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.
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke win both the men's and women's 1500 metre freestyle.
Records edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Heats edit
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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5 | Robert Finke |  United States |
14:39.65 | |
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4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine |
14:40.66 | |
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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 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.