Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	24 September 1988 (heats) 25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors	35 from 22 nations
Winning time	15:00.40
Medalists
Vladimir Salnikov   Soviet Union Stefan Pfeiffer   West Germany Uwe Daßler   East Germany
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. ^[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	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Matt Cetlinski	United States	15:07.41	Q
2	4	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:07.83	Q
3	3	Stefan Pfeiffer	West Germany	15:07.85	Q
4	4	Uwe Daßler	East Germany	15:08.91	Q
5	4	Mariusz Podkościelny	Poland	15:11.19	Q
6	4	Jörg Hoffmann	East Germany	15:14.13	Q, WD
7	5	Rainer Henkel	West Germany	15:14.64	Q
8	5	Darjan Petrič	Yugoslavia	15:16.99	Q
9	3	Kevin Boyd	Great Britain	15:17.56	Q
10	5	Luca Pellegrini	Italy	15:18.80
11	4	Michael McKenzie	Australia	15:19.36
12	3	Christophe Marchand	France	15:22.19
13	4	Franck Iacono	France	15:22.66
14	5	Jason Plummer	Australia	15:22.85
15	2	Valter Kalaus	Hungary	15:23.01
16	3	Christopher Chalmers	Canada	15:23.22
17	5	Stefan Persson	Sweden	15:24.33
18	4	Igor Majcen	Yugoslavia	15:29.16
19	3	Harry Taylor	Canada	15:30.31
20	3	Stefano Battistelli	Italy	15:36.54
21	4	Artur Wojdat	Poland	15:37.52
22	5	Tony Day	Great Britain	15:38.75
23	3	Lars Jorgensen	United States	15:39.51
24	5	Wang Dali	China	15:45.96
25	2	Masashi Kato	Japan	15:47.35
26	2	Cristiano Michelena	Brazil	15:50.50
27	2	Yoshiyuki Mizumoto	Japan	15:52.06
28	2	Norbert Ágh	Hungary	15:52.80
29	2	Jeffrey Ong	Malaysia	15:53.67
30	2	Artur Costa	Portugal	15:56.13
31	2	Ragnar Guðmundsson	Iceland	15:57.54
32	3	David Castro	Brazil	15:57.89
33	1	Wu Ming-hsun	Chinese Taipei	15:59.74
34	1	Yang Wook	South Korea	16:21.10
35	1	Jonathan Sakovich	Guam	16:26.77

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:00.40
	3	Stefan Pfeiffer	West Germany	15:02.69
	6	Uwe Daßler	East Germany	15:06.15
4	4	Matthew Cetlinski	United States	15:06.42
5	2	Mariusz Podkościelny	Poland	15:14.76
6	7	Rainer Henkel	West Germany	15:18.19
7	8	Kevin Boyd	Great Britain	15:21.16
8	1	Darjan Petrič	Yugoslavia	15:37.12

References

1. "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference . Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
2. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 404–406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988 . LA84 Foundation. p. 406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming
• Results on Olympedia.org