Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 20 and 21.[1]

Men's 1500m freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 20, 2004 (heats)
August 21, 2004 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time14:43.40 OR
Medalists
Grant Hackett  Australia
Larsen Jensen  United States
David Davies  Great Britain
Swimming at the
2004 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 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Australian swimmer and world record holder Grant Hackett became the third swimmer in history to defend the title in this event, breaking an Olympic record time of 14:43.40. U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen set an American record time of 14:45.29 to take the silver. Great Britain's David Davies, on the other hand, fought off a challenge from Russia's Yuri Prilukov in the final lap to earn a bronze medal by a 7-second margin, with a national record of 14:45.95.[2]

Records

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

World record Grant Hackett (AUS)14:34.56Fukuoka, Japan29 July 2001
Olympic record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:43.48Barcelona, Spain31 July 1992

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
21 AugustFinalGrant Hackett Australia14:43.40OR

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134David Davies Great Britain14:57.03Q
255Yuri Prilukov Russia15:01.02Q
354Grant Hackett Australia15:01.89Q
444Larsen Jensen United States15:03.75Q
552Spyridon Gianniotis Greece15:03.87Q
637Dragoș Coman Romania15:06.33Q, NR
732Graeme Smith Great Britain15:07.45Q
853Craig Stevens Australia15:09.54Q
957Paweł Korzeniowski Poland15:11.62
1045Igor Chervynskiy Ukraine15:12.58
1143Nicolas Rostoucher France15:13.56
1256Christian Hein Germany15:15.42
1336Takeshi Matsuda Japan15:16.42
1424Oussama Mellouli Tunisia15:18.98
1551Ricardo Monasterio Venezuela15:20.89
1635Erik Vendt United States15:22.00
1725Petar Stoychev Bulgaria15:28.32
1838Andrew Hurd Canada15:28.71
1933Alexei Filipets Russia15:30.05
2048Bojan Zdešar Slovenia15:31.57
2158Fernando Costa Portugal15:32.55
2242Thomas Lurz Germany15:33.81
2341Gergő Kis Hungary15:38.06
2447Christian Minotti Italy15:39.31
2531Cho Sung-mo South Korea15:43.43
2626Juan Martín Pereyra Argentina15:53.29
2715Charnvudth Saengsri Thailand15:54.46
2822Moss Burmester New Zealand15:56.42
2923Nenad Buljan Croatia15:56.54
3014Giancarlo Zolezzi Chile16:00.52
3146Georgios Diamantidis Greece16:06.31
3213Saw Yi Khy Malaysia16:06.38
3327Xin Tong China16:10.43
3421Miguel Mendoza Philippines16:26.52

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Grant Hackett Australia14:43.40OR
6Larsen Jensen United States14:45.29NR
4David Davies Great Britain14:45.95NR
45Yuri Prilukov Russia14:52.48NR
52Spyridon Gianniotis Greece15:03.69
61Graeme Smith Great Britain15:09.71
77Dragoș Coman Romania15:10.21
88Craig Stevens Australia15:13.66

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Whitten, Phillip (21 August 2004). "Hackett Sets Olympic Record in 1500, Just Nips Jensen, Davies". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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