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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date30 – 31 July 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPiscinas Bernat Picornell, Barcelona
Participants30 from 24 countries

The two favorites were Australia’s Kieren Perkins and German Jörg Hoffmann. At the 1991 World Championships, they had dueled with Hoffmann winning in a world record 14:50.36, only 0.22 ahead of Perkins. At the Australian Olympic Trials in Canberra in April 1992, Perkins bettered that record with 14:48.40. But in Barcelona the race was not close as Perkins started out at what seemed an insane pace, recording 55.30 for the opening 100, and 3:51.59 for 400. At 800 metres he was only 1.67 seconds off his world record for that distance, and he led by almost 20 metres. He slowed slightly from there, but won gold easily in a world record 14:43.48, with silver going to his teammate Glen Housman, the 1989 Pan Pacific and 1990 Commonwealth champion, who was almost 12 seconds back. Hoffmann finished third, unable to better 15 minutes.

Perkins would defend his gold medal in Atlanta and return at Sydney to add a silver medal in the event. He would also set one more world record in the event, 14:41.66 at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, in which his 800 split also bettered the world mark for that distance.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1Final
132Kieren PerkinsAUS15:02.75 (1 h4)14:43.48 (1)Gold
219Glen HousmanAUS15:11.36 (1 h3)14:55.29 (2)Silver
3276Jörg HoffmannGER15:03.95 (1 h2)15:02.29 (3)Bronze
4282Stefan PfeifferGER15:13.71 (2 h2)15:04.28 (4)
5265Ian WilsonGBR15:15.37 (2 h4)15:13.35 (5)
6543Igor MajcenSLO15:16.85 (3 h4)15:19.12 (6)
7608Lawrence FrostadUSA15:21.37 (3 h2)15:19.41 (7)
8167Viktor AndreyevEUN15:21.43 (2 h3)15:33.94 (8)
9480Piotr AlbińskiPOL15:23.01 (4 h2)
10488Mariusz PodkościelnyPOL15:25.42 (3 h3)
11160Sergio RoureESP15:26.18 (4 h4)
12619Sean KillionUSA15:27.49 (4 h3)
13375Piermaria SicilianoITA15:28.46 (5 h2)
14230Christophe MarchandFRA15:30.51 (5 h4)
1580Christopher BowieCAN15:34.28 (6 h4)
16389Masashi KatoJPN15:40.94 (5 h3)
17499Artur CostaPOR15:41.26 (6 h2)
187Andrés MinelliARG15:44.55 (7 h2)
19236Stephen AkersGBR15:46.48 (6 h3)
20419Jeffrey OngMAS15:51.41 (7 h4)
21338Zoltán SzilágyiHUN15:52.80 (7 h3)
22577Hicham El-MasrySYR15:54.41 (1 h1)
2396David McLellanCAN15:58.38 (8 h4)
24506Jorge HerreraPUR16:01.69 (8 h2)
25124Alejandro BermúdezCOL16:01.77 (2 h1)
26404Bang Seung-HunKOR16:04.31 (3 h1)
27588Ratapong SirisanontTHA16:08.02 (4 h1)
28434Benoît FleurotMRI16:43.46 (5 h1)
29306Helder TorresGUA17:06.08 (6 h1)
30408Hussein Al-SadiqKSA17:15.75 (7 h1)

Round One

Date30 July 1992 — 10:45
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Kieren PerkinsAUS15:02.75Q
24Jörg HoffmannGER15:03.95Q
34Glen HousmanAUS15:11.36Q
43Stefan PfeifferGER15:13.71Q
55Ian WilsonGBR15:15.37Q
63Igor MajcenSLO15:16.85Q
75Lawrence FrostadUSA15:21.37Q
83Viktor AndreyevEUN15:21.43Q
96Piotr AlbińskiPOL15:23.01
108Mariusz PodkościelnyPOL15:25.42
117Sergio RoureESP15:26.18
125Sean KillionUSA15:27.49
138Piermaria SicilianoITA15:28.46
148Christophe MarchandFRA15:30.51
151Christopher BowieCAN15:34.28
161Masashi KatoJPN15:40.94
177Artur CostaPOR15:41.26
181Andrés MinelliARG15:44.55
192Stephen AkersGBR15:46.48
206Jeffrey OngMAS15:51.41
217Zoltán SzilágyiHUN15:52.80
221Hicham El-MasrySYR15:54.41
232David McLellanCAN15:58.38
242Jorge HerreraPUR16:01.69
255Alejandro BermúdezCOL16:01.77
264Bang Seung-HunKOR16:04.31
273Ratapong SirisanontTHA16:08.02
286Benoît FleurotMRI16:43.46
292Helder TorresGUA17:06.08
307Hussein Al-SadiqKSA17:15.75

Heat #1

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
11Hicham El-MasrySYR15:54.41
25Alejandro BermúdezCOL16:01.77
34Bang Seung-HunKOR16:04.31
43Ratapong SirisanontTHA16:08.02
56Benoît FleurotMRI16:43.46
62Helder TorresGUA17:06.08
77Hussein Al-SadiqKSA17:15.75

Heat #2

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Jörg HoffmannGER15:03.95Q
23Stefan PfeifferGER15:13.71Q
35Lawrence FrostadUSA15:21.37Q
46Piotr AlbińskiPOL15:23.01
58Piermaria SicilianoITA15:28.46
67Artur CostaPOR15:41.26
71Andrés MinelliARG15:44.55
82Jorge HerreraPUR16:01.69

Heat #3

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Glen HousmanAUS15:11.36Q
23Viktor AndreyevEUN15:21.43Q
38Mariusz PodkościelnyPOL15:25.42
45Sean KillionUSA15:27.49
51Masashi KatoJPN15:40.94
62Stephen AkersGBR15:46.48
77Zoltán SzilágyiHUN15:52.80

Heat #4

PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Kieren PerkinsAUS15:02.75Q
25Ian WilsonGBR15:15.37Q
33Igor MajcenSLO15:16.85Q
47Sergio RoureESP15:26.18
58Christophe MarchandFRA15:30.51
61Christopher BowieCAN15:34.28
76Jeffrey OngMAS15:51.41
82David McLellanCAN15:58.38

Final Round

Date31 July 1992 — 18:00
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
14Kieren PerkinsAUS14:43.48WR
23Glen HousmanAUS14:55.29
35Jörg HoffmannGER15:02.29
46Stefan PfeifferGER15:04.28
52Ian WilsonGBR15:13.35
67Igor MajcenSLO15:19.12
71Lawrence FrostadUSA15:19.41
88Viktor AndreyevEUN15:33.94