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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date22 – 23 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney International Aquatic Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants41 from 32 countries

Australia have a tradition of success in the 1,500 metres at the Olympic Games that goes all the way back to Boy Charlton and, in the shape of defending champion Kieren Perkins and world record holder Grant Hackett , the nation had the two outstanding men in the event. On the evening of the 23rd September Australia, almost as one, sat down to the watch the Olympic final. The final viewing figures showed 95% of all TV sets in the country were tuned in to the race.

Hackett had been the marginal pre-Games favourite but had been outpaced by Perkins in the heats. The final was a different story and Hackett took the lead from the first stroke. Perkins kept pace until the 800 metres mark but Hackett’s relentless pace took him clear and he finished five seconds clear of his team-mate. Chris Thompson of the USA held off the fast finishing Russian Aleksey Filipets for the bronze medal. It was the first time in Olympic history that all three medalists went under 15 minutes

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Grant HackettAUS15:07.50 (1 h6)14:48.33 (1)Gold
2Kieren PerkinsAUS14:58.34 (1 h4)14:53.59 (2)Silver
3Chris ThompsonUSA15:11.21 (2 h5)14:56.81 (3)Bronze
4Aleksey FilipetsRUS15:10.94 (2 h4)14:56.88 (4)
5Ryk NeethlingRSA15:09.12 (2 h6)15:00.48 (5)
6Erik VendtUSA15:05.11 (1 h5)15:08.61 (6)
7Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:12.30 (3 h4)15:08.80 (7)
8Heiko HellGER15:11.91 (3 h5)15:19.87 (8)
9Dragoș ComanROU15:12.64 (3 h6)
10Christian MinottiITA15:12.72 (4 h6)
11Nicolas RostoucherFRA15:13.26 (5 h6)
12Frederik HviidESP15:14.37 (4 h4)
13Masato HiranoJPN15:14.43 (4 h5)
14Ihor SnitkoUKR15:14.67 (5 h5)
15Ricardo MonasterioVEN15:17.00 (1 h3)
16Yota AraseJPN15:18.20 (6 h6)
17Paul PalmerGBR15:21.09 (7 h6)
18Luiz LimaBRA15:23.15 (5 h4)
19Emiliano BrembillaITA15:27.95 (8 h6)
20Dzmitry KopturBLR15:29.62 (2 h3)
21Spyros GianniotisGRE15:29.69 (3 h3)
22Aleksey KovriginRUS15:30.69 (6 h4)
23Andrew HurdCAN15:30.98 (7 h4)
24Teo EdoESP15:32.01 (6 h5)
25Hannes KalteisAUT15:32.90 (7 h5)
26Vlastimil BurdaCZE15:33.25 (1 h1)
27Tim PetersonCAN15:34.94 (8 h4)
28Torwai SethsothornTHA15:39.60 (4 h3)
29Adam FaulknerGBR15:39.86 (8 h5)
30Petar StoychevBUL15:42.76 (5 h3)
31Jorge CarralMEX15:43.03 (6 h3)
32Jin HaoCHN15:48.49 (7 h3)
33Jo Seong-MoKOR15:50.45 (8 h3)
34Juan Carlo PiccioPHI15:51.57 (1 h2)
35Agustín FiorilliARG15:52.69 (2 h2)
36Dieung ManggangMAS16:02.11 (3 h2)
37Jonathan DuncanNZL16:03.41 (4 h2)
38Steven ChandraINA16:10.98 (5 h2)
39Diego MularoniSMR16:12.91 (6 h2)
40Li Yun-LinTPE16:13.05 (2 h1)
DQIvan IvanovKGZ– (DQ h1)

Round One

Date22 September 2000
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Kieren PerkinsAUS14:58.34Q
2Erik VendtUSA15:05.11Q
3Grant HackettAUS15:07.50Q
4Ryk NeethlingRSA15:09.12Q
5Aleksey FilipetsRUS15:10.94Q
6Chris ThompsonUSA15:11.21Q
7Heiko HellGER15:11.91Q
8Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:12.30Q
9Dragoș ComanROU15:12.64
10Christian MinottiITA15:12.72
11Nicolas RostoucherFRA15:13.26
12Frederik HviidESP15:14.37
13Masato HiranoJPN15:14.43
14Ihor SnitkoUKR15:14.67
15Ricardo MonasterioVEN15:17.00
16Yota AraseJPN15:18.20
17Paul PalmerGBR15:21.09
18Luiz LimaBRA15:23.15
19Emiliano BrembillaITA15:27.95
20Dzmitry KopturBLR15:29.62
21Spyros GianniotisGRE15:29.69
22Aleksey KovriginRUS15:30.69
23Andrew HurdCAN15:30.98
24Teo EdoESP15:32.01
25Hannes KalteisAUT15:32.90
26Vlastimil BurdaCZE15:33.25
27Tim PetersonCAN15:34.94
28Torwai SethsothornTHA15:39.60
29Adam FaulknerGBR15:39.86
30Petar StoychevBUL15:42.76
31Jorge CarralMEX15:43.03
32Jin HaoCHN15:48.49
33Jo Seong-MoKOR15:50.45
34Juan Carlo PiccioPHI15:51.57
35Agustín FiorilliARG15:52.69
36Dieung ManggangMAS16:02.11
37Jonathan DuncanNZL16:03.41
38Steven ChandraINA16:10.98
39Diego MularoniSMR16:12.91
40Li Yun-LinTPE16:13.05
DQIvan IvanovKGZ

Heat #1

Time10:28
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Vlastimil BurdaCZE15:33.25
2Li Yun-LinTPE16:13.05
DQIvan IvanovKGZ

Heat #2

Time10:47
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Juan Carlo PiccioPHI15:51.57
2Agustín FiorilliARG15:52.69
3Dieung ManggangMAS16:02.11
4Jonathan DuncanNZL16:03.41
5Steven ChandraINA16:10.98
6Diego MularoniSMR16:12.91

Heat #3

Time11:05
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Ricardo MonasterioVEN15:17.00
2Dzmitry KopturBLR15:29.62
3Spyros GianniotisGRE15:29.69
4Torwai SethsothornTHA15:39.60
5Petar StoychevBUL15:42.76
6Jorge CarralMEX15:43.03
7Jin HaoCHN15:48.49
8Jo Seong-MoKOR15:50.45

Heat #4

Time11:23
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Kieren PerkinsAUS14:58.34Q
2Aleksey FilipetsRUS15:10.94Q
3Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:12.30Q
4Frederik HviidESP15:14.37
5Luiz LimaBRA15:23.15
6Aleksey KovriginRUS15:30.69
7Andrew HurdCAN15:30.98
8Tim PetersonCAN15:34.94

Heat #5

Time11:41
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Erik VendtUSA15:05.11Q
2Chris ThompsonUSA15:11.21Q
3Heiko HellGER15:11.91Q
4Masato HiranoJPN15:14.43
5Ihor SnitkoUKR15:14.67
6Teo EdoESP15:32.01
7Hannes KalteisAUT15:32.90
8Adam FaulknerGBR15:39.86

Heat #6

Time11:59
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Grant HackettAUS15:07.50Q
2Ryk NeethlingRSA15:09.12Q
3Dragoș ComanROU15:12.64
4Christian MinottiITA15:12.72
5Nicolas RostoucherFRA15:13.26
6Yota AraseJPN15:18.20
7Paul PalmerGBR15:21.09
8Emiliano BrembillaITA15:27.95

Final Round

Date23 September 2000 — 15:39
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Grant HackettAUS14:48.33
2Kieren PerkinsAUS14:53.59
3Chris ThompsonUSA14:56.81
4Aleksey FilipetsRUS14:56.88
5Ryk NeethlingRSA15:00.48
6Erik VendtUSA15:08.61
7Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:08.80
8Heiko HellGER15:19.87