Swimming At The 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
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.
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).
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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.