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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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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

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