Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | ||||||||||
Date | 19 July 1976 (heats) 20 July 1976 (final) | |||||||||
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Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 15:02.40 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Freestyle | ||||
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 | ||||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | women | |||
4×200 m | men | |||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July. The final was won by American Brian Goodell in a world record time of 15:02.40.
Records
At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 15:06.66 | Long Beach, United States | 21 June 1976 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 15:52.58 | Munich, West Germany | 4 September 1972 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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19 July | Heats | Zoltán Wladár | ![]() | 15:37.61 | OR |
19 July | Heats | Paul Hartloff | ![]() | 15:20.74 | OR |
20 July | Final | Brian Goodell | ![]() | 15:02.40 | WR |
Results
Heats
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Zoltán Wladár | ![]() | 15:37.61 | Q, OR |
2 | Vladimir Salnikov | ![]() | 15:39.04 | Q |
3 | David Parker | ![]() | 15:46.60 | |
4 | Borut Petrič | ![]() | 16:03.92 | |
5 | Johan Van Steenberghe | ![]() | 16:14.13 | |
6 | Georgios Karpouzis | ![]() | 16:53.92 | |
7 | Sigurður Ólafsson | ![]() | 17:25.10 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Paul Hartloff | ![]() | 15:20.74 | Q, OR |
2 | Djan Madruga | ![]() | 15:36.95 | Q |
3 | Igor Kushpelev | ![]() | 15:43.88 | |
4 | Paul Sparkes | ![]() | 15:59.04 | |
5 | Stefan Wenz | ![]() | 16:08.20 | |
6 | Kris Sumono | ![]() | 17:09.17 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Bobby Hackett | ![]() | 15:25.49 | Q |
2 | Paul Nash | ![]() | 15:46.51 | |
3 | Paul Midgley | ![]() | 15:49.78 | |
4 | István Koczka | ![]() | 16:05.54 | |
5 | Kevin Williamson | ![]() | 16:54.11 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Steve Holland | ![]() | 15:25.93 | Q |
2 | Valentin Parinov | ![]() | 15:41.13 | |
3 | Henk Elzerman | ![]() | 15:51.08 | |
4 | Michael Ker | ![]() | 15:58.07 | |
5 | Gerhard Waldmann | ![]() | 16:06.41 | |
6 | António de Melo | ![]() | 17:24.31 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Brian Goodell | ![]() | 15:34.11 | Q |
2 | Max Metzker | ![]() | 15:36.14 | Q |
3 | Sándor Nagy | ![]() | 15:48.41 | |
4 | Brett Naylor | ![]() | 15:52.68 | |
5 | Mark Treffers | ![]() | 15:56.11 | |
6 | José Bas | ![]() | 16:28.59 | |
7 | Edwin Borja | ![]() | 17:05.75 |
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | Brian Goodell | ![]() | 15:02.40 | WR |
![]() | Bobby Hackett | ![]() | 15:03.91 | |
![]() | Stephen Holland | ![]() | 15:04.66 | |
4 | Djan Madruga | ![]() | 15:19.84 | |
5 | Vladimir Salnikov | ![]() | 15:29.45 | |
6 | Max Metzker | ![]() | 15:31.53 | |
7 | Paul Hartloff | ![]() | 15:32.08 | |
8 | Zoltán Wladár | ![]() | 15:45.97 |
References
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