Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates 12 August 2016 (heats)
13 August 2016 (final)
Competitors 46 from 32 nations
Winning time 14:34.57
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Connor Jaeger  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gabriele Detti  Italy

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Italian swimmer and 2015 world champion Gregorio Paltrinieri outlasted the field on the closing stages to become his country's first ever Olympic champion in the program's longest pool race. Strengthening his lead from start to finish, Paltrinieri headed into the 1,400-metre turn under a world-record pace, but fell off towards the end for the gold medal in 14:34.57.[2][3] U.S. distance ace Connor Jaeger overhauled the sub-14:40 barrier with an American record of 14:39.48 for the silver.[4] Meanwhile, Paltrinieri's countryman Gabriele Detti gave the Italians a further reason to celebrate, as he powered home with a bronze in 14:40.86, overtaking the American challenger Jordan Wilimovsky (14:45.03) by almost five seconds.[5][6]

Australia's Mack Horton, who claimed the 400 m freestyle title on night one, picked up the fifth spot with a 14:49.54 to hold off a sprint race from Canada's Ryan Cochrane (14:49.61), two-time medalist in this event, by seven hundredths of a second.[7][8] France's Damien Joly finished seventh in 14:52.73, with Norway's Henrik Christiansen (15:02.66) rounding out the top eight field.[5]

China's world-record holder Sun Yang missed a chance to defend his Olympic title in this event, after posting the sixteenth fastest time (15:01.97) in the preliminary competition.[9][10] Meanwhile, Tunisian swimmer and Beijing 2008 champion Oussama Mellouli failed to advance to the top eight final with a twenty-first-place finish in his fifth Olympic appearance.[11]

Records

World record Sun Yang (CHN)14:31.02London, United Kingdom4 August 2012
Olympic record Sun Yang (CHN)14:31.02London, United Kingdom4 August 2012

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
164Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy14:44.51Q
265Connor Jaeger United States14:45.74Q
353Jordan Wilimovsky United States14:48.23Q
454Mack Horton Australia14:48.57Q
555Gabriele Detti Italy14:48.68Q
658Damien Joly France14:48.90Q, NR
756Ryan Cochrane Canada14:53.44Q
852Henrik Christiansen Norway14:55.40Q, NR
963Jack McLoughlin Australia14:56.02
1061Stephen Milne Great Britain14:57.23
1162Ahmed Akram Egypt14:58.37
1243Jan Micka Czech Republic14:58.69
1324Ilya Druzhinin Russia14:59.56
1441Yaroslav Potapov Russia15:00.99
1566Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine15:01.35
1657Sun Yang China15:01.97
1747Serhiy Frolov Ukraine15:04.61
1835Anton Ipsen Denmark15:05.91
1967Gergely Gyurta Hungary15:06.24
2044Qiu Ziao China15:06.71
2114Oussama Mellouli Tunisia15:07.78
2226Marcelo Acosta El Salvador15:08.17NR
2332Esteban Enderica Ecuador15:10.15
2437Marc Sánchez Spain15:11.38
2522Ricardo Vargas Mexico15:11.53NR
2633Antonio Arroyo Spain15:12.61
2751Timothy Shuttleworth Great Britain15:13.01
2846Wojciech Wojdak Poland15:13.18
2923Brandonn Almeida Brazil15:14.73
3045Pál Joensen Denmark15:18.49
3121Miguel Valente Brazil15:22.57
3268Florian Wellbrock Germany15:23.88
3336Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland15:26.33
3448Richárd Nagy Slovakia15:26.48
3525Kristóf Rasovszky Hungary15:29.36
3628Martin Bau Slovenia15:29.95
3715Mihajlo Čeprkalo Bosnia and Herzegovina15:31.62
3813Matthew Hutchins New Zealand15:32.60
3916Welson Sim Malaysia15:32.63
4034Nicolas D'Oriano France15:33.62
4131Matthew Meyer South Africa15:36.22
4242Felix Auböck Austria15:36.24
4327Martín Naidich Argentina15:39.93
4412Wesley Roberts Cook Islands15:44.32
4517Felipe Tapia Chile16:02.44
38Park Tae-hwan South KoreaDNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)4Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy14:34.57
2nd, silver medalist(s)5Connor Jaeger United States14:39.48AM
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2Gabriele Detti Italy14:40.86
43Jordan Wilimovsky United States14:45.03
56Mack Horton Australia14:49.54
61Ryan Cochrane Canada14:49.61
77Damien Joly France14:52.73
88Henrik Christiansen Norway15:02.66

References

  1. ↑ "Men's 1500m Freestyle". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Olympics Rio 2016: Italy's Gregorio Paltrinieri leads from the front to win 1,500m freestyleo". EuroSport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Bendeich, Mark; Trevelyan, Mark (13 August 2016). "Swimming: Paltrinieri turns 1,500m freestyle into race for silver". Reuters. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Italians win gold, bronze in 1500m freestyle; Jaeger takes silver". NBC Olympics. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Gregorio Paltrinieri Outlasts Competition For Italy's First Ever 1500 Free Gold Medal". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Hine, Chris (13 August 2016). "Northwestern's Jordan Wilimovsky finishes 4th in 1500 free". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Thomsen, Simon; Colgan, Paul (14 August 2016). "Italy wins its first 1500 freestyle gold, as Mack Horton fades to fifth". Business Insider. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ↑ Robertson, Grant (13 August 2016). "Ryan Cochrane denied medal in 1,500-metre freestyle with sixth-place finish". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Trevelyan, Mark (13 August 2016). "Swimming: Paltrinieri fastest in 1,500m heats, surprised by Sun Yang exit". Reuters. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Gregorio Paltrinieri Leads 1500 Prelims; Sun Yang Misses Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sun Yang won't defend Olympic 1,500 free title in the pool". USA Today. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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