Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | September 8, 1973 | |||||||||
Winning time | 15:31.85 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1973 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Swimming | ||
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 |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Tournament | men | |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Stephen Holland (AUS) | 15:37.80 | Brisbane, Australia | 5 August 1973 |
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Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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8 September | Timed Final | François Deley | Belgium | 16:41.53 | CR |
8 September | Timed Final | Hakon Iverson | Norway | 16:28.49 | CR |
8 September | Timed Final | Stephen Holland | Australia | 15:31.85 | WR |
Results[]
26 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first three heats were contested in the morning with the fourth and final heat contested in the evening.[2][3]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | - | Stephen Holland | Australia | 15:31.85 | WR | |
4 | - | Rick DeMont | United States | 15:35.44 | ||
4 | - | Brad Cooper | Australia | 15:45.04 | ||
4 | 4 | - | John Kinsella | United States | 15:58.70 | |
5 | 4 | - | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 16:06.01 | |
6 | 4 | - | Mark Treffers | 16:09.33 | ||
7 | 4 | - | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 16:12.01 | |
8 | 4 | - | Valentin Parinov | Soviet Union | 16:18.24 | |
9 | 2 | - | Hakon Iverson | Norway | 16:28.49 | CR |
10 | 3 | - | East Germany | 16:28.78 | ||
11 | 3 | - | G. Castillo | Mexico | 16:31.74 | |
12 | 3 | - | Klaus Dockhorn | East Germany | 16:32.00 | |
13 | 1 | - | François Deley | 16:41.53 | CR | |
14 | 2 | - | Hungary | 16:44.36 | ||
15 | 3 | - | José Bas | Spain | 16:55.70 | |
16 | 2 | - | Deane Buckboro | Canada | 16:55.79 | |
17 | 3 | - | Michael Ker | Canada | 17:00.62 | |
18 | 2 | - | Hans-Joachim Geisler | West Germany | 17:04.23 | |
19 | 3 | - | Marc Lazzaro | France | 17:08.52 | |
20 | 3 | - | Dusan Grozaj | West Germany | 17:09.15 | |
21 | 2 | - | Soviet Union | 17:09.54 | ||
22 | 2 | - | Brazil | 17:11.62 | ||
23 | 1 | - | Bulgaria | 17:18.01 | ||
24 | 1 | - | Fernando Cañales | 17:43.21 | ||
25 | 1 | - | 17:53.29 | |||
26 | 2 | - | Eugen Almer | Romania | 21:40.70 | |
– | 1 | - | L. Díaz | Did not start | ||
– | 1 | - | Egypt | Did not start | ||
– | 3 | - | France | Did not start |
References[]
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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