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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date3 – 4 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationParis La Défense Arena, Nanterre, France
Participants24 from 18 countries

Bobby Finke (USA) and Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) had won gold in this event in 2020 and 2016 and were still the favorites, along with Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, who had won the 800 freestyle five days before this final.

Finke is known for his fast finishes, but in the final he took the lead on the first lap and never relinquished it. Splitting ahead of world record pace throughout, he finished in 14:30.67 to break the world record of 14:31.02 set by China’s Sun Yang in winning the 2012 Olympic gold.

Finke held throughout, as Paltrinieri was second at every checkpoint and took the silver medal, almost four seconds behind Finke. Wiffen likewise moved into third at 300 metres and held that position to the finish for the bronze medal. Fifth place went to Türkiye’s 16-year-old Kuzey Tunçelli, who was second for 300 metres and finished in a world junior record of 14:41.22.

Finke became the fourth swimmer to defend the 1,500 freestyle gold medal, after American Mike Burton in 1968-1972, and Australians Kieren Perkins in 1992-1996 and Grant Hackett in 2000-2004. Soviet swimmer Vladimir Salnikov also won the event twice, in 1980 and 1988.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Bobby FinkeUSA14:45.31 (2 h4)14:30.67 (1)Gold
2Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:42.56 (2 h3)14:34.55 (2)Silver
3Daniel WiffenIRL14:40.34 (1 h3)14:39.63 (3)Bronze
4Dávid BetlehemHUN14:45.59 (3 h4)14:40.91 (4)
5Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:45.27 (1 h2)14:41.22 (5)
6Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:44.20 (1 h4)14:43.35 (6)
7David AubryFRA14:44.90 (3 h3)14:44.66 (7)
8Damien JolyFRA14:45.52 (4 h3)14:52.61 (8)
9Fei LiweiCHN14:50.06 (4 h4)
10Sven SchwarzGER14:51.97 (5 h4)
11Zalán SárkányHUN14:52.42 (5 h3)
12Luca De TullioITA14:55.61 (6 h3)
13Samuel ShortAUS14:58.15 (7 h3)
14Florian WellbrockGER15:01.88 (6 h4)
15Daniel JervisGBR15:03.75 (8 h3)
16Krzysztof ChmielewskiPOL15:04.99 (2 h2)
17Victor JohanssonSWE15:05.62 (3 h2)
18David JohnstonUSA15:10.64 (7 h4)
19Dimitrios MarkosGRE15:11.19 (1 h1)
20Henrik ChristiansenNOR15:14.11 (4 h2)
21Nguyễn Huy HoàngVIE15:18.63 (2 h1)
22Carlos GarachESP15:20.84 (5 h2)
23Emir Batur AlbayrakTUR15:23.21 (6 h2)
24Rodolfo Falcon, JrCUB16:00.31 (3 h1)
DNSMarwan El-KamashEGY– (DNS h2)
DNSVlad Ștefan StancuROU– (DNS h2)
DNSMykhailo RomanchukUKR– (DNS h4)

Round One

Date3 August 2024 — 11:30
FormatTop eight finishers advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Daniel WiffenIRL14:40.34Q
2Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:42.56Q
3Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:44.20Q
4David AubryFRA14:44.90Q
5Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:45.27Q
6Bobby FinkeUSA14:45.31Q
7Damien JolyFRA14:45.52Q
8Dávid BetlehemHUN14:45.59Q
9Fei LiweiCHN14:50.06
10Sven SchwarzGER14:51.97
11Zalán SárkányHUN14:52.42
12Luca De TullioITA14:55.61
13Samuel ShortAUS14:58.15
14Florian WellbrockGER15:01.88
15Daniel JervisGBR15:03.75
16Krzysztof ChmielewskiPOL15:04.99
17Victor JohanssonSWE15:05.62
18David JohnstonUSA15:10.64
19Dimitrios MarkosGRE15:11.19
20Henrik ChristiansenNOR15:14.11
21Nguyễn Huy HoàngVIE15:18.63
22Carlos GarachESP15:20.84
23Emir Batur AlbayrakTUR15:23.21
24Rodolfo Falcon, JrCUB16:00.31
DNSMarwan El-KamashEGY
DNSVlad Ștefan StancuROU
DNSMykhailo RomanchukUKR

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Dimitrios MarkosGRE15:11.19
2Nguyễn Huy HoàngVIE15:18.63
3Rodolfo Falcon, JrCUB16:00.31

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:45.27Q
2Krzysztof ChmielewskiPOL15:04.99
3Victor JohanssonSWE15:05.62
4Henrik ChristiansenNOR15:14.11
5Carlos GarachESP15:20.84
6Emir Batur AlbayrakTUR15:23.21
DNSMarwan El-KamashEGY
DNSVlad Ștefan StancuROU

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Daniel WiffenIRL14:40.34Q
2Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:42.56Q
3David AubryFRA14:44.90Q
4Damien JolyFRA14:45.52Q
5Zalán SárkányHUN14:52.42
6Luca De TullioITA14:55.61
7Samuel ShortAUS14:58.15
8Daniel JervisGBR15:03.75

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:44.20Q
2Bobby FinkeUSA14:45.31Q
3Dávid BetlehemHUN14:45.59Q
4Fei LiweiCHN14:50.06
5Sven SchwarzGER14:51.97
6Florian WellbrockGER15:01.88
7David JohnstonUSA15:10.64
DNSMykhailo RomanchukUKR

Final Round

Date4 August 2024 — 18:37
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Bobby FinkeUSA14:30.67WR
2Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:34.55
3Daniel WiffenIRL14:39.63
4Dávid BetlehemHUN14:40.91
5Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:41.22
6Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:43.35
7David AubryFRA14:44.66
8Damien JolyFRA14:52.61