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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 8 finishers advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Daniel WiffenIRL14:40.34Q
23Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:42.56Q
37Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:44.20Q
46David AubryFRA14:44.90Q
54Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:45.27Q
64Bobby FinkeUSA14:45.31Q
71Damien JolyFRA14:45.52Q
82Dávid BetlehemHUN14:45.59Q
91Fei LiweiCHN14:50.06
106Sven SchwarzGER14:51.97
118Zalán SárkányHUN14:52.42
127Luca De TullioITA14:55.61
135Samuel ShortAUS14:58.15
145Florian WellbrockGER15:01.88
152Daniel JervisGBR15:03.75
168Krzysztof ChmielewskiPOL15:04.99
172Victor JohanssonSWE15:05.62
188David JohnstonUSA15:10.64
195Dimitrios MarkosGRE15:11.19
206Henrik ChristiansenNOR15:14.11
214Nguyễn Huy HoàngVIE15:18.63
223Carlos GarachESP15:20.84
231Emir Batur AlbayrakTUR15:23.21
243Rodolfo Falcon, JrCUB16:00.31
DNS5Marwan El-KamashEGY
DNS7Vlad Ștefan StancuROU
DNS3Mykhailo RomanchukUKR

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
15Dimitrios MarkosGRE15:11.19
24Nguyễn Huy HoàngVIE15:18.63
33Rodolfo Falcon, JrCUB16:00.31

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:45.27Q
28Krzysztof ChmielewskiPOL15:04.99
32Victor JohanssonSWE15:05.62
46Henrik ChristiansenNOR15:14.11
53Carlos GarachESP15:20.84
61Emir Batur AlbayrakTUR15:23.21
DNS5Marwan El-KamashEGY
DNS7Vlad Ștefan StancuROU

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Daniel WiffenIRL14:40.34Q
23Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:42.56Q
36David AubryFRA14:44.90Q
41Damien JolyFRA14:45.52Q
58Zalán SárkányHUN14:52.42
67Luca De TullioITA14:55.61
75Samuel ShortAUS14:58.15
82Daniel JervisGBR15:03.75

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
17Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:44.20Q
24Bobby FinkeUSA14:45.31Q
32Dávid BetlehemHUN14:45.59Q
41Fei LiweiCHN14:50.06
56Sven SchwarzGER14:51.97
65Florian WellbrockGER15:01.88
78David JohnstonUSA15:10.64
DNS3Mykhailo RomanchukUKR

Final Round

Date4 August 2024 — 18:37
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
17Bobby FinkeUSA14:30.67WR
25Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:34.55
34Daniel WiffenIRL14:39.63
48Dávid BetlehemHUN14:40.91
52Kuzey TunçelliTUR14:41.22
63Ahmed JaouadiTUN14:43.35
76David AubryFRA14:44.66
81Damien JolyFRA14:52.61