Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 26 July 1996 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 14:56.40 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 |
Olympic record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:43.48 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 1992 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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8 | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 14:56.40 | ||
4 | Daniel Kowalski | Australia | 15:02.43 | ||
5 | Graeme Smith | Great Britain | 15:02.48 | NR | |
4 | 6 | Emiliano Brembilla | Italy | 15:08.58 | NR |
5 | 1 | Ryk Neethling | South Africa | 15:14.63 | AF |
6 | 7 | Masato Hirano | Japan | 15:17.28 | NR |
7 | 2 | Jörg Hoffmann | Germany | 15:18.86 | |
8 | 3 | Aleksey Akatyev | Russia | 15:21.68 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ^ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.