Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Appearance
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | KL Sports City | |||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 14:50.92 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held at KL Sports City.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 | [1] |
Commonwealth record | ![]() |
14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 | [1] |
Games record | ![]() |
14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 | [1] |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grant Hackett | ![]() |
15:19.63 | Q |
2 | Graeme Smith | ![]() |
15:20.32 | Q |
3 | Ian Wilson | ![]() |
15:34.27 | Q |
4 | Kieren Perkins | ![]() |
15:34.75 | Q |
5 | Daniel Kowalski | ![]() |
15:43.39 | Q |
6 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() |
15:45.94 | Q |
7 | Tim Peterson | ![]() |
15:51.65 | Q |
8 | Brent Sallee | ![]() |
15:54.78 | Q |
9 | Dieung Manggang | ![]() |
16:02.45 | |
10 | Michael McWha | ![]() |
16:06.27 | |
11 | Mark Chay | ![]() |
16:41.60 | |
12 | Neil Cameron | ![]() |
16:44.39 | |
13 | Cliff Gittens | ![]() |
17:03.01 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() |
4 | Grant Hackett | ![]() |
14:50.92 | |
![]() |
7 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() |
15:02.88 | |
![]() |
6 | Kieren Perkins | ![]() |
15:03.00 | |
4 | 2 | Daniel Kowalski | ![]() |
15:03.40 | |
5 | 5 | Graeme Smith | ![]() |
15:23.42 | |
6 | 3 | Ian Wilson | ![]() |
15:29.83 | |
7 | 8 | Brent Sallee | ![]() |
15:42.85 | |
8 | 1 | Tim Peterson | ![]() |
15:56.56 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Hackett shatters world record". BBC Sport. 2001-07-29. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "1998 Commonwealth Games". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 19 June 2021.