reingoldt | 26 | Finland | FIN | 2:54.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erwin Sietas | 22 | Germany | GER | 2:47.6 | QU |
| 2 | Teófilo Yldefonso | 29 | Philippines | PHI | 2:48.4 | QU |
| 3 | Shigeo Nakagawa | 22 | Japan | JPN | 2:52.4 | QU |
| 4 | Walter Spence | 31 | Canada | CAN | 2:52.7 |