2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1500m Freestyle (Men)
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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 )
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14: 34.14 min | Shanghai , People's Republic of China | July 31, 2011 |
Olympic record |
Grant Hackett ( Australia )
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14: 38.92 min | Beijing , People's Republic of China | August 15, 2008 |
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Oussama Mellouli ( Tunisia )
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14: 40.84 min | Beijing 2008 |
World Champion |
Sun Yang ( People's Republic of China )
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14: 34.14 min | Shanghai 2011 |
European champion |
Gregorio Paltrinieri ( Italy )
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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 |
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1 | Arturo Pérez Vertti |
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15: 25.91 min | |
2 | Jan Micka |
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15: 29.34 min | |
3 | Anton Sveinn McKee |
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15: 29.40 min | NO |
4th | Ediz Yıldırımer |
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15: 29.97 min | |
5 | Wenzislaw Ajdarski |
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15: 34.86 min | |
6th | Vladimir Zhigaryov |
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15: 48.67 min | |
7th | Gagan Ullalmath |
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16: 31.14 min |
Forward 2
August 3, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
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14: 50.11 min | |
2 | Daniel Fogg |
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14: 56.12 min | |
3 | Mateusz Sawrymowicz |
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14: 57.59 min | |
4th | Gabriele Detti |
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15: 06.22 min | |
5 | Gergő Kis |
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15: 21.74 min | |
6th | Heerden Herman |
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15: 25.71 min | |
7th | Alejandro Gomez |
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15: 27.38 min | |
8th | Matias Koski |
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15: 34.80 min |
Forward 3
August 3, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Ryan Cochrane |
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14: 49.31 min | |
2 | Tae-hwan Park |
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14: 56.89 min | |
3 | Connor Jaeger |
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14.57.56 min | |
4th | Gergely Gyurta |
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15:04:22 min | |
5 | Damien Joly |
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15: 08.50 min | |
6th | Dai Jun |
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15: 13.90 min | |
7th | David Davies |
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15: 14.77 min | |
8th | Juan Martín Pereyra |
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15: 36.72 min |
Forward 4
August 3, 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sun Yang |
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14: 43.25 min | |
2 | Oussama Mellouli |
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14: 46.23 min | |
3 | Andrew Gemmell |
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14: 59.05 min | |
4th | Sergei Frolov |
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14: 59.19 min | NO |
5 | Job Kienhuis |
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15: 03.16 min | |
6th | Pál Joensen |
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15: 18.42 min | |
7th | Jarrod Poort |
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15: 20.82 min | |
8th | Anthony Pannier |
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15: 24.08 min |
final
August 4, 2012, 7:36 p.m. CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sun Yang |
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14: 31.02 min | WR , OR |
2 | Ryan Cochrane |
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14: 39.63 min | NO |
3 | Oussama Mellouli |
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14: 40.31 min | |
4th | Tae-hwan Park |
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14: 50.61 min | NO |
5 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
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14: 51.92 min | |
6th | Connor Jaeger |
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14: 52.99 min | |
7th | Mateusz Sawrymowicz |
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14: 54.32 min | |
8th | Daniel Fogg |
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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
- ↑ swam in advance
- ↑ BBC report of August 4, 2012