Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates30 July 2021 (heats)
1 August 2021 (final)
Competitors28 from 20 nations
Winning time14:39.65
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robert Finke  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Florian Wellbrock  Germany
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Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Qualification
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen
4 × 200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenmixedwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 30 July and 1 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] It will be the event's twenty-seventh consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1904.

Katie Ledecky and Bobby Finke win both the men's and women's 1500 metre freestyle.

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [2][3]
Olympic record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [2][3]

Qualification[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 15:00.99. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 15:28.02. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a male swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[4]

Competition format[edit]

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[5]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 July 2021 19:48 Heats
Sunday, 1 August 2021 10:44 Final

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 4 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 14:45.99 Q
2 4 3 Robert Finke  United States 14:47.20 Q
3 3 4 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 14:48.53 Q
4 4 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:49.17 Q
5 3 3 Daniel Jervis  Great Britain 14:50.22 Q
6 3 7 Sergii Frolov  Ukraine 14:51.83 Q
7 2 8 Felix Auböck  Austria 14:51.88 Q, NR
8 2 3 Kirill Martynychev  ROC 14:52.66 Q
9 3 2 Domenico Acerenza  Italy 14:53.84
10 4 7 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 14:56.98
11 4 2 Lukas Märtens  Germany 14:59.45
12 3 8 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng  Vietnam 15:00.24
13 4 1 Guilherme Costa  Brazil 15:01.18
14 3 1 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 15:01.58
15 2 5 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 15:01.85
16 2 4 Thomas Neill  Australia 15:04.65
17 2 6 Michael Brinegar  United States 15:04.67
18 2 7 Victor Johansson  Sweden 15:05.53
19 4 8 Aleksandr Yegorov  ROC 15:06.55
20 1 5 Daniel Wiffen  Ireland 15:07.69 NR
21 3 5 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 15:11.14
22 2 2 Ákos Kalmár  Hungary 15:17.02
23 3 6 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 15:17.71
24 2 1 Cheng Long  China 15:18.71
25 1 3 Marcelo Acosta  El Salvador 15:27.37
26 4 6 Alexander Nørgaard  Denmark 15:28.70
27 1 4 Aflah Prawira  Indonesia 15:29.94
28 1 2 Théo Druenne  Monaco 16:17.20
1 6 Marwan Elkamash  Egypt DNS

Final[edit]

[7]

Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Robert Finke  United States 14:39.65
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 14:40.66
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 14:40.91
4 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:45.01
5 2 Daniel Jervis  Great Britain 14:55.48
6 8 Kirill Martynychev  ROC 14:55.85
7 1 Felix Auböck  Austria 15:03.47
8 7 Sergii Frolov  Ukraine 15:04.26

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ^ a b Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020. FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  5. ^ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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