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.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Mike O'Brien | | 15:21.04 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Stefan Pfeiffer | | 15:21.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Stefano Grandi | | 15:22.49 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | George DiCarlo | | 15:22.88 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Rainer Henkel | | 15:23.60 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | David Shemilt | | 15:24.78 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Wayne Shillington | | 15:25.67 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Franck Iacono | | 15:27.27 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Justin Lemberg | | 15:29.74 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Carlos Scanavino | | 15:29.78 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Rafael Escalas | | 15:30.09 | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | David Stacey | | 15:30.10 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Bernard Volz | | 15:31.38 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Mike Davidson | | 15:35.43 | |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Borut Petrič | | 15:36.44 | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Darjan Petrič | | 15:39.79 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Marcelo Jucá | | 15:43.80 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Juan Enrique Escalas | | 15:44.85 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Marc Van De Weghe | | 15:45.50 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Alejandro Lecot | | 15:49.94 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Stuart Willmott | | 15:57.79 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Anders Holmertz | | 16:11.38 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Wu Ming-hsun | | 16:14.40 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | William Wilson | | 16:24.81 | |
| 25 | 1 | 7 | Lin Chun-hong | | 16:44.94 | |
| 26 | 2 | 7 | Scott Newkirk | | 16:50.55 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | Julian Bolling | | 17:16.92 | |
| 4 | 1 | Ahmet Nakkaş | | | |
Final
