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Men's 1500 m freestyle - Swimming |  | ||||
 Men's 1500 m freestyle 1956
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Murray Rose |  | AUS | 17.58,9 | |||||
 | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka |  | JPN | 18.00,3 | |||||
 | George Breen |  | USA | 18.08,2 | |||||
| 4. | Murray Garretty | | AUS | 18.26,5 | |||||
| 5. | William Slater |  | CAN | 18.38,1 | |||||
| 6. | Jean Boiteux |  | FRA | 18.38,3 | |||||
| 7. | Yukiyoshi Aoki | | JPN | 18.38,3 | |||||
| 8. | Garry Winram | | AUS | 19.06,2 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Murray Rose | | AUS | 18.04,1 | OR | ||||
| 2. | Tsuyoshi Yamanaka | | JPN | 18.04,3 | q | ||||
| 3. | William Slater | | CAN | 18.51,6 | q | ||||
| 4. | Guy Montserrat | | FRA | 19.17,4 | |||||
| 5. | György Csordas |  | HUN | 19.44,2 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Garry Winram | | AUS | 18.35,7 | q | ||||
| 2. | Yukiyoshi Aoki | | JPN | 18.36,0 | q | ||||
| 3. | George Onekea | | USA | 19.13,8 | |||||
| 4. | Peter Duncan |  | RSA | 19.58,5 | |||||
| 5. | Raul Martin |  | CUB | 19.59,9 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | George Breen | | USA | 17.52,9 | WR | ||||
| 2. | Sandor Zarborsky | | HUN | 19.01,2 | |||||
| 3. | Jacques Collignon | | FRA | 19.10,8 | |||||
| 4. | Bana Sailani |  | PHI | 19.16,8 | |||||
| 5. | Gennady Androssov |  | URS | 19.22,6 | |||||
| 6. | Hans-Joachim Reich |  | GER | 19.28,6 | |||||
| Round 1 | |||||||||
| 1. | Murray Garretty | | AUS | 18.27,4 | q | ||||
| 2. | Jean Boiteux | | FRA | 18.46,6 | q | ||||
| 3. | Seizaburo Yagi | | JPN | 18.57,3 | |||||
| 4. | David Radcliff | | USA | 19.09,6 | |||||
Men's 1500 m freestyle - Swimming - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Event Format: Swimmers competed in preliminary heats and final. The eight swimmers with the best time in the preliminary heats advanced to the final. The winner of the final was the Gold Medal winner. Event facts: Men's 1500 m freestyle competition was held at the Swimming Stadium and 20 athletes participated in the event. |
| These results for Men's 1500 m freestyle - Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics - are based on the official Olympic reports and the Olympian Database |
