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. » Three Jap Swimmers Better Olympic Record in Trials TOKYO, Japan, June 20 UP. — Japanese 1- swimmers demonstrated their pre-Olympic e- prowess today at the national fl championships when three of them bettered the Olympic record or 1,500 meters rs free-style during qualifying heats. Shiro Hashizume produced the best time ie of the season, 18 minutes, 32.6 seconds in " winning his heat. Yasuo Kitamura won a 7 heat in 19:06.8 and Yukio Aoki won a heat at in 18:52.0. The Olympic 1,500-meter record of Of 19:12.4 was set at Los Angeles in 1932 by y Kuscuo Kitamura, Yasuos older brother. ir. Jimmy McLane of Yale won the-event in- in- the 1948 games in 19:18.5 seconds.
