The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 20 and 21.
Australian swimmer and world record holder Grant Hackett became the third swimmer in history to defend the title in this event, breaking an Olympic record time of 14:43.40. U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen set an American record time of 14:45.29 to take the silver. Great Britain's David Davies, on the other hand, fought off a challenge from Russia's Yuri Prilukov in the final lap to earn a bronze medal by a 7-second margin, with a European record of 14:45.95.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
The following records were established during the competition:
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record
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| 21 August || Final || align=left|Grant Hackett || align=left| || 14:43.40 ||
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Results
Heats
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Heat !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 1 || 3 || 4 ||align=left| David Davies ||align=left| || 14:57.03 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 2 || 5 || 5 ||align=left| Yuri Prilukov ||align=left| || 15:01.02 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 3 || 5 || 4 ||align=left| Grant Hackett ||align=left| || 15:01.89 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 4 || 4 || 4 ||align=left| Larsen Jensen ||align=left| || 15:03.75 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 5 || 5 || 2 ||align=left| Spyridon Gianniotis ||align=left| || 15:03.87 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 6 || 3 || 7 ||align=left| Dragoș Coman ||align=left| || 15:06.33 || Q, NR
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 7 || 3 || 2 ||align=left| Graeme Smith ||align=left| || 15:07.45 || Q
|-bgcolor=#ccffcc
| 8 || 5 || 3 ||align=left| Craig Stevens ||align=left| || 15:09.54 || Q
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| 9 || 5 || 7 ||align=left| Paweł Korzeniowski ||align=left| || 15:11.62 ||
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| 10 || 4 || 5 ||align=left| Igor Chervynskiy ||align=left| || 15:12.58 ||
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| 11 || 4 || 3 ||align=left| Nicolas Rostoucher ||align=left| || 15:13.56 ||
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| 12 || 5 || 6 ||align=left| Christian Hein ||align=left| || 15:15.42 ||
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| 13 || 3 || 6 ||align=left| Takeshi Matsuda ||align=left| || 15:16.42 ||
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| 14 || 2 || 4 ||align=left| Oussama Mellouli ||align=left| || 15:18.98 ||
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| 15 || 5 || 1 ||align=left| Ricardo Monasterio ||align=left| || 15:20.89 ||
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| 16 || 3 || 5 ||align=left| Erik Vendt ||align=left| || 15:22.00 ||
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| 17 || 2 || 5 ||align=left| Petar Stoychev ||align=left| || 15:28.32 ||
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| 18 || 3 || 8 ||align=left| Andrew Hurd ||align=left| || 15:28.71 ||
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| 19 || 3 || 3 ||align=left| Alexei Filipets ||align=left| || 15:30.05 ||
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| 20 || 4 || 8 ||align=left| Bojan Zdešar ||align=left| || 15:31.57 ||
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| 21 || 5 || 8 ||align=left| Fernando Costa ||align=left| || 15:32.55 ||
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| 22 || 4 || 2 ||align=left| Thomas Lurz ||align=left| || 15:33.81 ||
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| 23 || 4 || 1 ||align=left| Gergő Kis ||align=left| || 15:38.06 ||
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| 24 || 4 || 7 ||align=left| Christian Minotti ||align=left| || 15:39.31 ||
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| 25 || 3 || 1 ||align=left| Cho Sung-mo ||align=left| || 15:43.43 ||
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| 26 || 2 || 6 ||align=left| Juan Martín Pereyra ||align=left| || 15:53.29 ||
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| 27 || 1 || 5 ||align=left| Charnvudth Saengsri ||align=left| || 15:54.46 ||
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| 28 || 2 || 2 ||align=left| Moss Burmester ||align=left| || 15:56.42 ||
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| 29 || 2 || 3 ||align=left| Nenad Buljan ||align=left| || 15:56.54 ||
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| 30 || 1 || 4 ||align=left| Giancarlo Zolezzi ||align=left| || 16:00.52 ||
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| 31 || 4 || 6 ||align=left| Georgios Diamantidis ||align=left| || 16:06.31 ||
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| 32 || 1 || 3 ||align=left| Saw Yi Khy ||align=left| || 16:06.38 ||
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| 33 || 2 || 7 ||align=left| Xin Tong ||align=left| || 16:10.43 ||
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| 34 || 2 || 1 ||align=left| Miguel Mendoza ||align=left| || 16:26.52 ||
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Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
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! Rank !! Lane !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Notes
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| || 3 ||align=left| Grant Hackett ||align=left| || 14:43.40 ||
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| || 6 ||align=left| Larsen Jensen ||align=left| || 14:45.29 || AM
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| || 4 ||align=left| David Davies ||align=left| || 14:45.95 || ER
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| 4 || 5 ||align=left| Yuri Prilukov ||align=left| || 14:52.48 || NR
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| 5 || 2 ||align=left| Spyridon Gianniotis ||align=left| || 15:03.69 ||
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| 6 || 1 ||align=left| Graeme Smith ||align=left| || 15:09.71 ||
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| 7 || 7 ||align=left| Dragoș Coman ||align=left| || 15:10.21 ||
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| 8 || 8 ||align=left| Craig Stevens ||align=left| || 15:13.66 ||
|-
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report