Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30–31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
31 July | Final | Kieren Perkins | | 14:43.48 | |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A.
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 4 | 4 | Kieren Perkins | | 15:02.75 | Q |
2 | 2 | 4 | Jörg Hoffmann | | 15:03.95 | Q |
3 | 3 | 4 | Glen Housman | | 15:11.36 | Q |
4 | 2 | 3 | Stefan Pfeiffer | | 15:13.71 | Q |
5 | 4 | 5 | Ian Wilson | | 15:15.37 | Q |
6 | 4 | 3 | Igor Majcen | | 15:16.85 | Q, NR |
7 | 2 | 5 | Lawrence Frostad | | 15:21.37 | Q |
8 | 3 | 3 | Viktor Andreyev | | 15:21.43 | Q |
9 | 2 | 6 | Piotr Albiński | | 15:23.01 | |
10 | 3 | 8 | Mariusz Podkościelny | | 15:25.42 | |
11 | 4 | 7 | Sergio Roura | | 15:26.18 | |
12 | 3 | 5 | Sean Killion | | 15:27.49 | |
13 | 2 | 8 | Pier Maria Siciliano | | 15:28.46 | |
14 | 4 | 8 | Christophe Marchand | | 15:30.51 | |
15 | 4 | 1 | Christopher Bowie | | 15:34.28 | |
16 | 3 | 1 | Masashi Kato | | 15:40.94 | |
17 | 2 | 7 | Artur Costa | | 15:41.26 | |
18 | 2 | 1 | Andrés Minelli | | 15:44.55 | |
19 | 3 | 2 | Stephen Akers | | 15:46.48 | |
20 | 4 | 6 | Jeffrey Ong | | 15:51.41 | |
21 | 3 | 7 | Zoltán Szilágyi | | 15:52.80 | |
22 | 1 | 1 | Hisham Al-Masri | | 15:54.41 | |
23 | 4 | 2 | David McLellan | | 15:58.38 | |
24 | 2 | 2 | Jorge Herrera | | 16:01.69 | |
25 | 1 | 5 | Alejandro Bermúdez | | 16:01.77 | |
26 | 1 | 4 | Bang Seung-hoon | | 16:04.31 | |
27 | 1 | 3 | Ratapong Sirisanont | | 16:08.02 | |
28 | 1 | 6 | Benoît Fleurot | | 16:43.46 | |
29 | 1 | 2 | Helder Torres | | 17:06.08 | |
30 | 1 | 7 | Hussein Al-Sadiq | | 17:15.75 | |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 4 | Kieren Perkins | | 14:43.48 | |
| 3 | Glen Housman | | 14:55.29 | |
| 5 | Jörg Hoffmann | | 15:02.29 | |
4 | 6 | Stefan Pfeiffer | | 15:04.28 | |
5 | 2 | Ian Wilson | | 15:13.35 | |
6 | 7 | Igor Majcen | | 15:19.12 | |
7 | 1 | Lawrence Frostad | | 15:19.41 | |
8 | 8 | Viktor Andreev | | 15:33.94 | |