Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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
1st, gold medalist(s) Kieren Perkins  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Glen Housman  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jörg Hoffmann  Germany

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30–31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Records

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

World record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:48.40Canberra, Australia8 April 1992
Olympic record Vladimir Salnikov (URS)14:58.27Moscow, Soviet Union22 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyFinalKieren Perkins Australia14:43.48WR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Kieren Perkins Australia15:02.75Q
224Jörg Hoffmann Germany15:03.95Q
334Glen Housman Australia15:11.36Q
423Stefan Pfeiffer Germany15:13.71Q
545Ian Wilson Great Britain15:15.37Q
643Igor Majcen Slovenia15:16.85Q, NR
725Lawrence Frostad United States15:21.37Q
833Viktor Andreev Unified Team15:21.43Q
926Piotr Albiński Poland15:23.01
1038Mariusz Podkościelny Poland15:25.42
1147Sergio Roura Spain15:26.18
1235Sean Killion United States15:27.49
1328Pier Maria Siciliano Italy15:28.46
1448Christophe Marchand France15:30.51
1541Christopher Bowie Canada15:34.28
1631Masashi Kato Japan15:40.94
1727Artur Costa Portugal15:41.26
1821Andrés Minelli Argentina15:44.55
1932Stephen Akers Great Britain15:46.48
2046Jeffrey Ong Malaysia15:51.41
2137Zoltán Szilágyi Hungary15:52.80
2211Hisham Al-Masri Syria15:54.41
2342David McLellan Canada15:58.38
2422Jorge Herrera Puerto Rico16:01.69
2515Alejandro Bermúdez Colombia16:01.77
2614Bang Seung-hoon South Korea16:04.31
2713Ratapong Sirisanont Thailand16:08.02
2816Benoît Fleurot Mauritius16:43.46
2912Helder Torres Guatemala17:06.08
3017Hussein Al-Sadiq Saudi Arabia17:15.75

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Kieren Perkins Australia14:43.48WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Glen Housman Australia14:55.29
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Jörg Hoffmann Germany15:02.29
46Stefan Pfeiffer Germany15:04.28
52Ian Wilson Great Britain15:13.35
67Igor Majcen Slovenia15:19.12
71Lawrence Frostad United States15:19.41
88Viktor Andreev Unified Team15:33.94

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 1500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. pp. 360–361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 361. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
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