The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place between 30 and 31 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Round Name Nationality Time Record 31 July Final Kieren Perkins 14:43.48
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Kieren Perkins 15:02.75 Q 2 2 4 Jörg Hoffmann 15:03.95 Q 3 3 4 Glen Housman 15:11.36 Q 4 2 3 Stefan Pfeiffer 15:13.71 Q 5 4 5 Ian Wilson 15:15.37 Q 6 4 3 Igor Majcen 15:16.85 Q, NR 7 2 5 Lawrence Frostad 15:21.37 Q 8 3 3 Viktor Andreyev 15:21.43 Q 9 2 6 Piotr Albiński 15:23.01 10 3 8 Mariusz Podkościelny 15:25.42 11 4 7 Sergio Roura 15:26.18 12 3 5 Sean Killion 15:27.49 13 2 8 Pier Maria Siciliano 15:28.46 14 4 8 Christophe Marchand 15:30.51 15 4 1 Christopher Bowie 15:34.28 16 3 1 Masashi Kato 15:40.94 17 2 7 Artur Costa 15:41.26 18 2 1 Andrés Minelli 15:44.55 19 3 2 Stephen Akers 15:46.48 20 4 6 Jeffrey Ong 15:51.41 21 3 7 Zoltán Szilágyi 15:52.80 22 1 1 Hisham Al-Masri 15:54.41 23 4 2 David McLellan 15:58.38 24 2 2 Jorge Herrera 16:01.69 25 1 5 Alejandro Bermúdez 16:01.77 26 1 4 Bang Seung-hoon 16:04.31 27 1 3 Ratapong Sirisanont 16:08.02 28 1 6 Benoît Fleurot 16:43.46 29 1 2 Helder Torres 17:06.08 30 1 7 Hussein Al-Sadiq 17:15.75
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Kieren Perkins 14:43.48 3 Glen Housman 14:55.29 5 Jörg Hoffmann 15:02.29 4 6 Stefan Pfeiffer 15:04.28 5 2 Ian Wilson 15:13.35 6 7 Igor Majcen 15:19.12 7 1 Lawrence Frostad 15:19.41 8 8 Viktor Andreev 15:33.94
References
External links Official Report