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

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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
Gold medal icon.svg Brian Goodell Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Bobby Hackett Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Stephen Holland Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
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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 recordFlag of the United States.svg  Brian Goodell  (USA)15:06.66 Long Beach, United States21 June 1976
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Mike Burton  (USA)15:52.58 Munich, West Germany4 September 1972

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
19 JulyHeats Zoltán Wladár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:37.61OR
19 JulyHeats Paul Hartloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:20.74OR
20 JulyFinal Brian Goodell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:02.40WR

Results

Heats

Heat 1

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Zoltán Wladár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:37.61Q, OR
2 Vladimir Salnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:39.04Q
3 David Parker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15:46.60
4 Borut Petrič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 16:03.92
5 Johan Van Steenberghe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 16:14.13
6 Georgios Karpouzis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 16:53.92
7 Sigurður Ólafsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 17:25.10

Heat 2

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Paul Hartloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:20.74 Q, OR
2 Djan Madruga Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 15:36.95 Q
3 Igor Kushpelev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:43.88
4 Paul Sparkes Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15:59.04
5 Stefan Wenz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 16:08.20
6 Kris Sumono Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 17:09.17

Heat 3

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Bobby Hackett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:25.49 Q
2 Paul Nash Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:46.51
3 Paul Midgley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:49.78
4 István Koczka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16:05.54
5 Kevin Williamson Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 16:54.11

Heat 4

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Steve Holland Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:25.93 Q
2 Valentin Parinov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:41.13
3 Henk Elzerman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 15:51.08
4 Michael Ker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:58.07
5 Gerhard Waldmann Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 16:06.41
6 António de Melo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 17:24.31

Heat 5

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Brian Goodell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:34.11Q
2 Max Metzker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:36.14Q
3 Sándor Nagy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:48.41
4 Brett Naylor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:52.68
5 Mark Treffers Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:56.11
6 José Bas Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 16:28.59
7 Edwin Borja Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines 17:05.75

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brian Goodell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:02.40 WR
Silver medal icon.svg Bobby Hackett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:03.91
Bronze medal icon.svg Stephen Holland Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:04.66
4 Djan Madruga Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 15:19.84
5 Vladimir Salnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:29.45
6 Max Metzker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:31.53
7 Paul Hartloff Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:32.08
8 Zoltán Wladár Flag of Hungary.svg  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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