Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
4 × 200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
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
[edit]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 |
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31 July | Final | Kieren Perkins | Australia | 14:43.48 | WR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 360–361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.