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Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date4 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time15:05.20
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike O'Brien  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George DiCarlo  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany
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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.[1]

Records

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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

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Heats

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Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mike O'Brien  United States 15:21.04 Q
2 2 4 Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany 15:21.95 Q
3 3 3 Stefano Grandi  Italy 15:22.49 Q, NR
4 4 4 George DiCarlo  United States 15:22.88 Q
5 4 5 Rainer Henkel  West Germany 15:23.60 Q
6 4 2 David Shemilt  Canada 15:24.78 Q, NR
7 3 6 Wayne Shillington  Australia 15:25.67 Q
8 2 6 Franck Iacono  France 15:27.27 Q
9 1 5 Justin Lemberg  Australia 15:29.74
10 2 3 Carlos Scanavino  Uruguay 15:29.78 NR
11 1 4 Rafael Escalas  Spain 15:30.09
12 4 3 David Stacey  Great Britain 15:30.10
13 1 2 Bernard Volz  Canada 15:31.38
14 1 6 Mike Davidson  New Zealand 15:35.43
15 2 5 Borut Petrič  Yugoslavia 15:36.44
16 3 5 Darjan Petrič  Yugoslavia 15:39.79
17 1 3 Marcelo Jucá  Brazil 15:43.80
18 4 6 Juan Enrique Escalas  Spain 15:44.85
19 4 7 Marc Van De Weghe  Belgium 15:45.50
20 2 2 Alejandro Lecot  Argentina 15:49.94
21 3 7 Stuart Willmott  Great Britain 15:57.79
22 3 2 Anders Holmertz  Sweden 16:11.38
23 3 1 Wu Ming-hsun  Chinese Taipei 16:14.40
24 2 1 William Wilson  Philippines 16:24.81
25 1 7 Lin Chun-hong  Chinese Taipei 16:44.94
26 2 7 Scott Newkirk  Virgin Islands 16:50.55
27 1 1 Julian Bolling  Sri Lanka 17:16.92
4 1 Ahmet Nakkaş  Turkey DNS

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mike O'Brien  United States 15:05.20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 George DiCarlo  United States 15:10.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany 15:12.77 NR
4 2 Rainer Henkel  West Germany 15:20.03
5 8 Franck Iacono  France 15:26.96 NR
6 3 Stefano Grandi  Italy 15:28.58
7 7 David Shemilt  Canada 15:31.28
8 1 Wayne Shillington  Australia 15:38.18

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 506–507. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
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