Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates12 August 2016 (heats)
13 August 2016 (final)
Competitors46 from 32 nations
Winning time14:34.57
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Connor Jaeger  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gabriele Detti  Italy
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 12–13 August at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium.[1]

Summary[]

Italian swimmer and 2015 world champion Gregorio Paltrinieri outlasted the field on the closing stages to become his country's first ever Olympic champion in the program's longest pool race. Strengthening his lead from start to finish, Paltrinieri headed into the 1,400-metre turn under a world-record pace, but fell off towards the end for the gold medal in 14:34.57.[2][3] U.S. distance ace Connor Jaeger overhauled the sub-14:40 barrier with an American record of 14:39.48 for the silver.[4] Meanwhile, Paltrinieri's countryman Gabriele Detti gave the Italians a further reason to celebrate, as he powered home with a bronze in 14:40.86, overtaking the American challenger Jordan Wilimovsky (14:45.03) by almost five seconds.[5][6]

Australia's Mack Horton, who claimed the 400 m freestyle title on night one, picked up the fifth spot with a 14:49.54 to hold off a sprint race from Canada's Ryan Cochrane (14:49.61), two-time medalist in this event, by seven hundredths of a second.[7][8] France's Damien Joly finished seventh in 14:52.73, with Norway's Henrik Christiansen (15:02.66) rounding out the top eight field.[5]

China's world-record holder Sun Yang missed a chance to defend his Olympic title in this event, after posting the sixteenth fastest time (15:01.97) in the preliminary competition.[9][10] Meanwhile, Tunisian swimmer and Beijing 2008 champion Oussama Mellouli failed to advance to the top eight final with a twenty-first-place finish in his fifth Olympic appearance.[11]

Records[]

World record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [12][13]
Olympic record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [12][13]

Competition format[]

The competition consisted of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advanced to the final. Swim-offs were used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[1]

Results[]

Heats[]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:44.51 Q
2 6 5 Connor Jaeger  United States 14:45.74 Q
3 5 3 Jordan Wilimovsky  United States 14:48.23 Q
4 5 4 Mack Horton  Australia 14:48.57 Q
5 5 5 Gabriele Detti  Italy 14:48.68 Q
6 5 8 Damien Joly  France 14:48.90 Q, NR
7 5 6 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 14:53.44 Q
8 5 2 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 14:55.40 Q, NR
9 6 3 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 14:56.02
10 6 1 Stephen Milne  Great Britain 14:57.23
11 6 2 Ahmed Akram  Egypt 14:58.37
12 4 3 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 14:58.69
13 2 4 Ilya Druzhinin  Russia 14:59.56
14 4 1 Yaroslav Potapov  Russia 15:00.99
15 6 6 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 15:01.35
16 5 7 Sun Yang  China 15:01.97
17 4 7 Serhiy Frolov  Ukraine 15:04.61
18 3 5 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 15:05.91
19 6 7 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 15:06.24
20 4 4 Qiu Ziao  China 15:06.71
21 1 4 Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 15:07.78
22 2 6 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 15:08.17 NR
23 3 2 Esteban Enderica  Ecuador 15:10.15
24 3 7 Marc Sánchez  Spain 15:11.38
25 2 2 Ricardo Vargas  Mexico 15:11.53 NR
26 3 3 Antonio Arroyo  Spain 15:12.61
27 5 1 Timothy Shuttleworth  Great Britain 15:13.01
28 4 6 Wojciech Wojdak  Poland 15:13.18
29 2 3 Brandonn Almeida  Brazil 15:14.73
30 4 5 Pál Joensen  Denmark 15:18.49
31 2 1 Miguel Valente  Brazil 15:22.57
32 6 8 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 15:23.88
33 3 6 Mateusz Sawrymowicz  Poland 15:26.33
34 4 8 Richárd Nagy  Slovakia 15:26.48
35 2 5 Kristóf Rasovszky  Hungary 15:29.36
36 2 8 Martin Bau  Slovenia 15:29.95
37 1 5 Mihajlo Čeprkalo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 15:31.62
38 1 3 Matthew Hutchins  New Zealand 15:32.60
39 1 6 Welson Sim  Malaysia 15:32.63
40 3 4 Nicolas D'Oriano  France 15:33.62
41 3 1 Matthew Meyer  South Africa 15:36.22
42 4 2 Felix Auböck  Austria 15:36.24
43 2 7 Martín Naidich  Argentina 15:39.93
44 1 2 Wesley Roberts  Cook Islands 15:44.32
45 1 7 Felipe Tapia  Chile 16:02.44
3 8 Park Tae-hwan  South Korea DNS

Final[]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:34.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Connor Jaeger  United States 14:39.48 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Gabriele Detti  Italy 14:40.86
4 3 Jordan Wilimovsky  United States 14:45.03
5 6 Mack Horton  Australia 14:49.54
6 1 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 14:49.61
7 7 Damien Joly  France 14:52.73
8 8 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 15:02.66

References[]

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  4. ^ "Italians win gold, bronze in 1500m freestyle; Jaeger takes silver". NBC Olympics. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Gregorio Paltrinieri Outlasts Competition For Italy's First Ever 1500 Free Gold Medal". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ^ Hine, Chris (13 August 2016). "Northwestern's Jordan Wilimovsky finishes 4th in 1500 free". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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  8. ^ Robertson, Grant (13 August 2016). "Ryan Cochrane denied medal in 1,500-metre freestyle with sixth-place finish". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ^ Trevelyan, Mark (13 August 2016). "Swimming: Paltrinieri fastest in 1,500m heats, surprised by Sun Yang exit". Reuters. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Gregorio Paltrinieri Leads 1500 Prelims; Sun Yang Misses Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Sun Yang won't defend Olympic 1,500 free title in the pool". USA Today. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  12. ^ a b Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  13. ^ a b Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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