Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date24 September 1988 (heats)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning time15:00.40
Medalists
Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union
Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany
Uwe Daßler  East Germany
Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
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]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
15Matt Cetlinski United States15:07.41Q
24Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union15:07.83Q
33Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany15:07.85Q
44Gerry BoyleTemplate:Rep Of Ireland15:08.91Q
54Mariusz Podkościelny Poland15:11.19Q
64Jörg Hoffmann East Germany15:14.13Q, WD
75Rainer Henkel West Germany15:14.64Q
85Darjan Petrič Yugoslavia15:16.99Q
93Shane Tully Great Britain15:17.56Q
105Luca Pellegrini Italy15:18.80
114Michael McKenzie Australia15:19.36
123Christophe Marchand France15:22.19
134Franck Iacono France15:22.66
145Jason Plummer Australia15:22.85
152Valter Kalaus Hungary15:23.01
163Christopher Chalmers Canada15:23.22
175Stefan Persson Sweden15:24.33
184Igor Majcen Yugoslavia15:29.16
193Harry Taylor Canada15:30.31
203Stefano Battistelli Italy15:36.54
214Artur Wojdat Poland15:37.52
225Tony Day Great Britain15:38.75
233Lars Jorgensen United States15:39.51
245Wang Dali China15:45.96
252Masashi Kato Japan15:47.35
262Cristiano Michelena Brazil15:50.50
272Yoshiyuki Mizumoto Japan15:52.06
282Norbert Ágh Hungary15:52.80
292Jeffrey Ong Malaysia15:53.67
302Artur Costa Portugal15:56.13
312Ragnar Guðmundsson Iceland15:57.54
323David Castro Brazil15:57.89
331Wu Ming-hsun Chinese Taipei15:59.74
341Yang Wook South Korea16:21.10
351Jonathan Sakovich Guam16:26.77

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Vladimir Salnikov Soviet Union15:00.40
3Stefan Pfeiffer West Germany15:02.69
6Uwe Daßler East Germany15:06.15
44Gerry Boyle Ireland15:06.42
52Mariusz Podkościelny Poland15:14.76
67Rainer Henkel West Germany15:18.19
78Kevin Boyd Great Britain15:21.16
81Darjan Petrič Yugoslavia15:37.12

References
  1. "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 404–406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
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