Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue London Aquatics Centre
Dates August 3, 2012 (heats)
August 4, 2012 (final)
Competitors 31 from 25 nations
Winning time 14:31.02 WR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Sun Yang  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ryan Cochrane  Canada
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 3–4 August at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Shaking off a potential false start due to fan noise, China's Sun Yang put together a marvelous swim with a relentless attack on his world record to strike a long-distance freestyle double at the Olympic Games for the first time, since the Soviet Union's Vladimir Salnikov did so in 1980. Leading from the start, Sun quickly dropped two seconds under a world-record pace, as he pulled away further from the rest of the field to smash his own standard with a stunning gold-medal time in 14:31.02.[2][3] Trailing behind the leader by 8.61 seconds on a dominant fashion, Canada's Ryan Cochrane held off a close battle from Tunisia's defending champion Oussama Mellouli for the silver in an American record of 14:39.63.[4][5] Meanwhile, Mellouli faded down the stretch to pick up a bronze in 14:40.31, edging out of South Korea's Park Tae-hwan (14:50.61) by a wide margin of 10.3 seconds.[6]

Italian teenager Gregorio Paltrinieri finished fifth in 14:51.92, while U.S. swimmer Connor Jaeger posted a sixth-place time of 14:52.99.[7] Poland's Mateusz Sawrymowicz (14:54.32) and Great Britain's Daniel Fogg (15:00.76) rounded out a historic finale.[6][8]

Notable swimmers missed the final including Jaeger's teammate Andrew Gemmell, Ukraine's Sergiy Frolov, Hungary's Gergő Kis, and British home favorite David Davies, bronze medalist in Athens eight years earlier.[9][10]

Records

At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Sun Yang (CHN)14:34.14Shanghai, China31 July 2011
Olympic record Grant Hackett (AUS)14:38.92Beijing, China15 August 2008

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
August 4FinalSun Yang China14:31.02WR, OR

Results

Heats

[11]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Sun Yang China14:43.25Q
247Oussama Mellouli Tunisia14:46.23Q
334Ryan Cochrane Canada14:49.31Q
425Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy14:50.11Q
523Daniel Fogg Great Britain14:56.12Q
635Park Tae-hwan South Korea14:56.89Q
733Connor Jaeger United States14:57.56Q
826Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland14:57.59Q
943Andrew Gemmell United States14:59.05
1041Sergiy Frolov Ukraine14:59.19NR
1146Job Kienhuis Netherlands15:03.16
1237Gergely Gyurta Hungary15:04.22
1322Gabriele Detti Italy15:06.22
1432Damien Joly France15:08.50
1531Dai Jun China15:13.90
1636David Davies Great Britain15:14.77
1745Pál Joensen Denmark15:18.42
1848Jarrod Poort Australia15:20.82
1924Gergő Kis Hungary15:21.74
2042Anthony Pannier France15:24.08
2127Heerden Herman South Africa15:25.71
2214Arturo Pérez Vertti Ferrer Mexico15:25.91
2328Alejandro Gómez Venezuela15:27.38
2417Jan Micka Czech Republic15:29.34
2516Anton Sveinn McKee Iceland15:29.40NR
2615Ediz Yıldırımer Turkey15:29.97
2721Matias Koski Finland15:34.80
2813Ventsislav Aydarski Bulgaria15:34.86
2938Juan Martín Pereyra Argentina15:36.72
3012Uladzimir Zhyharau Belarus15:48.67
3111Ullalmath Gagan India16:31.14

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Sun Yang China14:31.02WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)3Ryan Cochrane Canada14:39.63AM
3rd, bronze medalist(s)5Oussama Mellouli Tunisia14:40.31
47Park Tae-hwan South Korea14:50.61NR
56Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy14:51.92
61Connor Jaeger United States14:52.99
78Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland14:54.32
82Daniel Fogg Great Britain15:00.76

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 29 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Maki, Allan (4 August 2012). "Canada's Ryan Cochrane captures silver in men's 1,500 freestyle". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Mackin, Bob (4 August 2012). "Canada's Ryan Cochrane swims to silver in 1,500m freestyle". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. 1 2 "2012 London Olympics: Sun Yang Averts Potential False Start Disaster for Relentless World Record in 1500 Free; Ryan Cochrane Second, Ous Mellouli Third; USA's Connor Jaeger Takes Sixth". Swimming World Magazine. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "London Olympics: Connor Jaeger, Fair Haven native, finishes sixth in 1,500 freestyle final". The Star-Ledger. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Olympics swimming: Sun Yang wins 1500m freestyle gold". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  9. ↑ "2012 London Olympics: World-Record Holder Sun Yang Dominates Morning Session of 1500 Free; Defending Champion Ous Mellouli Second; Ryan Cochrane, Tae Hwan Park, Connor Jaeger Among Finalists; Andrew Gemmell Misses". Swimming World Magazine. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Halsall off to a flier". Sky Sports. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Men's 1500m Freestyle – Heats". London 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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