Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date4 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time15:05.20
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike O'Brien  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George DiCarlo  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany
Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

The final of the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.[1]

Records

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

World record  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 14:54.76 Moscow, Soviet Union 22 February 1983
Olympic record  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 14:58.27 Moscow, Soviet Union 22 July 1980

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mike O'Brien  United States 15:21.04 Q
2 2 4 Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany 15:21.95 Q
3 3 3 Stefano Grandi  Italy 15:22.49 Q, NR
4 4 4 George DiCarlo  United States 15:22.88 Q
5 4 5 Rainer Henkel  West Germany 15:23.60 Q
6 4 2 David Shemilt  Canada 15:24.78 Q, NR
7 3 6 Wayne Shillington  Australia 15:25.67 Q
8 2 6 Franck Iacono  France 15:27.27 Q
9 1 5 Justin Lemberg  Australia 15:29.74
10 2 3 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 15:29.78 NR
11 1 4 Rafael Escalas  Spain 15:30.09
12 4 3 David Stacey  Great Britain 15:30.10
13 1 2 Bernard Volz  Canada 15:31.38
14 1 6 Mike Davidson  New Zealand 15:35.43
15 2 5 Borut Petrič  Yugoslavia 15:36.44
16 3 5 Darjan Petrič  Yugoslavia 15:39.79
17 1 3 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil 15:43.80
18 4 6 Juan Enrique Escalas  Spain 15:44.85
19 4 7 Marc Van De Weghe  Belgium 15:45.50
20 2 2 Alejandro Lecot  Argentina 15:49.94
21 3 7 Stuart Willmott  Great Britain 15:57.79
22 3 2 Anders Holmertz  Sweden 16:11.38
23 3 1 Wu Ming-hsun  Chinese Taipei 16:14.40
24 2 1 William Wilson  Philippines 16:24.81
25 1 7 Lin Chun-hong  Chinese Taipei 16:44.94
26 2 7 Scott Newkirk  Virgin Islands 16:50.55
27 1 1 Julian Bolling  Sri Lanka 17:16.92
4 1 Ahmet Nakkaş  Turkey DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mike O'Brien  United States 15:05.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 George DiCarlo  United States 15:10.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany 15:12.77 NR
4 2 Rainer Henkel  West Germany 15:20.03
5 8 Franck Iacono  France 15:26.96 NR
6 3 Stefano Grandi  Italy 15:28.58
7 7 David Shemilt  Canada 15:31.28
8 1 Wayne Shillington  Australia 15:38.18

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 506–507. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.