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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Swimming Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 11, 1936
Date Finished: August 11, 1936
Format: Top three in each heat and the fastest fourth-place advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Jack Medica |
| Silver: | Shunpei Uto |
| Bronze: | Shozo Makino |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shunpei Uto | 17 | Japan | JPN | 4:48.4 | QU |
| 2 | Ralph Flanagan | 17 | United States | USA | 4:49.9 | QU |
| 3 | Hiroshi Negami | 23 | Japan | JPN | 4:55.4 | QU |
| 4 | John Macionis | 20 | United States | USA | 4:56.4 | |
| 5 | Hans Freese | 18 | Germany | GER | 4:58.5 | |
| 6 | Bob Pirie | 20 | Canada | CAN | 4:58.7 | |
| 7 | Ödön Gróf | 21 | Hungary | HUN | 5:01.9 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1T | Shozo Makino | 21 | Japan | JPN | 4:48.2 | QU |
| 1T | Jack Medica | 21 | United States | USA | 4:48.2 | QU |
| 3 | Jean Taris | 27 | France | FRA | 4:53.6 | QU |
| 4 | Bob Leivers | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | 4:55.7 | QC |
| 5 | Heinz Arendt | 19 | Germany | GER | 5:13.4 | |
| 6 | Otto Przywara | 21 | Germany | GER | 5:14.9 |