Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueGeorgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors34 from 26 nations
Winning time14:56.40
Medalists
Kieren Perkins  Australia
Daniel Kowalski  Australia
Graeme Smith  Great Britain
Swimming at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:41.66Victoria, Canada24 August 1994
Olympic record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:43.48Barcelona, Spain31 July 1992

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Daniel Kowalski Australia15:12.55Q
234Graeme Smith Great Britain15:14.81Q
355Aleksey Akatyev Russia15:16.47Q
451Emiliano Brembilla Italy15:16.72Q, NR
545Jörg Hoffmann Germany15:18.61Q
652Masato Hirano Japan15:19.48Q
737Ryk Neethling South Africa15:19.98Q, AF
854Kieren Perkins Australia15:21.42Q
956Steffen Zesner Germany15:21.65
1033Paul Palmer Great Britain15:22.65
1147Luiz Lima Brazil15:24.16
1243Peter Wright United States15:25.43
1335Carlton Bruner United States15:25.82
1446Alexei Butsenin Russia15:31.27
1536Ihor Snitko Ukraine15:31.40
1648Torlarp Sethsothorn Thailand15:40.04NR
1741Yann de Fabrique France15:40.49
1853Marco Formentini Italy15:41.14
1922Sergey Mikhnovets Belarus15:41.80NR
2024Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela15:42.39
2131Frederik Hviid Spain15:42.40
2257Hisato Yasui Japan15:43.66
2325Jacob Carstensen Denmark15:43.75
2432Denys Zavhorodniy Ukraine15:46.79
2538Lee Kyu-chang South Korea15:47.92
2627Agustín Fiorilli Argentina15:51.85
2723Scott Cameron New Zealand15:56.60
2842Igor Majcen Slovenia16:10.81
2914Ramón Valle Honduras16:14.76
3026Dimitrios Manganas Greece16:15.94
3121Pedro Ferreira Portugal16:34.55
3258Hisham Al-Masri Syria16:42.35
3313Hamed Rezakhani Iran17:22.86
3415Rashid Salim Al-Ma'shari Oman18:11.59

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
8Kieren Perkins Australia14:56.40
4Daniel Kowalski Australia15:02.43
5Graeme Smith Great Britain15:02.48NR
46Emiliano Brembilla Italy15:08.58NR
51Ryk Neethling South Africa15:14.63AF
67Masato Hirano Japan15:17.28NR
72Jörg Hoffmann Germany15:18.86
83Aleksey Akatyev Russia15:21.68

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 40–41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 41. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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