Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
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| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad |
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| Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The men's 1500 freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics, was contested in the morning of September 24 (preliminaries) and in the afternoon of September 25 (finals).
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Records [edit]
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the event were:
| World record |  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) |
14:54.76 | Moscow, USSR | 22 February, 1983 |
| Olympic record | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) |
14:58.27 | Moscow, USSR | 22 July 1980 |
Finals [edit]
A Final [edit]
| Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union |
15:00.40 | |
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Stefan Pfeiffer |  West Germany |
15:02.69 | |
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Uwe Daßler |  East Germany |
15:06.15 | |
| 4th | Matt Cetlinski |  United States |
15:06.91 | |
| 5th | Mariusz Podkościelny |  Poland |
15:14.76 | |
| 6th | Rainer Henkel | West Germany |
15:18.19 | |
| 7th | Kevin Boyd |  Great Britain |
15:21.16 | |
| 8th | Darjan Petrič |  Yugoslavia |
15:37.12 |
Preliminary heats [edit]
References [edit]
- Swimming World Magazine, November 1988.
