Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 3 and 4.[1] 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 consisted of 30 lengths of the pool.

Medalists

GoldMike Burton
 United States
SilverGraham Windeatt
 Australia
BronzeDoug Northway
 United States

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Hans Faßnacht West Germany16:34.63
2Peter Rosenkranz West Germany16:58.26
3François Deley Belgium17:06.09
4Jim Carter Great Britain17:16.01
5Sergio Irredento Italy17:19.45
6Friðrik Guðmundsson Iceland17:32.47
7Edwin Borja Philippines18:12.17

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Graham Windeatt Australia15:59.63
2Guillermo García Mexico16:29.48
3Anders Bellbring Sweden16:33.27
4Deane Buckboro Canada16:52.50
5Gerardo Vera Venezuela17:10.33
6Gustavo González Argentina17:23.53

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Mike Burton United States16:09.56
2Graham White Australia16:19.63
3Brian Brinkley Great Britain16:54.39
4Alberto García Mexico17:05.68
5Jorge Jaramillo Colombia17:35.84
6Eugen Almer Romania17:49.80

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Doug Northway United States16:15.30
2Mark Treffers New Zealand16:23.86
3Dusan Grozaj West Germany16:44.59
4Vincenzo Finocchiaro Italy17:13.42
5Tomas Becerra Colombia17:16.38
6Alfredo Carlos Machado Brazil17:20.34
7Guillermo Pacheco Peru17:36.36
8Dae Imlani Philippines17:37.65

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Brad Cooper Australia16:11.41
2Bengt Gingsjö Sweden16:26.67
3Klaus Dockhorn East Germany16:55.30
4Jo O-ryeon South Korea17:29.23
5Aleksandr Samsonov Soviet Union17:32.88
6Kamal Kenawi Ali Moustafa Egypt17:40.37
7Neil Dexter Great Britain17:42.83
8Brian Clifford Ireland18:09.28

Heat 6

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Ton van Klooster Netherlands16:34.77
2Axel Freudenberg East Germany16:37.19
3Zoltán Verrasztó Hungary17:18.66
4Władysław Wojtakajtis Poland17:23.47
5Christoph Kreienbühl Switzerland17:27.67
6Csaba Sós Hungary17:43.97
ACDimitrios Theodoropoulos Greece16:17.61DQ
ACRick DeMont United States18:15.90DQ

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
Mike Burton United States15:52.58WR
Graham Windeatt Australia15:58.48
Doug Northway United States16:09.25
4Bengt Gingsjö Sweden16:16.01
5Graham White Australia16:17.22
6Mark Treffers New Zealand16:18.84
7Brad Cooper Australia16:30.49
8Guillermo García Mexico16:36.03

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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