Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between September 3 and 4.[1] This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated (unlike backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly events). Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of that stroke. Because an Olympic-size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of 30 lengths of the pool.
Medalists[]
Gold | Mike Burton![]() |
Silver | Graham Windeatt![]() |
Bronze | Doug Northway![]() |
Results[]
Heats[]
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hans Faßnacht | ![]() |
16:34.63 | |
2 | Peter Rosenkranz | ![]() |
16:58.26 | |
3 | François Deley | ![]() |
17:06.09 | |
4 | Jim Carter | ![]() |
17:16.01 | |
5 | Sergio Irredento | ![]() |
17:19.45 | |
6 | Friðrik Guðmundsson | ![]() |
17:32.47 | |
7 | Edwin Borja | ![]() |
18:12.17 |
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Graham Windeatt | ![]() |
15:59.63 | |
2 | Guillermo García | ![]() |
16:29.48 | |
3 | Anders Bellbring | ![]() |
16:33.27 | |
4 | Deane Buckboro | ![]() |
16:52.50 | |
5 | Gerardo Vera | ![]() |
17:10.33 | |
6 | Gustavo González | ![]() |
17:23.53 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Mike Burton | ![]() |
16:09.56 | |
2 | Graham White | ![]() |
16:19.63 | |
3 | Brian Brinkley | ![]() |
16:54.39 | |
4 | Alberto García | ![]() |
17:05.68 | |
5 | Jorge Jaramillo | ![]() |
17:35.84 | |
6 | Eugen Almer | ![]() |
17:49.80 |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Doug Northway | ![]() |
16:15.30 | |
2 | Mark Treffers | ![]() |
16:23.86 | |
3 | Dusan Grozaj | ![]() |
16:44.59 | |
4 | Vincenzo Finocchiaro | ![]() |
17:13.42 | |
5 | Tomas Becerra | ![]() |
17:16.38 | |
6 | Alfredo Carlos Machado | ![]() |
17:20.34 | |
7 | Guillermo Pacheco | ![]() |
17:36.36 | |
8 | Dae Imlani | ![]() |
17:37.65 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Brad Cooper | ![]() |
16:11.41 | |
2 | Bengt Gingsjö | ![]() |
16:26.67 | |
3 | Klaus Dockhorn | ![]() |
16:55.30 | |
4 | Jo O-ryeon | ![]() |
17:29.23 | |
5 | Aleksandr Samsonov | ![]() |
17:32.88 | |
6 | Kamal Kenawi Ali Moustafa | ![]() |
17:40.37 | |
7 | Neil Dexter | ![]() |
17:42.83 | |
8 | Brian Clifford | ![]() |
18:09.28 |
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ton van Klooster | ![]() |
16:34.77 | |
2 | Axel Freudenberg | ![]() |
16:37.19 | |
3 | Zoltán Verrasztó | ![]() |
17:18.66 | |
4 | Władysław Wojtakajtis | ![]() |
17:23.47 | |
5 | Christoph Kreienbühl | ![]() |
17:27.67 | |
6 | Csaba Sós | ![]() |
17:43.97 | |
AC | Dimitrios Theodoropoulos | ![]() |
16:17.61 | DQ |
AC | Rick DeMont | ![]() |
18:15.90 | DQ |
Final[]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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Mike Burton | ![]() |
15:52.58 | WR |
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Graham Windeatt | ![]() |
15:58.48 | |
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Doug Northway | ![]() |
16:09.25 | |
4 | Bengt Gingsjö | ![]() |
16:16.01 | |
5 | Graham White | ![]() |
16:17.22 | |
6 | Mark Treffers | ![]() |
16:18.84 | |
7 | Brad Cooper | ![]() |
16:30.49 | |
8 | Guillermo García | ![]() |
16:36.03 |
Key: WR = World record
References[]
- ^ "Swimming at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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- Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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