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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 8, 1973
Winning time15:31.85 WR
Medalists
gold medal Stephen Holland   Australia
silver medal Rick DeMont   United States
bronze medal Brad Cooper   Australia
1975 →

Records edit

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

World record   Stephen Holland (AUS) 15:37.80 Brisbane, Australia 5 August 1973
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 September Timed Final François Deley   Belgium 16:41.53 CR
8 September Timed Final Hakon Iverson   Norway 16:28.49 CR
8 September Timed Final Stephen Holland   Australia 15:31.85 WR

Results edit

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first three heats were contested in the morning with the fourth and final heat contested in the evening.[2][3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 - Stephen Holland   Australia 15:31.85 WR
  4 - Rick DeMont   United States 15:35.44
  4 - Brad Cooper   Australia 15:45.04
4 4 - John Kinsella   United States 15:58.70
5 4 - Bengt Gingsjö   Sweden 16:06.01
6 4 - Mark Treffers   New Zealand 16:09.33
7 4 - Anders Bellbring   Sweden 16:12.01
8 4 - Valentin Parinov   Soviet Union 16:18.24
9 2 - Hakon Iverson   Norway 16:28.49 CR
10 3 - Andreas Meier   East Germany 16:28.78
11 3 - G. Castillo   Mexico 16:31.74
12 3 - Klaus Dockhorn   East Germany 16:32.00
13 1 - François Deley   Belgium 16:41.53 CR
14 2 - Csaba Tóth   Hungary 16:44.36
15 3 - José Bas   Spain 16:55.70
16 2 - Deane Buckboro   Canada 16:55.79
17 3 - Michael Ker   Canada 17:00.62
18 2 - Hans-Joachim Geisler   West Germany 17:04.23
19 3 - Marc Lazzaro   France 17:08.52
20 3 - Dusan Grozaj   West Germany 17:09.15
21 2 - Vladimir Kobelev   Soviet Union 17:09.54
22 2 - Luis Reinaldo Fleck   Brazil 17:11.62
23 1 - Krasimir Enchev   Bulgaria 17:18.01
24 1 - Fernando Cañales   Puerto Rico 17:43.21
25 1 - Alberto Vivoni   Puerto Rico 17:53.29
26 2 - Eugen Almer   Romania 21:40.70
– 1 - L. Díaz   Argentina Did not start
– 1 - Ali Kinawi   Egypt Did not start
– 3 - Thierry Lalot   France Did not start

References edit

  1. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
  3. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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