Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date26 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors34 from 26 nations
Winning time14:56.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Daniel Kowalski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1992
2000  

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [1]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)14:41.66 Victoria, Canada 24 August 1994
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)14:43.48 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Daniel Kowalski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:12.55Q
234 Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:14.81Q
355 Aleksey Akatyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:16.47Q
451 Emiliano Brembilla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:16.72Q, NR
545 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:18.61Q
652 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15:19.48Q
737 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:19.98Q, AF
854 Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:21.42Q
956 Steffen Zesner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:21.65
1033 Paul Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:22.65
1147 Luiz Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 15:24.16
1243 Peter Wright Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:25.43
1335 Carlton Bruner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:25.82
1446 Alexei Butsenin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:31.27
1536 Ihor Snitko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:31.40
1648 Torlarp Sethsothorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 15:40.04 NR
1741 Yann de Fabrique Flag of France.svg  France 15:40.49
1853 Marco Formentini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:41.14
1922 Sergey Mikhnovets Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 15:41.80 NR
2024 Ricardo Monasterio Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 15:42.39
2131 Frederik Hviid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15:42.40
2257 Hisato Yasui Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15:43.66
2325 Jacob Carstensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:43.75
2432 Denys Zavhorodnyy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:46.79
2538 Lee Kyu-chang Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 15:47.92
2627 Agustín Fiorilli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 15:51.85
2723 Scott Cameron Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:56.60
2842 Igor Majcen Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 16:10.81
2914 Ramón Valle Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 16:14.76
3026 Dimitrios Manganas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16:15.94
3121 Pedro Ferreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 16:34.55
3258 Hisham Al-Masri Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 16:42.35
3313 Hamed Rezakhani Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 17:22.86
3415 Rashid Salim Al-Ma'shari Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 18:11.59

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg8 Kieren Perkins Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:56.40
Silver medal icon.svg4 Daniel Kowalski Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:02.43
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15:02.48 NR
46 Emiliano Brembilla Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:08.58 NR
51 Ryk Neethling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:14.63 AF
67 Masato Hirano Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 15:17.28 NR
72 Jörg Hoffmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:18.86
83 Aleksey Akatyev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:21.68

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References

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