Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle


The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

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.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Daniel Kowalski15:12.55Q
234Graeme Smith15:14.81Q
355Aleksey Akatyev15:16.47Q
451Emiliano Brembilla15:16.72Q, NR
545Jörg Hoffmann15:18.61Q
652Masato Hirano15:19.48Q
737Ryk Neethling15:19.98Q, AF
854Kieren Perkins15:21.42Q
956Steffen Zesner15:21.65
1033Paul Palmer15:22.65
1147Luiz Lima15:24.16
1243Peter Wright15:25.43
1335Carlton Bruner15:25.82
1446Alexei Butsenin15:31.27
1536Ihor Snitko15:31.40
1648Torlarp Sethsothorn15:40.04NR
1741Yann de Fabrique15:40.49
1853Marco Formentini15:41.14
1922Sergey Mikhnovets15:41.80NR
2024Ricardo Monasterio15:42.39
2131Frederik Hviid15:42.40
2257Hisato Yasui15:43.66
2325Jacob Carstensen15:43.75
2432Denys Zavhorodniy15:46.79
2538Lee Kyu-chang15:47.92
2627Agustín Fiorilli15:51.85
2723Scott Cameron15:56.60
2842Igor Majcen16:10.81
2914Ramón Valle16:14.76
3026Dimitrios Manganas16:15.94
3121Pedro Ferreira16:34.55
3258Hisham Al-Masri16:42.35
3313Hamed Rezakhani17:22.86
3415Rashid Salim Al-Ma'shari18:11.59

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
8Kieren Perkins14:56.40
4Daniel Kowalski15:02.43
5Graeme Smith15:02.48NR
46Emiliano Brembilla15:08.58NR
51Ryk Neethling15:14.63AF
67Masato Hirano15:17.28NR
72Jörg Hoffmann15:18.86
83Aleksey Akatyev15:21.68