Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats)
31 July 1992 (final)
Competitors30 from 25 nations
Winning time14:43.48 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kieren Perkins  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glen Housman  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jörg Hoffmann  Germany
Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
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 men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:48.40 Canberra, Australia 8 April 1992
Olympic record  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) 14:58.27 Moscow, Soviet Union 22 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
31 July Final Kieren Perkins  Australia 14:43.48 WR

Results

Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Kieren Perkins  Australia 15:02.75 Q
2 2 4 Jörg Hoffmann  Germany 15:03.95 Q
3 3 4 Glen Housman  Australia 15:11.36 Q
4 2 3 Stefan Pfeiffer  Germany 15:13.71 Q
5 4 5 Ian Wilson  Great Britain 15:15.37 Q
6 4 3 Igor Majcen  Slovenia 15:16.85 Q, NR
7 2 5 Lawrence Frostad  United States 15:21.37 Q
8 3 3 Viktor Andreyev  Unified Team 15:21.43 Q
9 2 6 Piotr Albiński  Poland 15:23.01
10 3 8 Mariusz Podkościelny  Poland 15:25.42
11 4 7 Sergio Roura  Spain 15:26.18
12 3 5 Sean Killion  United States 15:27.49
13 2 8 Pier Maria Siciliano  Italy 15:28.46
14 4 8 Christophe Marchand  France 15:30.51
15 4 1 Christopher Bowie  Canada 15:34.28
16 3 1 Masashi Kato  Japan 15:40.94
17 2 7 Artur Costa  Portugal 15:41.26
18 2 1 Andrés Minelli  Argentina 15:44.55
19 3 2 Stephen Akers  Great Britain 15:46.48
20 4 6 Jeffrey Ong  Malaysia 15:51.41
21 3 7 Zoltán Szilágyi  Hungary 15:52.80
22 1 1 Hisham Al-Masri  Syria 15:54.41
23 4 2 David McLellan  Canada 15:58.38
24 2 2 Jorge Herrera  Puerto Rico 16:01.69
25 1 5 Alejandro Bermúdez  Colombia 16:01.77
26 1 4 Bang Seung-hoon  South Korea 16:04.31
27 1 3 Ratapong Sirisanont  Thailand 16:08.02
28 1 6 Benoît Fleurot  Mauritius 16:43.46
29 1 2 Helder Torres  Guatemala 17:06.08
30 1 7 Hussein Al-Sadiq  Saudi Arabia 17:15.75

Final

[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Kieren Perkins  Australia 14:43.48 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Glen Housman  Australia 14:55.29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Jörg Hoffmann  Germany 15:02.29
4 6 Stefan Pfeiffer  Germany 15:04.28
5 2 Ian Wilson  Great Britain 15:13.35
6 7 Igor Majcen  Slovenia 15:19.12
7 1 Lawrence Frostad  United States 15:19.41
8 8 Viktor Andreev  Unified Team 15:33.94

References

  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 360–361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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