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.

Records

At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
19 JulyHeatsZoltán Wladár15:37.61OR
19 JulyHeatsPaul Hartloff15:20.74OR
20 JulyFinalBrian Goodell15:02.40WR

Results

Heats

Heat 1
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Zoltán Wladár15:37.61Q, OR
2Vladimir Salnikov15:39.04Q
3David Parker15:46.60
4Borut Petrič16:03.92
5Johan Van Steenberghe16:14.13
6Georgios Karpouzis16:53.92
7Sigurður Ólafsson17:25.10

Heat 2
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Paul Hartloff15:20.74 Q, OR
2Djan Madruga15:36.95 Q
3Igor Kushpelev15:43.88
4Paul Sparkes15:59.04
5Stefan Wenz16:08.20
6Kris Sumono17:09.17

Heat 3
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Bobby Hackett15:25.49 Q
2Paul Nash15:46.51
3Paul Midgley15:49.78
4István Koczka16:05.54
5Kevin Williamson16:54.11

Heat 4
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Steve Holland15:25.93 Q
2Valentin Parinov15:41.13
3Henk Elzerman15:51.08
4Michael Ker15:58.07
5Gerhard Waldmann16:06.41
6António de Melo17:24.31

Heat 5
RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1Brian Goodell15:34.11Q
2Max Metzker15:36.14Q
3Sándor Nagy15:48.41
4Brett Naylor15:52.68
5Mark Treffers15:56.11
6José Bas16:28.59
7Edwin Borja17:05.75

Final