Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The final of the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date4 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time15:05.20
Medalists
Mike O'Brien  United States
George DiCarlo  United States
Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany
Swimming at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Records

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

World record Vladimir Salnikov (URS)14:54.76Moscow, Soviet Union22 February 1983
Olympic record Vladimir Salnikov (URS)14:58.27Moscow, Soviet Union22 July 1980

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Mike O'Brien United States15:21.04Q
224Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany15:21.95Q
333Stefano Grandi Italy15:22.49Q, NR
444George DiCarlo United States15:22.88Q
545Rainer Henkel West Germany15:23.60Q
642David Shemilt Canada15:24.78Q, NR
736Wayne Shillington Australia15:25.67Q
826Franck Iacono France15:27.27Q
915Justin Lemberg Australia15:29.74
1023Carlos Scanavino Uruguay15:29.78NR
1114Rafael Escalas Spain15:30.09
1243David Stacey Great Britain15:30.10
1312Bernard Volz Canada15:31.38
1416Mike Davidson New Zealand15:35.43
1525Borut Petrič Yugoslavia15:36.44
1635Darjan Petrič Yugoslavia15:39.79
1713Marcelo Jucá Brazil15:43.80
1846Juan Enrique Escalas Spain15:44.85
1947Marc Van De Weghe Belgium15:45.50
2022Alejandro Lecot Argentina15:49.94
2137Stuart Willmott Great Britain15:57.79
2232Anders Holmertz Sweden16:11.38
2331Wu Ming-hsun Chinese Taipei16:14.40
2421William Wilson Philippines16:24.81
2517Lin Chun-hong Chinese Taipei16:44.94
2627Scott Newkirk Virgin Islands16:50.55
2711Julian Bolling Sri Lanka17:16.92
41Ahmet Nakkaş TurkeyDNS

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Mike O'Brien United States15:05.20
6George DiCarlo United States15:10.59
5Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany15:12.77NR
42Rainer Henkel West Germany15:20.03
58Franck Iacono France15:26.96NR
63Stefano Grandi Italy15:28.58
77David Shemilt Canada15:31.28
81Wayne Shillington Australia15:38.18

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 506–507. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
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