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Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date24 September 1988 (heats)
25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors35 from 22 nations
Winning time15:00.40
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Uwe Daßler  East Germany
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Swimming at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
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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
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

[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union 15:00.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Stefan Pfeiffer  West Germany 15:02.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 404–406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 406. Retrieved 26 March 2017.

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