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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date	25 – 26 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	34 from 26 countries

At the start of 1996 you could argue that Australia’s Kieren Perkins was the biggest “sure thing” of the entire swimming competitions. The 1992 champion had won every major title over the distance since Barcelona and also held the world record. Unfortunately for Perkins, the Olympic year had not been good to him and he had been beaten at the Australian trials over the distance and, additionally, had failed even to qualify for the 400 metres freestyle.

Even in the heats at Atlanta things looked bleak for the Australian as he only qualified for the final with 0.2 of a second to spare over the fifteen minute race. Perkins blamed his heat performance on an attempt to qualify with the least effort which had the negative effect of spoiling his body posture and slowing him down more than desired. He only made the final as the last qualifier.

Perkins put things to right in the final and, after taking the lead almost from the gun, sped ahead and was never troubled again. His time was 15 seconds off his own world record but still good enough to take a clear victory over his rivals. The silver medal was decided on the final touch where Perkins’ compatriot Daniel Kowalski beat Graeme Smith of Great Britain by a 20th of a second.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	R1	Final
1	Kieren Perkins	AUS	15:21.42 (4 h5)	14:56.40 (1)	Gold
2	Daniel Kowalski	AUS	15:12.55 (1 h4)	15:02.43 (2)	Silver
3	Graeme Smith	GBR	15:14.81 (1 h3)	15:02.48 (3)	Bronze
4	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	15:16.72 (2 h5)	15:08.58 (4)
5	Ryk Neethling	RSA	15:19.98 (2 h3)	15:14.63 (5)
6	Masato Hirano	JPN	15:19.48 (3 h5)	15:17.28 (6)
7	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	15:18.61 (2 h4)	15:18.86 (7)
8	Aleksey Akatyev	RUS	15:16.47 (1 h5)	15:21.68 (8)
9	Steffen Zesner	GER	15:21.65 (5 h5)	–
10	Paul Palmer	GBR	15:22.65 (3 h3)	–
11	Luiz Lima	BRA	15:24.16 (3 h4)	–
12	Peter Wright	USA	15:25.43 (4 h4)	–
13	Carlton Bruner	USA	15:25.82 (4 h3)	–
14	Aleksey Butsenin	RUS	15:31.27 (5 h4)	–
15	Ihor Snitko	UKR	15:31.40 (5 h3)	–
16	Torlarp Sethsothorn	THA	15:40.04 (6 h4)	–
17	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	15:40.49 (7 h4)	–
18	Marco Formentini	ITA	15:41.14 (6 h5)	–
19	Siarhei Mikhnovets	BLR	15:41.80 (1 h2)	–
20	Ricardo Monasterio	VEN	15:42.39 (2 h2)	–
21	Frederik Hviid	ESP	15:42.40 (6 h3)	–
22	Hisato Yasui	JPN	15:43.66 (7 h5)	–
23	Jacob Carstensen	DEN	15:43.75 (3 h2)	–
24	Denys Zavhorodnyi	UKR	15:46.79 (7 h3)	–
25	Lee Gyu-Chang	KOR	15:47.92 (8 h3)	–
26	Agustín Fiorilli	ARG	15:51.85 (4 h2)	–
27	Scott Cameron	NZL	15:56.60 (5 h2)	–
28	Igor Majcen	SLO	16:10.81 (8 h4)	–
29	Ramón Valle	HON	16:14.76 (1 h1)	–
30	Dimitrios Manganas	GRE	16:15.94 (6 h2)	–
31	Pedro Ferreira	POR	16:34.55 (7 h2)	–
32	Hicham El-Masry	SYR	16:42.35 (8 h5)	–
33	Hamid Reza Khani	IRI	17:22.86 (2 h1)	–
34	Rashid Salim Al-Ma'Shari	OMA	18:11.59 (3 h1)	–

Round One

Date	25 July 1996
Format	Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Daniel Kowalski	AUS	15:12.55	Q
2	4	Graeme Smith	GBR	15:14.81	Q
3	5	Aleksey Akatyev	RUS	15:16.47	Q
4	1	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	15:16.72	Q
5	5	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	15:18.61	Q
6	2	Masato Hirano	JPN	15:19.48	Q
7	7	Ryk Neethling	RSA	15:19.98	Q
8	4	Kieren Perkins	AUS	15:21.42	Q
9	6	Steffen Zesner	GER	15:21.65
10	3	Paul Palmer	GBR	15:22.65
11	7	Luiz Lima	BRA	15:24.16
12	3	Peter Wright	USA	15:25.43
13	5	Carlton Bruner	USA	15:25.82
14	6	Aleksey Butsenin	RUS	15:31.27
15	6	Ihor Snitko	UKR	15:31.40
16	8	Torlarp Sethsothorn	THA	15:40.04
17	1	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	15:40.49
18	3	Marco Formentini	ITA	15:41.14
19	2	Siarhei Mikhnovets	BLR	15:41.80
20	4	Ricardo Monasterio	VEN	15:42.39
21	1	Frederik Hviid	ESP	15:42.40
22	7	Hisato Yasui	JPN	15:43.66
23	5	Jacob Carstensen	DEN	15:43.75
24	2	Denys Zavhorodnyi	UKR	15:46.79
25	8	Lee Gyu-Chang	KOR	15:47.92
26	7	Agustín Fiorilli	ARG	15:51.85
27	3	Scott Cameron	NZL	15:56.60
28	2	Igor Majcen	SLO	16:10.81
29	4	Ramón Valle	HON	16:14.76
30	6	Dimitrios Manganas	GRE	16:15.94
31	1	Pedro Ferreira	POR	16:34.55
32	8	Hicham El-Masry	SYR	16:42.35
33	3	Hamid Reza Khani	IRI	17:22.86
34	5	Rashid Salim Al-Ma'Shari	OMA	18:11.59

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1,400 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m	400-500 m	500-600 m	600-700 m	700-800 m	800-900 m	900-1,000 m	1,000-1,100 m	1,100-1,200 m	1,200-1,300 m	1,300-1,400 m	1,400-1,500 m
1	4	Ramón Valle	HON	16:14.76	0.74	58.95 (1)	2:02.83 (1)	3:07.58 (1)	4:12.93 (1)	5:19.02 (1)	6:25.05 (1)	7:30.71 (1)	8:36.60 (1)	9:42.22 (1)	10:48.05 (1)	11:53.35 (1)	12:58.25 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
2	3	Hamid Reza Khani	IRI	17:22.86	0.86	1:05.52 (3)	2:14.34 (3)	3:23.95 (2)	4:33.35 (2)	5:43.02 (2)	6:52.91 (2)	8:02.96 (2)	9:12.85 (2)	10:23.13 (2)	11:33.68 (2)	12:44.23 (2)	13:54.76 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
3	5	Rashid Salim Al-Ma'Shari	OMA	18:11.59	0.83	1:04.21 (2)	2:13.69 (2)	3:25.30 (3)	4:37.19 (3)	5:50.11 (3)	7:03.77 (3)	8:18.32 (3)	9:32.83 (3)	10:47.33 (3)	12:01.77 (3)	13:16.34 (3)	14:30.74 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1,400 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m	400-500 m	500-600 m	600-700 m	700-800 m	800-900 m	900-1,000 m	1,000-1,100 m	1,100-1,200 m	1,200-1,300 m	1,300-1,400 m	1,400-1,500 m
1	2	Siarhei Mikhnovets	BLR	15:41.80	0.90	1:00.84 (6)	2:03.69 (5)	3:07.02 (6)	4:10.81 (5)	5:14.13 (5)	6:17.51 (3)	7:20.66 (3)	8:23.97 (3)	9:27.26 (3)	10:30.20 (2)	11:33.17 (2)	12:36.02 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
2	4	Ricardo Monasterio	VEN	15:42.39	0.87	58.95 (1)	2:00.76 (1)	3:03.26 (1)	4:05.97 (1)	5:09.13 (1)	6:12.30 (1)	7:16.01 (1)	8:19.17 (1)	9:23.17 (1)	10:27.23 (1)	11:30.60 (1)	12:34.42 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
3	5	Jacob Carstensen	DEN	15:43.75	0.85	59.34 (2)	2:02.55 (3)	3:05.95 (3)	4:09.63 (3)	5:13.64 (3)	6:17.57 (4)	7:21.55 (4)	8:24.64 (4)	9:28.07 (4)	10:31.24 (4)	11:34.52 (3)	12:38.06 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
4	7	Agustín Fiorilli	ARG	15:51.85	0.85	1:01.17 (7)	2:03.72 (6)	3:06.89 (5)	4:10.09 (4)	5:13.28 (2)	6:16.67 (2)	7:19.92 (2)	8:23.35 (2)	9:27.03 (2)	10:30.87 (3)	11:35.11 (4)	12:39.81 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
5	3	Scott Cameron	NZL	15:56.60	0.82	59.39 (3)	2:02.61 (4)	3:06.83 (4)	4:11.12 (6)	5:15.54 (6)	6:20.14 (6)	7:25.35 (6)	8:29.96 (6)	9:34.17 (5)	10:38.52 (5)	11:42.82 (5)	12:47.28 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
6	6	Dimitrios Manganas	GRE	16:15.94	0.81	59.58 (4)	2:02.50 (2)	3:05.30 (2)	4:09.01 (2)	5:14.04 (4)	6:18.41 (5)	7:22.86 (5)	8:28.86 (5)	9:35.62 (6)	10:42.58 (6)	11:50.04 (6)	12:56.90 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
7	1	Pedro Ferreira	POR	16:34.55	0.86	1:00.61 (5)	2:03.86 (7)	3:07.39 (7)	4:11.28 (7)	5:15.70 (7)	6:20.75 (7)	7:26.59 (7)	8:33.11 (7)	9:40.44 (7)	10:48.49 (7)	11:57.31 (7)	13:06.53 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1,400 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m	400-500 m	500-600 m	600-700 m	700-800 m	800-900 m	900-1,000 m	1,000-1,100 m	1,100-1,200 m	1,200-1,300 m	1,300-1,400 m	1,400-1,500 m
1	4	Graeme Smith	GBR	15:14.81	0.83	58.16 (1)	1:59.37 (1)	3:00.51 (1)	4:01.62 (1)	5:03.09 (1)	6:04.75 (1)	7:06.37 (1)	8:07.79 (1)	9:09.28 (1)	10:10.50 (1)	11:10.72 (1)	12:11.77 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
2	7	Ryk Neethling	RSA	15:19.98	0.82	59.13 (4)	2:00.49 (4)	3:01.94 (4)	4:03.33 (4)	5:04.83 (4)	6:06.31 (3)	7:07.86 (3)	8:09.48 (3)	9:11.31 (3)	10:13.14 (3)	11:14.89 (3)	12:16.67 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
3	3	Paul Palmer	GBR	15:22.65	0.84	58.89 (3)	1:59.93 (2)	3:01.06 (2)	4:02.31 (2)	5:03.65 (2)	6:05.54 (2)	7:07.26 (2)	8:08.67 (2)	9:10.37 (2)	10:12.33 (2)	11:14.64 (2)	12:17.39 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
4	5	Carlton Bruner	USA	15:25.82	0.87	59.29 (5)	2:00.57 (5)	3:01.85 (3)	4:03.27 (3)	5:04.81 (3)	6:06.44 (4)	7:08.10 (4)	8:09.98 (4)	9:11.98 (4)	10:14.01 (4)	11:16.30 (4)	12:18.80 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
5	6	Ihor Snitko	UKR	15:31.40	0.86	58.65 (2)	2:00.37 (3)	3:02.17 (5)	4:03.86 (5)	5:05.88 (5)	6:07.98 (5)	7:09.89 (5)	8:12.22 (5)	9:14.90 (5)	10:17.74 (5)	11:20.49 (5)	12:23.40 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
6	1	Frederik Hviid	ESP	15:42.40	0.84	59.50 (6)	2:01.17 (6)	3:03.39 (6)	4:05.81 (6)	5:08.60 (6)	6:10.91 (6)	7:13.64 (6)	8:16.76 (6)	9:20.21 (6)	10:23.98 (6)	11:27.99 (6)	12:32.33 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
7	2	Denys Zavhorodnyi	UKR	15:46.79	0.78	59.54 (7)	2:01.26 (7)	3:03.45 (7)	4:05.95 (7)	5:08.74 (7)	6:11.52 (7)	7:14.90 (7)	8:18.66 (7)	9:22.52 (7)	10:26.83 (7)	11:31.22 (7)	12:35.55 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
8	8	Lee Gyu-Chang	KOR	15:47.92	0.74	1:00.20 (8)	2:03.66 (8)	3:06.87 (8)	4:10.07 (8)	5:13.14 (8)	6:16.41 (8)	7:19.59 (8)	8:22.92 (8)	9:25.94 (8)	10:29.83 (8)	11:33.64 (8)	12:37.40 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1,400 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m	400-500 m	500-600 m	600-700 m	700-800 m	800-900 m	900-1,000 m	1,000-1,100 m	1,100-1,200 m	1,200-1,300 m	1,300-1,400 m	1,400-1,500 m
1	4	Daniel Kowalski	AUS	15:12.55	0.84	56.97 (1)	1:57.86 (1)	2:59.16 (2)	4:00.48 (2)	5:01.32 (1)	6:02.83 (2)	7:04.01 (=1)	8:05.08 (1)	9:05.25 (1)	10:06.10 (1)	11:06.82 (1)	12:07.84 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
2	5	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	15:18.61	0.94	57.58 (2)	1:57.91 (2)	2:59.04 (1)	4:00.47 (1)	5:01.47 (2)	6:02.66 (1)	7:04.01 (=1)	8:05.43 (2)	9:05.84 (2)	10:06.82 (2)	11:08.82 (2)	12:11.14 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
3	7	Luiz Lima	BRA	15:24.16	0.90	58.65 (3)	1:58.63 (3)	2:59.88 (3)	4:01.82 (3)	5:04.28 (4)	6:06.42 (5)	7:08.86 (5)	8:11.39 (5)	9:13.98 (=4)	10:16.69 (4)	11:19.51 (4)	12:21.97 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
4	3	Peter Wright	USA	15:25.43	0.84	59.57 (6)	2:00.27 (5)	3:01.35 (5)	4:02.88 (5)	5:04.51 (5)	6:06.39 (4)	7:08.68 (4)	8:10.93 (3)	9:13.81 (3)	10:16.25 (3)	11:18.48 (3)	12:20.89 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
5	6	Aleksey Butsenin	RUS	15:31.27	0.88	59.13 (4)	2:00.00 (4)	3:00.84 (4)	4:02.14 (4)	5:03.92 (3)	6:06.16 (3)	7:08.25 (3)	8:10.95 (4)	9:13.98 (=4)	10:16.98 (5)	11:20.04 (5)	12:23.27 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
6	8	Torlarp Sethsothorn	THA	15:40.04	0.86	59.56 (5)	2:01.15 (6)	3:03.33 (7)	4:06.08 (7)	5:08.95 (7)	6:11.76 (7)	7:14.67 (7)	8:17.30 (6)	9:20.45 (6)	10:23.87 (6)	11:27.59 (6)	12:31.34 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
7	1	Yann de Fabrique	FRA	15:40.49	0.82	59.61 (7)	2:01.20 (7)	3:02.75 (6)	4:04.94 (6)	5:07.83 (6)	6:10.77 (6)	7:14.12 (6)	8:17.74 (7)	9:21.11 (7)	10:24.80 (7)	11:28.49 (7)	12:32.49 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
8	2	Igor Majcen	SLO	16:10.81	0.85	1:00.00 (8)	2:02.43 (8)	3:05.54 (8)	4:08.93 (8)	5:13.04 (8)	6:17.52 (8)	7:22.46 (8)	8:28.16 (8)	9:34.31 (8)	10:40.71 (8)	11:47.23 (8)	12:53.57 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1,400 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m	400-500 m	500-600 m	600-700 m	700-800 m	800-900 m	900-1,000 m	1,000-1,100 m	1,100-1,200 m	1,200-1,300 m	1,300-1,400 m	1,400-1,500 m
1	5	Aleksey Akatyev	RUS	15:16.47	0.93	58.57 (4)	1:59.23 (3)	2:59.83 (3)	4:00.36 (2)	5:01.30 (2)	6:02.61 (2)	7:04.49 (2)	8:06.33 (1)	9:08.25 (1)	10:10.25 (1)	11:12.17 (1)	12:14.24 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
2	1	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	15:16.72	0.96	59.59 (8)	2:00.34 (6)	3:01.49 (5)	4:02.95 (5)	5:04.73 (5)	6:06.24 (5)	7:07.98 (5)	8:10.21 (5)	9:12.14 (4)	10:13.82 (4)	11:15.47 (4)	12:16.75 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
3	2	Masato Hirano	JPN	15:19.48	0.77	56.93 (2)	1:57.60 (2)	2:59.01 (2)	4:01.13 (3)	5:03.16 (3)	6:05.49 (3)	7:07.91 (4)	8:10.16 (4)	9:12.44 (5)	10:14.20 (5)	11:15.84 (5)	12:17.57 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
4	4	Kieren Perkins	AUS	15:21.42	0.89	56.65 (1)	1:56.62 (1)	2:57.57 (1)	3:58.91 (1)	5:00.26 (1)	6:02.25 (1)	7:04.25 (1)	8:06.51 (2)	9:08.75 (2)	10:11.28 (2)	11:13.75 (2)	12:16.12 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	Q
5	6	Steffen Zesner	GER	15:21.65	1.03	58.35 (3)	1:59.81 (4)	3:01.19 (4)	4:02.45 (4)	5:04.02 (4)	6:05.65 (4)	7:07.62 (3)	8:09.44 (3)	9:11.40 (3)	10:13.61 (3)	11:15.35 (3)	12:17.57 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
6	3	Marco Formentini	ITA	15:41.14	0.92	59.45 (7)	2:00.54 (7)	3:02.00 (7)	4:03.57 (7)	5:05.76 (6)	6:08.17 (6)	7:11.34 (6)	8:14.17 (6)	9:17.11 (6)	10:20.08 (6)	11:23.49 (6)	12:27.75 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
7	7	Hisato Yasui	JPN	15:43.66	0.85	58.71 (5)	2:00.12 (5)	3:01.65 (6)	4:03.53 (6)	5:06.54 (7)	6:10.36 (7)	7:13.81 (7)	8:17.58 (7)	9:21.45 (7)	10:25.09 (7)	11:30.06 (7)	12:34.64 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
8	8	Hicham El-Masry	SYR	16:42.35	0.82	58.87 (6)	2:01.45 (8)	3:06.58 (8)	4:13.18 (8)	5:20.57 (8)	6:28.63 (8)	7:36.62 (8)	8:45.15 (8)	9:53.54 (8)	11:02.38 (8)	12:10.00 (8)	13:17.20 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)

Final Round

Date	26 July 1996 — 20:41

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time	Reaction Time	100 m	200 m	300 m	400 m	500 m	600 m	700 m	800 m	900 m	1,000 m	1,100 m	1,200 m	1,300 m	1,400 m	100-200 m	200-300 m	300-400 m	400-500 m	500-600 m	600-700 m	700-800 m	800-900 m	900-1,000 m	1,000-1,100 m	1,100-1,200 m	1,200-1,300 m	1,300-1,400 m	1,400-1,500 m
1	8	Kieren Perkins	AUS	14:56.40	0.84	55.30 (1)	1:53.92 (1)	2:53.41 (1)	3:53.28 (1)	4:53.45 (1)	5:53.47 (1)	6:53.62 (1)	7:53.85 (1)	8:53.82 (1)	9:54.44 (1)	10:54.86 (1)	11:55.51 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
2	4	Daniel Kowalski	AUS	15:02.43	0.85	55.73 (2)	1:55.14 (2)	2:55.34 (2)	3:55.76 (2)	4:56.34 (2)	5:57.04 (2)	6:57.62 (2)	7:58.31 (2)	8:59.96 (2)	10:01.93 (2)	11:03.43 (3)	12:04.22 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
3	5	Graeme Smith	GBR	15:02.48	0.98	57.23 (5)	1:57.38 (5)	2:57.75 (3)	3:58.34 (3)	4:58.85 (3)	5:59.43 (3)	7:00.04 (3)	8:00.82 (3)	9:01.46 (3)	10:02.24 (3)	11:03.00 (2)	12:03.69 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
4	6	Emiliano Brembilla	ITA	15:08.58	0.91	59.54 (8)	2:00.09 (8)	3:00.66 (7)	4:01.47 (6)	5:02.54 (5)	6:03.44 (5)	7:04.38 (5)	8:05.43 (5)	9:05.95 (5)	10:06.57 (4)	11:07.23 (4)	12:07.71 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
5	1	Ryk Neethling	RSA	15:14.63	0.87	58.95 (7)	1:59.96 (7)	3:01.46 (8)	4:02.93 (8)	5:03.88 (8)	6:05.32 (8)	7:06.99 (8)	8:08.59 (8)	9:09.96 (8)	10:11.36 (7)	11:12.58 (7)	12:14.00 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
6	7	Masato Hirano	JPN	15:17.28	0.71	56.91 (3)	1:57.27 (3)	2:58.82 (5)	4:00.71 (5)	5:02.57 (6)	6:04.02 (6)	7:05.66 (6)	8:07.32 (6)	9:09.18 (6)	10:10.94 (6)	11:12.57 (6)	12:14.16 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
7	2	Jörg Hoffmann	GER	15:18.86	0.96	57.12 (4)	1:57.29 (4)	2:57.96 (4)	3:58.37 (4)	4:59.20 (4)	5:59.95 (4)	7:01.17 (4)	8:02.54 (4)	9:04.90 (4)	10:07.18 (5)	11:09.55 (5)	12:12.61 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)
8	3	Aleksey Akatyev	RUS	15:21.68	0.96	58.62 (6)	1:59.48 (6)	3:00.46 (6)	4:01.58 (7)	5:02.75 (7)	6:04.15 (7)	7:05.99 (7)	8:07.85 (7)	9:09.75 (7)	10:11.89 (8)	11:13.74 (8)	12:16.04 (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)	– (–)