Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors	34 from 28 nations
Medalists
Grant Hackett   Australia   Larsen Jensen   United States   David Davies   Great Britain
«2000	2008»

Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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		women
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The Men's 1500 Metre freestyle event was one of sixteen events for male swimmers at the 2004 Olympics.

Records

World Record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	Fukuoka, Japan	14:34.56	29 July 2001
Olympic Record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	Beijing, China	14:38.92	?

Heats

Heat 1

1. Charnvudth Saengsri, Thailand – 15:54.46
2. Giancarlo Zolezzi, Chile – 16:00.52
3. Yi-Khy Saw, Malaysia – 16:06.38

Heat 2

1. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia – 15:18.98
2. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria – 15:28.32
3. Juan Martin Pereyra, Argentina – 15:53.29
4. Moss Burmester, New Zealand – 15:56.42
5. Nenad Buljan, Croatia – 15:56.54
6. Xin Tong, China – 16:10.43
7. Miguel Mendoza, Philippines – 16:26.52

Heat 3

1. David Davies, Great Britain – 14:57.03 -Q
2. Dragoş Coman, Romania – 15:06.33 -Q
3. Graeme Smith, Great Britain – 15:07.45 -Q
4. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan – 15:16.42
5. Erik Vendt, United States – 15:22.00
6. Andrew Hurd, Canada – 15:28.71
7. Alexey Filipets, Russia – 15:30.05
8. Sung-Mo Cho, South Korea – 15:43.43

Heat 4

1. Larsen Jensen, United States – 15:03.75 -Q
2. Igor Chervynskyi, Ukraine – 15:12.58
3. Nicolas Rostoucher, France – 15:13.56
4. Bojan Zdešar, Slovenia – 15:31.57
5. Thomas Lurz, Germany – 15:33.81
6. Gergő Kis, Hungary – 15:38.06
7. Christian Minotti, Italy – 15:39.31
8. Georgios Diamantidis, Greece – 16:06.31

Heat 5

1. Yuri Prilukov, Russia – 15:01.02 -Q
2. Grant Hackett, Australia – 15:01.89 -Q
3. Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece – 15:03.87 -Q
4. Craig Stevens, Australia – 15:09.54 -Q
5. Paweł Korzeniowski, Poland – 15:11.62
6. Christian Hein, Germany – 15:15.42
7. Ricardo Monasterio, Venezuela – 15:20.89
8. Fernando Costa, Portugal – 15:32.55

Heats rankings

1. David Davies, Great Britain 14:57.03 -Q
2. Yuri Prilukov, Russia 15:01.02 -Q
3. Grant Hackett, Australia 15:01.89 -Q
4. Larsen Jensen, United States 15:03.75 -Q
5. Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece 15:03.87 -Q
6. Dragos Coman, Romania 15:06.33 -Q
7. Graeme Smith, Great Britain 15:07.45 -Q
8. Craig Stevens, Australia 15:09.54 -Q
9. Pawel Korzeniowski, Poland 15:11.62
10. Igor Chervynskiy, Ukraine 15:12.58
11. Nicolas Rostoucher, France 15:13.56
12. Christian Hein, Germany 15:15.42
13. Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 15:16.42
14. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 15:18.98
15. Ricardo Monasterio, Venezuela 15:20.89
16. Erik Vendt, United States 15:22.00
17. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria 15:28.32
18. Andrew Hurd, Canada 15:28.71
19. Alexey Filipets, Russia 15:30.05
20. Bojan Zdesar, Slovenia 15:31.57
21. Fernando Costa, Portugal 15:32.55
22. Thomas Lurz, Germany 15:33.81
23. Gergo Kis, Hungary 15:38.06
24. Christian Minotti, Italy 15:39.31
25. Sung-Mo Cho, Korea 15:43.43
26. Juan Martin Pereyra, Argentina 15:53.29
27. Charnvudth Saengsri, Thailand 15:54.46
28. Moss Burmester, New Zealand 15:56.42
29. Nenad Buljan, Croatia 15:56.54
30. Giancarlo Zolezzi, Chile 16:00.52
31. Georgios Diamantidis, Greece 16:06.31
32. Yi-Khy Saw, Malaysia 16:06.38
33. Xin Tong, China 16:10.43
34. Juan Carlos Miguel Mendoza, Philippines 16:26.52

Final

1. Grant Hackett, Australia 14:43.40   OR
2. Larsen Jensen, United States 14:45.29
3. David Davies, Great Britain 14:45.95
4. Yuri Prilukov, Russia 14:52.48
5. Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece 15:03.69
6. Graeme Smith, Great Britain 15:09.71
7. Dragos Coman, Romania 15:10.21
8. Craig Stevens, Australia 15:13.66

References

• Official Olympic Report