Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
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Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Date | 19 July 1976 (heats) 20 July 1976 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 15:02.40 WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming 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.[1]
Records
[edit]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
[edit]Heats
[edit]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
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Brian Goodell | ![]() |
15:02.40 | WR |
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Bobby Hackett | ![]() |
15:03.91 | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2016.