Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Mykhailo Romanchuk, Robert Finke and Florian Wellbrock with their Olympic medals at Tokyo 2020.jpg
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates30 July 2021 (heats)
1 August 2021 (final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time14:39.65
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It will be the event's twenty-seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1904.

Summary

In similar fashion to his victory in the inaugural 800 freestyle days days earlier, the U.S.' Robert Finke (14:39.65) came from behind to complete the distance double. In a close affair in the middle lanes, Finke split an astonishing 25.78 on the last 50 to overtake the field and become the first American to win gold in the event since Mike O'Brien in 1984.

In a battle against Germany's Florian Wellbrock, Ukraine's Mykhailo Romanchuk was able to outlast the German at the finish and claim silver in 14:40.66. 2019 World Champion Wellbrock held a 0.72 second advantage over Finke at the final turn but could not withstand the latter's finishing speed, settling for bronze in 14:40.91. Italy's defending champion Gregorio Paltrinieri (14:45.01), who posted a world leading time of 14:33.10 in 2020, faded over the last 150 m to take fourth in 14:45.01. Great Britain's Daniel Jervis (14:55.48), ROC's Kirill Martynychev (14:55.85), Austria's Felix Auboeck (15:03.47) and Ukraine's Serhiy Frolov (15:04.26) rounded out the championship field, with all four swimmers slower than their preliminary times.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [2] [3]
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [2] [3]

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 15:00.99. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 15:28.02. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place. [4]

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round. [5]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) [1]

DateTimeRound
Friday, 30 July 202119:48Heats
Sunday, 1 August 202110:44Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [6]

RankHeatLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
145 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:45.99Q
243 Robert Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:47.20Q
334 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:48.53Q
444 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:49.17Q
533 Daniel Jervis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:50.22Q
637 Sergii Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:51.83Q
728 Felix Auböck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 14:51.88Q, NR
823 Kirill Martynychev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 14:52.66Q
932 Domenico Acerenza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:53.84
1047 Jack McLoughlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:56.98
1142 Lukas Märtens Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:59.45
1238 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 15:00.24
1341 Guilherme Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 15:01.18
1431 Anton Ipsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:01.58
1525 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:01.85
1624 Thomas Neill Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:04.65
1726 Michael Brinegar Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:04.67
1827 Victor Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:05.53
1948 Aleksandr Yegorov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 15:06.55
2015 Daniel Wiffen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 15:07.69 NR
2135 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:11.14
2222 Ákos Kalmár Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:17.02
2336 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 15:17.71
2421 Cheng Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15:18.71
2513 Marcelo Acosta Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 15:27.37
2646 Alexander Nørgaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:28.70
2714 Aflah Prawira Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 15:29.94
2812 Théo Druenne Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 16:17.20
16 Marwan Elkamash Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt DNS

Final

[7]

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Robert Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:39.65
Silver medal icon.svg4 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:40.66
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:40.91
46 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:45.01
52 Daniel Jervis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:55.48
68 Kirill Martynychev Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 14:55.85
71 Felix Auböck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15:03.47
87 Serhiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:04.26

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