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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date	4 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors	28 from 20 nations
Winning time	15:05.20
Medalists
Mike O'Brien   United States George DiCarlo   United States Stefan Pfeiffer   West Germany
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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
	4	Mike O'Brien	United States	15:05.20
	6	George DiCarlo	United States	15:10.59
	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.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming