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

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats)
31 July 1992 (final)
Competitors30 from 25 nations
Winning time14:43.48 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Glen Housman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  1988
1996  

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 recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)14:48.40 Canberra, Australia 8 April 1992
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vladimir Salnikov  (URS)14:58.27 Moscow, Soviet Union 22 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyFinal Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:43.48 WR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:02.75Q
224 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:03.95Q
334 Glen Housman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:11.36Q
423 Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:13.71Q
545 Ian Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:15.37Q
643 Igor Majcen Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 15:16.85Q, NR
725 Lawrence Frostad Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:21.37Q
833 Viktor Andreyev Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 15:21.43Q
926 Piotr Albiński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:23.01
1038 Mariusz Podkościelny Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:25.42
1147 Sergio Roura Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15:26.18
1235 Sean Killion Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:27.49
1328 Pier Maria Siciliano Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:28.46
1448 Christophe Marchand Flag of France.svg  France 15:30.51
1541 Christopher Bowie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:34.28
1631 Masashi Kato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15:40.94
1727 Artur Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15:41.26
1821 Andrés Minelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 15:44.55
1932 Stephen Akers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:46.48
2046 Jeffrey Ong Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 15:51.41
2137 Zoltán Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:52.80
2211 Hisham Al-Masri Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 15:54.41
2342 David McLellan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:58.38
2422 Jorge Herrera Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 16:01.69
2515 Alejandro Bermúdez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 16:01.77
2614 Bang Seung-hoon Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 16:04.31
2713 Ratapong Sirisanont Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 16:08.02
2816 Benoît Fleurot Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 16:43.46
2912 Helder Torres Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 17:06.08
3017 Hussein Al-Sadiq Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 17:15.75

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:43.48 WR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Glen Housman Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:55.29
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:02.29
46 Stefan Pfeiffer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:04.28
52 Ian Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:13.35
67 Igor Majcen Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 15:19.12
71 Lawrence Frostad Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:19.41
88 Viktor Andreev Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 15:33.94

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References

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  3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.