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

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date24 September 1988 (heats)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning time15:00.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vladimir Salnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1984
1992  

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 recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Salnikov  (URS)14:54.76 Moscow, Soviet Union 22 February 1983
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  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]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Matt Cetlinski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:07.41Q
24 Vladimir Salnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:07.83Q
33 Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 15:07.85Q
44 Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 15:08.91Q
54 Mariusz Podkościelny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:11.19Q
64 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 15:14.13Q, WD
75 Rainer Henkel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 15:14.64Q
85 Darjan Petrič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 15:16.99Q
93 Kevin Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:17.56Q
105 Luca Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:18.80
114 Michael McKenzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:19.36
123 Christophe Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 15:22.19
134 Franck Iacono Flag of France.svg  France 15:22.66
145 Jason Plummer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:22.85
152 Valter Kalaus Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:23.01
163 Christopher Chalmers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:23.22
175 Stefan Persson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:24.33
184 Igor Majcen Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 15:29.16
193 Harry Taylor Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:30.31
203 Stefano Battistelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:36.54
214 Artur Wojdat Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:37.52
225 Tony Day Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:38.75
233 Lars Jorgensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:39.51
245 Wang Dali Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15:45.96
252 Masashi Kato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15:47.35
262 Cristiano Michelena Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 15:50.50
272 Yoshiyuki Mizumoto Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15:52.06
282 Norbert Ágh Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:52.80
292 Jeffrey Ong Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 15:53.67
302 Artur Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15:56.13
312 Ragnar Guðmundsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 15:57.54
323 David Castro Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 15:57.89
331 Wu Ming-hsun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 15:59.74
341 Yang Wook Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 16:21.10
351 Jonathan Sakovich Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 16:26.77

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Vladimir Salnikov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 15:00.40
Silver medal icon.svg3 Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 15:02.69
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Uwe Daßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 15:06.15
44 Matthew Cetlinski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:06.42
52 Mariusz Podkościelny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:14.76
67 Rainer Henkel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 15:18.19
78 Kevin Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:21.16
81 Darjan Petrič Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 15:37.12

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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.