1,500 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 1954 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Torino ITA
Held 4 – 5 September 1954
Status Medal
Competitors 19
Countries 11
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 György Csordás HUN 19:09.5
(1 h3)
18:57.8
(1 F)
🥈 György Schuszter HUN 19:29.0
(1 h1)
19:05.6
(2 F)
🥉 Vladimer Lavrinenk'o URS 19:31.6
(2 h1)
19:10.6
(3 F)
4 Heinz-Günther Lehmann GER 19:22.4
(1 h2)
19:16.5
(4 F)
5 Endel Press URS 19:42.6
(2 h3)
19:17.6
(5 F)
6 Jo Bernardo FRA 19:47.8
(3 h3)
19:31.0
(6 F)
7 Per-Olof Östrand SWE 19:33.3
(1 h4)
19:39.5
(7 F)
8 Kristian König SWE 19:51.5
(4 h3)
19:50.4
(8 F)
9 Jorge Granados ESP 19:53.4
(2 h4)
10 Zdeněk Baďura TCH 20:11.4
(3 h1)
11 Herman Willemse NED 20:14.4
(2 h2)
12 Enrique Granados ESP 20:14.9
(3 h2)
13 Jacques Collignon FRA 20:16.5
(4 h2)
14 Dieter Kutschera AUT 20:16.6
(3 h4)
15 Manfred Fugger GER 20:17.2
(5 h3)
16 Kopřiva TCH 20:40.0
(4 h4)
17 Jaap de Jong NED 20:40.7
(4 h1)
18 Jack Wardrop GBR 20:42.4
(5 h2)
19 Fernando Madeira POR 20:43.0
(6 h2)
DNS Bob SreenanDNS GBR
(DNS h1)
DNS Alfred SpenglerDNS GER
(DNS h1)
DNS Gianni PaliagaDNS ITA
(DNS h1)
DNS Ljiljan ŽuvelaDNS YUG
(DNS h2)
DNS Marjan FinciDNS YUG
(DNS h3)
DNS Hans-Joachim ReichDNS GER
(DNS h3)
DNS Lars KroghDNS NOR
(DNS h4)
DNS Angelo RomaniDNS ITA
(DNS h4)
DNS Gotfryd GremlowskiDNS POL
(DNS h4)

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 György Schuszter HUN 19:29.0
2 Vladimer Lavrinenk'o URS 19:31.6
3 Zdeněk Baďura TCH 20:11.4
4 Jaap de Jong NED 20:40.7
DNS Bob SreenanDNS GBR
DNS Alfred SpenglerDNS GER
DNS Gianni PaliagaDNS ITA

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Heinz-Günther Lehmann GER 19:22.4
2 Herman Willemse NED 20:14.4
3 Enrique Granados ESP 20:14.9
4 Jacques Collignon FRA 20:16.5
5 Jack Wardrop GBR 20:42.4
6 Fernando Madeira POR 20:43.0
DNS Ljiljan ŽuvelaDNS YUG

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 György Csordás HUN 19:09.5
2 Endel Press URS 19:42.6
3 Jo Bernardo FRA 19:47.8
4 Kristian König SWE 19:51.5
5 Manfred Fugger GER 20:17.2
DNS Marjan FinciDNS YUG
DNS Hans-Joachim ReichDNS GER

Heat 4

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Per-Olof Östrand SWE 19:33.3
2 Jorge Granados ESP 19:53.4
3 Dieter Kutschera AUT 20:16.6
4 Kopřiva TCH 20:40.0
DNS Lars KroghDNS NOR
DNS Angelo RomaniDNS ITA
DNS Gotfryd GremlowskiDNS POL

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 György Csordás HUN 18:57.8
2 György Schuszter HUN 19:05.6
3 Vladimer Lavrinenk'o URS 19:10.6
4 Heinz-Günther Lehmann GER 19:16.5
5 Endel Press URS 19:17.6
6 Jo Bernardo FRA 19:31.0
7 Per-Olof Östrand SWE 19:39.5
8 Kristian König SWE 19:50.4