Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	30 July 1992 (heats) 31 July 1992 (final)
Competitors	30 from 25 nations
Winning time	14:43.48 WR
Medalists
Kieren Perkins   Australia Glen Housman   Australia Jörg Hoffmann   Germany
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Kieren Perkins  (AUS)	14:48.40	Canberra, Australia	8 April 1992
Olympic record	Vladimir Salnikov  (URS)	14:58.27	Moscow, Soviet Union	22 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
31 July	Final	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14:43.48	WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q). ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Kieren Perkins	Australia	15:02.75	Q
2	2	4	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	15:03.95	Q
3	3	4	Glen Housman	Australia	15:11.36	Q
4	2	3	Stefan Pfeiffer	Germany	15:13.71	Q
5	4	5	Ian Wilson	Great Britain	15:15.37	Q
6	4	3	Igor Majcen	Slovenia	15:16.85	Q, NR
7	2	5	Lawrence Frostad	United States	15:21.37	Q
8	3	3	Viktor Andreyev	Unified Team	15:21.43	Q
9	2	6	Piotr Albiński	Poland	15:23.01
10	3	8	Mariusz Podkościelny	Poland	15:25.42
11	4	7	Sergio Roura	Spain	15:26.18
12	3	5	Sean Killion	United States	15:27.49
13	2	8	Pier Maria Siciliano	Italy	15:28.46
14	4	8	Christophe Marchand	France	15:30.51
15	4	1	Christopher Bowie	Canada	15:34.28
16	3	1	Masashi Kato	Japan	15:40.94
17	2	7	Artur Costa	Portugal	15:41.26
18	2	1	Andrés Minelli	Argentina	15:44.55
19	3	2	Stephen Akers	Great Britain	15:46.48
20	4	6	Jeffrey Ong	Malaysia	15:51.41
21	3	7	Zoltán Szilágyi	Hungary	15:52.80
22	1	1	Hisham Al-Masri	Syria	15:54.41
23	4	2	David McLellan	Canada	15:58.38
24	2	2	Jorge Herrera	Puerto Rico	16:01.69
25	1	5	Alejandro Bermúdez	Colombia	16:01.77
26	1	4	Bang Seung-hoon	South Korea	16:04.31
27	1	3	Ratapong Sirisanont	Thailand	16:08.02
28	1	6	Benoît Fleurot	Mauritius	16:43.46
29	1	2	Helder Torres	Guatemala	17:06.08
30	1	7	Hussein Al-Sadiq	Saudi Arabia	17:15.75

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14:43.48	WR
	3	Glen Housman	Australia	14:55.29
	5	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	15:02.29
4	6	Stefan Pfeiffer	Germany	15:04.28
5	2	Ian Wilson	Great Britain	15:13.35
6	7	Igor Majcen	Slovenia	15:19.12
7	1	Lawrence Frostad	United States	15:19.41
8	8	Viktor Andreev	Unified Team	15:33.94

References

1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
2. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. pp. 360–361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.

External links

• Official Report