Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 30 July 2021 (heats) 1 August 2021 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 14:39.65 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Qualification | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
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 | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
Marathon | |||
10 km | men | women | |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twenty-seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1904.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 | [2][3] |
Olympic record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 | [2][3] |
Qualification[]
The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 15:00.99. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 15:28.02. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[4]
Competition format[]
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]
Schedule[]
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
Date | Time | Round |
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Friday, 30 July 2021 | 19:48 | Heats |
Sunday, 1 August 2021 | 10:44 | Final |
Results[]
Heats[]
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:45.99 | Q |
2 | 4 | 3 | Robert Finke | United States | 14:47.20 | Q |
3 | 3 | 4 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 14:48.53 | Q |
4 | 4 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:49.17 | Q |
5 | 3 | 3 | Daniel Jervis | Great Britain | 14:50.22 | Q |
6 | 3 | 7 | Sergii Frolov | Ukraine | 14:51.83 | Q |
7 | 2 | 8 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 14:51.88 | Q, NR |
8 | 2 | 3 | Kirill Martynychev | ROC | 14:52.66 | Q |
9 | 3 | 2 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 14:53.84 | |
10 | 4 | 7 | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 14:56.98 | |
11 | 4 | 2 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 14:59.45 | |
12 | 3 | 8 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | Vietnam | 15:00.24 | |
13 | 4 | 1 | Guilherme Costa | Brazil | 15:01.18 | |
14 | 3 | 1 | Anton Ipsen | Denmark | 15:01.58 | |
15 | 2 | 5 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 15:01.85 | |
16 | 2 | 4 | Thomas Neill | Australia | 15:04.65 | |
17 | 2 | 6 | Michael Brinegar | United States | 15:04.67 | |
18 | 2 | 7 | Victor Johansson | Sweden | 15:05.53 | |
19 | 4 | 8 | Aleskandr Yegorov | ROC | 15:06.55 | |
20 | 1 | 5 | Daniel Wiffen | Ireland | 15:07.69 | NR |
21 | 3 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 15:11.14 | |
22 | 2 | 2 | Ákos Kalmár | Hungary | 15:17.02 | |
23 | 3 | 6 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 15:17.71 | |
24 | 2 | 1 | Cheng Long | China | 15:18.71 | |
25 | 1 | 3 | Marcelo Acosta | El Salvador | 15:27.37 | |
26 | 4 | 6 | Alexander Nørgaard | Denmark | 15:28.70 | |
27 | 1 | 4 | Aflah Prawira | Indonesia | 15:29.94 | |
28 | 1 | 2 | Théo Druenne | Monaco | 16:17.20 | |
1 | 6 | Marwan Elkamash | Egypt | DNS |
Final[]
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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5 | Robert Finke | United States | 14:39.65 | ||
4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:40.66 | ||
3 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 14:40.91 | ||
4 | 6 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:45.01 | |
5 | 2 | Daniel Jervis | Great Britain | 14:55.48 | |
6 | 8 | Kirill Martynychev | ROC | 14:55.85 | |
7 | 1 | Felix Auböck | Austria | 15:03.47 | |
8 | 7 | Sergii Frolov | Ukraine | 15:04.26 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Final results
- Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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