Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 24 September 1988 (heats) 25 September 1988 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 15:00.40 | ||||||||||||
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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]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 14:54.76 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 22 February 1983 |
Olympic record | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 14:58.27 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 22 July 1980 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Matt Cetlinski | United States | 15:07.41 | Q |
2 | 4 | Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 15:07.83 | Q |
3 | 3 | Stefan Pfeiffer | West Germany | 15:07.85 | Q |
4 | 4 | Uwe Daßler | East Germany | 15:08.91 | Q |
5 | 4 | Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 15:11.19 | Q |
6 | 4 | Jörg Hoffmann | East Germany | 15:14.13 | Q, WD |
7 | 5 | Rainer Henkel | West Germany | 15:14.64 | Q |
8 | 5 | Darjan Petrič | Yugoslavia | 15:16.99 | Q |
9 | 3 | Kevin Boyd | Great Britain | 15:17.56 | Q |
10 | 5 | Luca Pellegrini | Italy | 15:18.80 | |
11 | 4 | Michael McKenzie | Australia | 15:19.36 | |
12 | 3 | Christophe Marchand | France | 15:22.19 | |
13 | 4 | Franck Iacono | France | 15:22.66 | |
14 | 5 | Jason Plummer | Australia | 15:22.85 | |
15 | 2 | Valter Kalaus | Hungary | 15:23.01 | |
16 | 3 | Christopher Chalmers | Canada | 15:23.22 | |
17 | 5 | Stefan Persson | Sweden | 15:24.33 | |
18 | 4 | Igor Majcen | Yugoslavia | 15:29.16 | |
19 | 3 | Harry Taylor | Canada | 15:30.31 | |
20 | 3 | Stefano Battistelli | Italy | 15:36.54 | |
21 | 4 | Artur Wojdat | Poland | 15:37.52 | |
22 | 5 | Tony Day | Great Britain | 15:38.75 | |
23 | 3 | Lars Jorgensen | United States | 15:39.51 | |
24 | 5 | Wang Dali | China | 15:45.96 | |
25 | 2 | Masashi Kato | Japan | 15:47.35 | |
26 | 2 | Cristiano Michelena | Brazil | 15:50.50 | |
27 | 2 | Yoshiyuki Mizumoto | Japan | 15:52.06 | |
28 | 2 | Norbert Ágh | Hungary | 15:52.80 | |
29 | 2 | Jeffrey Ong | Malaysia | 15:53.67 | |
30 | 2 | Artur Costa | Portugal | 15:56.13 | |
31 | 2 | Ragnar Guðmundsson | Iceland | 15:57.54 | |
32 | 3 | David Castro | Brazil | 15:57.89 | |
33 | 1 | Wu Ming-hsun | Chinese Taipei | 15:59.74 | |
34 | 1 | Yang Wook | South Korea | 16:21.10 | |
35 | 1 | Jonathan Sakovich | Guam | 16:26.77 |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 15:00.40 | ||
3 | Stefan Pfeiffer | West Germany | 15:02.69 | ||
6 | Uwe Daßler | East Germany | 15:06.15 | ||
4 | 4 | Matthew Cetlinski | United States | 15:06.42 | |
5 | 2 | Mariusz Podkościelny | Poland | 15:14.76 | |
6 | 7 | Rainer Henkel | West Germany | 15:18.19 | |
7 | 8 | Kevin Boyd | Great Britain | 15:21.16 | |
8 | 1 | Darjan Petrič | Yugoslavia | 15:37.12 |
References
- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 404–406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
External links
- Official Report
- USA Swimming
- Results on Olympedia.org