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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date12 – 13 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationEstádio Aquático Olímpico, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants45 from 32 countries

Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri had won the 2015 World Championship, but that was in the absence of China’s Sun Yang, who had won the 400 and 1,500 at the London Olympics. Other medal contenders included American Connor Jaeger, Australian Mack Horton, Canadian Ryan Cochrane, and Italy’s Gabriele Detti.

Sun surprised in the heats by failing to qualify for the final, but all the other medal favorites made it. The lead on the first few laps was taken by Cochrane, but Paltrinieri went ahead at 200 metres and was never caught. He was ahead of world record splits for the first half of the race but could not maintain that pace. Jaeger moved into second at 700 metres, passing Horton, and Jaeger would go on to win the silver medal. Detti was still sixth at 900 metres and did not move up to the bronze medal position until 1,300 metres, but gave Italy two swimmers on the podium. Paltrinieri finished in 14:34.57, almost five seconds ahead of Jaeger, who still set an American record of 14:39.48.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:44.51 (1 h6)14:34.57 (1)Gold
2Connor JaegerUSA14:45.74 (2 h6)14:39.48 (2)Silver
3Gabriele DettiITA14:48.68 (3 h5)14:40.86 (3)Bronze
4Jordan WilimovskyUSA14:48.23 (1 h5)14:45.03 (4)
5Mack HortonAUS14:48.47 (2 h5)14:49.54 (5)
6Ryan CochraneCAN14:53.44 (5 h5)14:49.61 (6)
7Damien JolyFRA14:48.90 (4 h5)14:52.73 (7)
8Henrik ChristiansenNOR14:55.40 (6 h5)15:02.66 (8)
9Jack McLoughlinAUS14:56.02 (3 h6)
10Stephen MilneGBR14:57.23 (4 h6)
11Ahmed AkramEGY14:58.37 (5 h6)
12Jan MickaCZE14:58.69 (1 h4)
13Ilya DruzhininRUS14:59.56 (1 h2)
14Yaroslav PotapovRUS15:00.99 (2 h4)
15Mykhailo RomanchukUKR15:01.35 (6 h6)
16Sun YangCHN15:01.97 (7 h5)
17Serhiy FrolovUKR15:04.61 (3 h4)
18Anton IpsenDEN15:05.91 (1 h3)
19Gergely GyurtaHUN15:06.24 (7 h6)
20Qiu ZiaoCHN15:06.71 (4 h4)
21Oussama MellouliTUN15:07.78 (1 h1)
22Marcelo AcostaESA15:08.17 (2 h2)
23Esteban EndericaECU15:10.15 (2 h3)
24Marc SánchezESP15:11.38 (3 h3)
25Ricardo VargasMEX15:11.53 (3 h2)
26Antonio ArroyoESP15:12.61 (4 h3)
27Tim ShuttleworthGBR15:13.01 (8 h5)
28Wojciech WojdakPOL15:13.18 (5 h4)
29Brandonn AlmeidaBRA15:14.73 (4 h2)
30Pál JoensenDEN15:18.49 (6 h4)
31Miguel ValenteBRA15:22.57 (5 h2)
32Florian WellbrockGER15:23.88 (8 h6)
33Mateusz SawrymowiczPOL15:26.33 (5 h3)
34Richard NagySVK15:26.48 (7 h4)
35Kristóf RasovszkyHUN15:29.36 (6 h2)
36Martin BauSLO15:29.95 (7 h2)
37Mihajlo ČeprkaloBIH15:31.62 (2 h1)
38Matt HutchinsNZL15:32.60 (3 h1)
39Welson SimMAS15:32.63 (4 h1)
40Nicolas d'OrianoFRA15:33.62 (6 h3)
41Matthew MeyerRSA15:36.22 (7 h3)
42Felix AuböckAUT15:36.24 (8 h4)
43Martín NaidichARG15:39.93 (8 h2)
44Wesley RobertsCOK15:44.32 (5 h1)
45Felipe TapiaCHI16:02.44 (6 h1)
DNSPark Tae-HwanKOR– (DNS h3)

Round One

Date12 August 2016 — 13:40
FormatFastest eight swimmers advanced to final
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:44.51Q
2Connor JaegerUSA14:45.74Q
3Jordan WilimovskyUSA14:48.23Q
4Mack HortonAUS14:48.47Q
5Gabriele DettiITA14:48.68Q
6Damien JolyFRA14:48.90Q
7Ryan CochraneCAN14:53.44Q
8Henrik ChristiansenNOR14:55.40Q
9Jack McLoughlinAUS14:56.02
10Stephen MilneGBR14:57.23
11Ahmed AkramEGY14:58.37
12Jan MickaCZE14:58.69
13Ilya DruzhininRUS14:59.56
14Yaroslav PotapovRUS15:00.99
15Mykhailo RomanchukUKR15:01.35
16Sun YangCHN15:01.97
17Serhiy FrolovUKR15:04.61
18Anton IpsenDEN15:05.91
19Gergely GyurtaHUN15:06.24
20Qiu ZiaoCHN15:06.71
21Oussama MellouliTUN15:07.78
22Marcelo AcostaESA15:08.17
23Esteban EndericaECU15:10.15
24Marc SánchezESP15:11.38
25Ricardo VargasMEX15:11.53
26Antonio ArroyoESP15:12.61
27Tim ShuttleworthGBR15:13.01
28Wojciech WojdakPOL15:13.18
29Brandonn AlmeidaBRA15:14.73
30Pál JoensenDEN15:18.49
31Miguel ValenteBRA15:22.57
32Florian WellbrockGER15:23.88
33Mateusz SawrymowiczPOL15:26.33
34Richard NagySVK15:26.48
35Kristóf RasovszkyHUN15:29.36
36Martin BauSLO15:29.95
37Mihajlo ČeprkaloBIH15:31.62
38Matt HutchinsNZL15:32.60
39Welson SimMAS15:32.63
40Nicolas d'OrianoFRA15:33.62
41Matthew MeyerRSA15:36.22
42Felix AuböckAUT15:36.24
43Martín NaidichARG15:39.93
44Wesley RobertsCOK15:44.32
45Felipe TapiaCHI16:02.44
DNSPark Tae-HwanKOR

Heat #1

Time13:40
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Oussama MellouliTUN15:07.78
2Mihajlo ČeprkaloBIH15:31.62
3Matt HutchinsNZL15:32.60
4Welson SimMAS15:32.63
5Wesley RobertsCOK15:44.32
6Felipe TapiaCHI16:02.44

Heat #2

Time13:58
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Ilya DruzhininRUS14:59.56
2Marcelo AcostaESA15:08.17
3Ricardo VargasMEX15:11.53
4Brandonn AlmeidaBRA15:14.73
5Miguel ValenteBRA15:22.57
6Kristóf RasovszkyHUN15:29.36
7Martin BauSLO15:29.95
8Martín NaidichARG15:39.93

Heat #3

Time14:16
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Anton IpsenDEN15:05.91
2Esteban EndericaECU15:10.15
3Marc SánchezESP15:11.38
4Antonio ArroyoESP15:12.61
5Mateusz SawrymowiczPOL15:26.33
6Nicolas d'OrianoFRA15:33.62
7Matthew MeyerRSA15:36.22
DNSPark Tae-HwanKOR

Heat #4

Time14:34
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Jan MickaCZE14:58.69
2Yaroslav PotapovRUS15:00.99
3Serhiy FrolovUKR15:04.61
4Qiu ZiaoCHN15:06.71
5Wojciech WojdakPOL15:13.18
6Pál JoensenDEN15:18.49
7Richard NagySVK15:26.48
8Felix AuböckAUT15:36.24

Heat #5

Time14:52
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Jordan WilimovskyUSA14:48.23Q
2Mack HortonAUS14:48.47Q
3Gabriele DettiITA14:48.68Q
4Damien JolyFRA14:48.90Q
5Ryan CochraneCAN14:53.44Q
6Henrik ChristiansenNOR14:55.40Q
7Sun YangCHN15:01.97
8Tim ShuttleworthGBR15:13.01

Heat #6

Time15:10
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:44.51Q
2Connor JaegerUSA14:45.74Q
3Jack McLoughlinAUS14:56.02
4Stephen MilneGBR14:57.23
5Ahmed AkramEGY14:58.37
6Mykhailo RomanchukUKR15:01.35
7Gergely GyurtaHUN15:06.24
8Florian WellbrockGER15:23.88

Final Round

Date13 August 2016 — 22:11
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Gregorio PaltrinieriITA14:34.57
2Connor JaegerUSA14:39.48
3Gabriele DettiITA14:40.86
4Jordan WilimovskyUSA14:45.03
5Mack HortonAUS14:49.54
6Ryan CochraneCAN14:49.61
7Damien JolyFRA14:52.73
8Henrik ChristiansenNOR15:02.66