Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date19 July 1976 (heats)
20 July 1976 (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning time15:02.40 WR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bobby Hackett  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Holland  Australia
← 1972
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Records

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At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Brian Goodell (USA) 15:06.66 Long Beach, United States 21 June 1976
Olympic record   Mike Burton (USA) 15:52.58 Munich, West Germany 4 September 1972

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
19 July Heats Zoltán Wladár   Hungary 15:37.61 OR
19 July Heats Paul Hartloff   United States 15:20.74 OR
20 July Final Brian Goodell   United States 15:02.40 WR

Results

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Heats

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Heat 1

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Zoltán Wladár   Hungary 15:37.61 Q, OR
2 Vladimir Salnikov   Soviet Union 15:39.04 Q
3 David Parker   Great Britain 15:46.60
4 Borut Petrič   Yugoslavia 16:03.92
5 Johan Van Steenberghe   Belgium 16:14.13
6 Georgios Karpouzis   Greece 16:53.92
7 Sigurður Ólafsson   Iceland 17:25.10

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Paul Hartloff   United States 15:20.74 Q, OR
2 Djan Madruga   Brazil 15:36.95 Q
3 Igor Kushpelev   Soviet Union 15:43.88
4 Paul Sparkes   Great Britain 15:59.04
5 Stefan Wenz   West Germany 16:08.20
6 Kris Sumono   Indonesia 17:09.17

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Bobby Hackett   United States 15:25.49 Q
2 Paul Nash   Australia 15:46.51
3 Paul Midgley   Canada 15:49.78
4 István Koczka   Hungary 16:05.54
5 Kevin Williamson   Ireland 16:54.11

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Steve Holland   Australia 15:25.93 Q
2 Valentin Parinov   Soviet Union 15:41.13
3 Henk Elzerman   Netherlands 15:51.08
4 Michael Ker   Canada 15:58.07
5 Gerhard Waldmann   Switzerland 16:06.41
6 António de Melo   Portugal 17:24.31

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Country Time Notes
1 Brian Goodell   United States 15:34.11 Q
2 Max Metzker   Australia 15:36.14 Q
3 Sándor Nagy   Hungary 15:48.41
4 Brett Naylor   New Zealand 15:52.68
5 Mark Treffers   New Zealand 15:56.11
6 José Bas   Spain 16:28.59
7 Edwin Borja   Philippines 17:05.75

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Brian Goodell   United States 15:02.40 WR
  Bobby Hackett   United States 15:03.91
  Stephen Holland   Australia 15:04.66
4 Djan Madruga   Brazil 15:19.84
5 Vladimir Salnikov   Soviet Union 15:29.45
6 Max Metzker   Australia 15:31.53
7 Paul Hartloff   United States 15:32.08
8 Zoltán Wladár   Hungary 15:45.97

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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