Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500m freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 20, 2004 (heats)
August 21, 2004 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time14:43.40 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Larsen Jensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg David Davies Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 20 and 21. [1]

Australian swimmer and world record holder Grant Hackett became the third swimmer in history to defend the title in this event, breaking an Olympic record time of 14:43.40. U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen set an American record time of 14:45.29 to take the silver. Great Britain's David Davies, on the other hand, fought off a challenge from Russia's Yuri Prilukov in the final lap to earn a bronze medal by a 7-second margin, with a European record of 14:45.95. [2]

Records

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

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001
Olympic recordFlag of Australia.svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)14:43.48 Barcelona, Spain 31 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 AugustFinal Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:43.40 OR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 David Davies Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:57.03Q
255 Yuri Prilukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:01.02Q
354 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:01.89Q
444 Larsen Jensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:03.75Q
552 Spyridon Gianniotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 15:03.87Q
637 Dragoș Coman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 15:06.33Q, NR
732 Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15:07.45Q
853 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:09.54Q
957 Paweł Korzeniowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:11.62
1045 Igor Chervynskiy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:12.58
1143 Nicolas Rostoucher Flag of France.svg  France 15:13.56
1256 Christian Hein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:15.42
1336 Takeshi Matsuda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15:16.42
1424 Oussama Mellouli Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 15:18.98
1551 Ricardo Monasterio Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 15:20.89
1635 Erik Vendt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:22.00
1725 Petar Stoychev Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 15:28.32
1838 Andrew Hurd Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:28.71
1933 Alexei Filipets Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:30.05
2048 Bojan Zdešar Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 15:31.57
2158 Fernando Costa Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15:32.55
2242 Thomas Lurz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:33.81
2341 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:38.06
2447 Christian Minotti Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 15:39.31
2531 Cho Sung-mo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 15:43.43
2626 Juan Martín Pereyra Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 15:53.29
2715 Charnvudth Saengsri Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 15:54.46
2822 Moss Burmester Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:56.42
2923 Nenad Buljan Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 15:56.54
3014 Giancarlo Zolezzi Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16:00.52
3146 Georgios Diamantidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16:06.31
3213 Saw Yi Khy Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 16:06.38
3327 Xin Tong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16:10.43
3421 Miguel Mendoza Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 16:26.52

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Grant Hackett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:43.40 OR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Larsen Jensen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:45.29 AM
Bronze medal icon.svg4 David Davies Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 14:45.95 ER
45 Yuri Prilukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14:52.48 NR
52 Spyridon Gianniotis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 15:03.69
61 Graeme Smith Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15:09.71
77 Dragoș Coman Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 15:10.21
88 Craig Stevens Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:13.66

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Whitten, Phillip (21 August 2004). "Hackett Sets Olympic Record in 1500, Just Nips Jensen, Davies". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 27 March 2013.