Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date19 July 1976 (heats)
20 July 1976 (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning time15:02.40 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bobby Hackett  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Holland  Australia
Swimming at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 m
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July.[1]

Records

At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Brian Goodell (USA) 15:06.66 Long Beach, United States 21 June 1976
Olympic record  Mike Burton (USA) 15:52.58 Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
19 July Heats Zoltán Wladár  Hungary 15:37.61 OR
19 July Heats Paul Hartloff  United States 15:20.74 OR
20 July Final Brian Goodell  United States 15:02.40 WR

Results

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Zoltán Wladár  Hungary 15:37.61 Q, OR
2 Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union 15:39.04 Q
3 David Parker  Great Britain 15:46.60
4 Borut Petrič  Yugoslavia 16:03.92
5 Johan Van Steenberghe  Belgium 16:14.13
6 Georgios Karpouzis  Greece 16:53.92
7 Sigurður Ólafsson  Iceland 17:25.10

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Paul Hartloff  United States 15:20.74 Q, OR
2 Djan Madruga  Brazil 15:36.95 Q
3 Igor Kushpelev  Soviet Union 15:43.88
4 Paul Sparkes  Great Britain 15:59.04
5 Stefan Wenz  West Germany 16:08.20
6 Kris Sumono  Indonesia 17:09.17

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Bobby Hackett  United States 15:25.49 Q
2 Paul Nash  Australia 15:46.51
3 Paul Midgley  Canada 15:49.78
4 István Koczka  Hungary 16:05.54
5 Kevin Williamson  Ireland 16:54.11

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Steve Holland  Australia 15:25.93 Q
2 Valentin Parinov  Soviet Union 15:41.13
3 Henk Elzerman  Netherlands 15:51.08
4 Michael Ker  Canada 15:58.07
5 Gerhard Waldmann  Switzerland 16:06.41
6 António de Melo  Portugal 17:24.31

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Brian Goodell  United States 15:34.11 Q
2 Max Metzker  Australia 15:36.14 Q
3 Sándor Nagy  Hungary 15:48.41
4 Brett Naylor  New Zealand 15:52.68
5 Mark Treffers  New Zealand 15:56.11
6 José Bas  Spain 16:28.59
7 Edwin Borja  Philippines 17:05.75

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States 15:02.40 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bobby Hackett  United States 15:03.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Holland  Australia 15:04.66
4 Djan Madruga  Brazil 15:19.84
5 Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union 15:29.45
6 Max Metzker  Australia 15:31.53
7 Paul Hartloff  United States 15:32.08
8 Zoltán Wladár  Hungary 15:45.97

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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