Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			15:02.75	Q
2	2	4			15:03.95	Q
3	3	4			15:11.36	Q
4	2	3			15:13.71	Q
5	4	5			15:15.37	Q
6	4	3			15:16.85	Q, NR
7	2	5			15:21.37	Q
8	3	3			15:21.43	Q
9	2	6			15:23.01
10	3	8			15:25.42
11	4	7			15:26.18
12	3	5			15:27.49
13	2	8			15:28.46
14	4	8			15:30.51
15	4	1			15:34.28
16	3	1			15:40.94
17	2	7			15:41.26
18	2	1			15:44.55
19	3	2			15:46.48
20	4	6			15:51.41
21	3	7			15:52.80
22	1	1			15:54.41
23	4	2			15:58.38
24	2	2			16:01.69
25	1	5			16:01.77
26	1	4			16:04.31
27	1	3			16:08.02
28	1	6			16:43.46
29	1	2			17:06.08
30	1	7			17:15.75

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			14:43.48
	3			14:55.29
	5			15:02.29
4	6			15:04.28
5	2			15:13.35
6	7			15:19.12
7	1			15:19.41
8	8			15:33.94

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/mens-1500-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 12 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 360–361. 27 August 2017.
3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 361. 27 August 2017.