Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle overall place Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 5 and 7 August, at the Empire Pool. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consists of 30 lengths of the pool. Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q =
North Sydney Olympic Pool added in 2001. Despite the name, it was not the aquatic venue for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games; the aquatic events took place at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney Olympic Park. In all, 86 world records have been set at the pool by such swimming greats as, for example, Jon Konrads and Ilsa Konrads, Lorraine Crapp, Frank O'Neill, Judy Joy Davies, John Devitt, Shane Gould and Michelle Ford. The venue is operated by the local North Sydney Council, providing public access to the two pools, a gym, and a sauna and spa. North Sydney Olympic Pool The North