Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 8, 1973
Winning time15:31.85 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1975  

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

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Records

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

World record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stephen Holland  (AUS)15:37.80 Brisbane, Australia 5 August 1973
Competition recordN/AN/A N/AN/A

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
8 SeptemberTimed Final François Deley Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 16:41.53CR
8 SeptemberTimed Final Hakon Iverson Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 16:28.49CR
8 SeptemberTimed Final Stephen Holland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15:31.85WR

Results

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats. [1] The event was a timed final. The first three heats were contested in the morning with the fourth and final heat contested in the evening. [2] [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4- Stephen Holland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15:31.85 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4- Rick DeMont Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:35.44
Bronze medal icon.svg4- Brad Cooper Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15:45.04
44- John Kinsella Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:58.70
54- Bengt Gingsjö Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16:06.01
64- Mark Treffers Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16:09.33
74- Anders Bellbring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 16:12.01
84- Valentin Parinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16:18.24
92- Hakon Iverson Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 16:28.49 CR
103- Andreas Meier Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16:28.78
113-G. CastilloFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 16:31.74
123- Klaus Dockhorn Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 16:32.00
131- François Deley Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 16:41.53 CR
142- Csaba Tóth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16:44.36
153- José Bas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16:55.70
162- Deane Buckboro Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 16:55.79
173- Michael Ker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17:00.62
182- Hans-Joachim Geisler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17:04.23
193- Marc Lazzaro Flag of France.svg  France 17:08.52
203- Dusan Grozaj Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 17:09.15
212- Vladimir Kobelev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 17:09.54
222- Luis Reinaldo Fleck Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 17:11.62
231- Krasimir Enchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 17:18.01
241- Fernando Cañales Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 17:43.21
251- Alberto Vivoni Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 17:53.29
262- Eugen Almer Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 21:40.70
1-L. DíazFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Did not start
1- Ali Kinawi Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Did not start
3- Thierry Lalot Flag of France.svg  France Did not start

References

  1. Krastev, Todor. "Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
  3. "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.