2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1500m Freestyle (Men)

sport	swim
discipline	1500 meters freestyle
gender	Men
place	London Aquatics Center
Attendees	31 athletes from 25 countries
Competition phase	3rd / 4th August 2012

The competition over 1,500 meters freestyle men at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 3 and 4 August 2012 at London Aquatics Center held. 31 athletes took part.

There were four preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final.

Abbreviations: WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record, PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Sun Yang ( People's Republic of China )	14: 34.14 min	Shanghai , People's Republic of China	July 31, 2011
Olympic record	Grant Hackett ( Australia )	14: 38.92 min	Beijing , People's Republic of China	August 15, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Oussama Mellouli ( Tunisia )	14: 40.84 min	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Sun Yang ( People's Republic of China )	14: 34.14 min	Shanghai 2011
European champion	Gregorio Paltrinieri ( Italy )	14: 48.92 min	Debrecen 2012
German champions	Martin Grodzki	15: 10.47 min	Berlin 2012

leader

Forward 1

August 3, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Arturo Pérez Vertti	Mexico	15: 25.91 min
2	Jan Micka	Czech Republic	15: 29.34 min
3	Anton Sveinn McKee	Iceland	15: 29.40 min	NO
4th	Ediz Yıldırımer	Turkey	15: 29.97 min
5	Wenzislaw Ajdarski	Bulgaria	15: 34.86 min
6th	Vladimir Zhigaryov	Belarus	15: 48.67 min
7th	Gagan Ullalmath	India	16: 31.14 min

Forward 2

August 3, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 50.11 min
2	Daniel Fogg	United Kingdom	14: 56.12 min
3	Mateusz Sawrymowicz	Poland	14: 57.59 min
4th	Gabriele Detti	Italy	15: 06.22 min
5	Gergő Kis	Hungary	15: 21.74 min
6th	Heerden Herman	South Africa	15: 25.71 min
7th	Alejandro Gomez	Venezuela	15: 27.38 min
8th	Matias Koski	Finland	15: 34.80 min

Forward 3

August 3, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14: 49.31 min
2	Tae-hwan Park	South Korea	14: 56.89 min
3	Connor Jaeger	United States	14.57.56 min
4th	Gergely Gyurta	Hungary	15:04:22 min
5	Damien Joly	France	15: 08.50 min
6th	Dai Jun	People's Republic of China	15: 13.90 min
7th	David Davies	United Kingdom	15: 14.77 min
8th	Juan Martín Pereyra	Argentina	15: 36.72 min

Forward 4

August 3, 2012

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	14: 43.25 min
2	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	14: 46.23 min
3	Andrew Gemmell	United States	14: 59.05 min
4th	Sergei Frolov	Ukraine	14: 59.19 min	NO
5	Job Kienhuis	Netherlands	15: 03.16 min
6th	Pál Joensen	Denmark	15: 18.42 min
7th	Jarrod Poort	Australia	15: 20.82 min
8th	Anthony Pannier	France	15: 24.08 min

final

August 4, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	14: 31.02 min	WR , OR
2	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14: 39.63 min	NO
3	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	14: 40.31 min
4th	Tae-hwan Park	South Korea	14: 50.61 min	NO
5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 51.92 min
6th	Connor Jaeger	United States	14: 52.99 min
7th	Mateusz Sawrymowicz	Poland	14: 54.32 min
8th	Daniel Fogg	United Kingdom	15: 00.76 min

Yang, double Olympic champion, improved the world record by over three seconds. He caused a false start in the final, for which he was not disqualified because he was irritated by a noise in the crowd.
Cochrane's time also meant a new North American record.

Web links

• Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 1500 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ swam in advance
2. ↑ BBC report of August 4, 2012