Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 22–23 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Aquatic Centre
DateSeptember 22, 2000 (heats)
September 23, 2000 (final)
Competitors41 from 32 nations
Winning time14:48.33
Medalists
Grant Hackett  Australia
Kieren Perkins  Australia
Chris Thompson  United States
Swimming at the
2000 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

Australia's Grant Hackett denied his teammate and sentimental favourite Kieren Perkins a third straight title in the event. Having suffered badly over the first six days of the Games, Hackett maintained a strong lead from start to finish, and touched the wall first to claim a gold in 14:48.33.[2][3] Perkins fought off a challenge against his newest rival in the middle of the program's longest race, but ended up only with a silver in 14:53.59, handing the entire medal haul for the host nation with a 1–2 finish. U.S. swimmer Chris Thompson came up with a spectacular swim to take the bronze in an American record of 14:56.81, holding off a fast-closing Alexei Filipets of Russia (14:56.88) by seven hundredths of a second (0.07). For the first time in Olympic history, all three medalists finished the race under a 15-minute barrier.[4]

South Africa's dark horse Ryk Neethling powered home with a fifth-place effort in a new national record of 15:00.48, while American Erik Vendt, who previously set a continental mark from the trials, faded shortly to sixth in a time of 15:08.61.[5] Ukraine's Igor Chervynskiy (15:08.80) and Germany's Heiko Hell (15:19.87) rounded out the finale.[4]

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[6]
Olympic record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:43.48Barcelona, Spain31 July 1992[6]

Results

Heats

[6]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Kieren Perkins Australia14:58.34Q
254Erik Vendt United States15:05.11Q
364Grant Hackett Australia15:07.50Q
465Ryk Neethling South Africa15:09.12Q, AF
543Alexei Filipets Russia15:10.94Q
655Chris Thompson United States15:11.21Q
756Heiko Hell Germany15:11.91Q
845Igor Chervynskiy Ukraine15:12.30Q
966Dragoș Coman Romania15:12.64NR
1062Christian Minotti Italy15:12.72
1161Nicolas Rostoucher France15:13.26
1242Frederik Hviid Spain15:14.37
1352Masato Hirano Japan15:14.43AS
1453Igor Snitko Ukraine15:14.67
1535Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela15:17.00
1668Yota Arase Japan15:18.20
1767Paul Palmer Great Britain15:21.09
1841Luiz Lima Brazil15:23.15
1963Emiliano Brembilla Italy15:27.65
2034Dmitry Koptur Belarus15:29.62
2133Spyridon Gianniotis Greece15:29.69
2247Alexey Kovrigin Russia15:30.69
2346Andrew Hurd Canada15:30.98
2458Teo Edo Spain15:32.01
2551Hannes Kalteis Austria15:32.90
2614Vlastimil Burda Czech Republic15:33.25NR
2748Tim Peterson Canada15:34.94
2838Torwai Sethsothorn Thailand15:39.60
2957Adam Faulkner Great Britain15:39.86
3031Petar Stoychev Bulgaria15:42.76
3132Jorge Carral Armella Mexico15:43.03
3237Jin Hao China15:48.49
3336Cho Sung-mo South Korea15:50.45
3423Juan Carlos Piccio Philippines15:51.57NR
3526Agustín Fiorilli Argentina15:52.69
3625Dieung Manggang Malaysia16:02.11
3724Jonathan Duncan New Zealand16:03.41
3827Steven Chandra Indonesia16:10.98
3922Diego Mularoni San Marino16:12.91
4015Li Yun-lun Chinese Taipei16:13.05
13Ivan Ivanov KyrgyzstanDSQ

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Grant Hackett Australia14:48.33
4Kieren Perkins Australia14:53.59
7Chris Thompson United States14:56.81AM
42Alexei Filipets Russia14:56.88
56Ryk Neethling South Africa15:00.48AF
65Erik Vendt United States15:08.61
78Igor Chervynskiy Ukraine15:08.80
81Heiko Hell Germany15:19.87

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. "Hackett denies Perkins gold". News24. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. Lonsbrough, Anita (25 September 2000). "Swimming: Hackett ends Perkins' long reign". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. Whitten, Phillip (23 September 2000). "Olympic Day 8 Finals – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. "Ryk clocks his best time – not good enough for medal". News24. 24 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 150–160. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
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