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1,500 metres Freestyle, Men

Date20 – 21 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Kentro Ugrou Stivou, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Athina (Main Pool)
Participants34 from 28 countries

The Olympic 1500 metres freestyle has had a tendency towards champions with a greater amount of longevity than other Olympic swimming events. Vladimir Salnikov had, barring the 1984 boycott, dominated the eighties whilst Australia’s Kieren Perkins had followed as him as the star of the early nineties. The most recent member of this club, Grant Hackett of Australian had been unbeatable at the distance since 1997 and would have started as an overwhelming favourite for the Olympic title had it not been for the persistent bouts of bronchial asthma that had marred his progress towards Athens. The final developed into a three-way battle between Hackett, Larsen Jensen of the USA and Great Britain’s Dave Davies as the trio broke away from the rest early in the race. The Aussie gradually drew away from his two pursuers in the closing stages to retain his title in Olympic record time with Jensen holding off the challenge of Davies to earn silver. Although not known at the time Hackett was competing despite suffering from a partially collapsed lung which was operating at only three-quarter capacity.

PosCompetitorNOCR1Final
1Grant HackettAUS15:01.89 (2 h5)14:43.40 (1)Gold
2Larsen JensenUSA15:03.75 (1 h4)14:45.29 (2)Silver
3Dave DaviesGBR14:57.03 (1 h3)14:45.95 (3)Bronze
4Yury PrilukovRUS15:01.02 (1 h5)14:52.48 (4)
5Spyros GianniotisGRE15:03.87 (3 h5)15:03.69 (5)
6Graeme SmithGBR15:07.45 (3 h3)15:09.71 (6)
7Dragoș ComanROU15:06.33 (2 h3)15:10.21 (7)
8Craig StevensAUS15:09.54 (4 h5)15:13.66 (8)
9Paweł KorzeniowskiPOL15:11.62 (5 h5)
10Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:12.58 (2 h4)
11Nicolas RostoucherFRA15:13.56 (3 h4)
12Christian HeinGER15:15.42 (6 h5)
13Takeshi MatsudaJPN15:16.42 (4 h3)
14Oussama MellouliTUN15:18.98 (1 h2)
15Ricardo MonasterioVEN15:20.89 (7 h5)
16Erik VendtUSA15:22.00 (5 h3)
17Petar StoychevBUL15:28.32 (2 h2)
18Andrew HurdCAN15:28.71 (6 h3)
19Aleksey FilipetsRUS15:30.05 (7 h3)
20Bojan ZdešarSLO15:31.57 (4 h4)
21Fernando CostaPOR15:32.55 (8 h5)
22Thomas LurzGER15:33.81 (5 h4)
23Gergő KisHUN15:38.06 (6 h4)
24Christian MinottiITA15:39.31 (7 h4)
25Jo Seong-MoKOR15:43.43 (8 h3)
26Juan Martín PereyraARG15:53.29 (3 h2)
27Charnvudth SaengsriTHA15:54.46 (1 h1)
28Moss BurmesterNZL15:56.42 (4 h2)
29Nenad BuljanCRO15:56.54 (5 h2)
30Giancarlo ZolezziCHI16:00.52 (2 h1)
31Georgios DiamantidisGRE16:06.31 (8 h4)
32Saw Yi KhyMAS16:06.38 (3 h1)
33Xin TongCHN16:10.43 (6 h2)
34Miguel MendozaPHI16:26.52 (7 h2)

Round One

Date20 August 2004
FormatFastest eight advanced to the final.
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Dave DaviesGBR14:57.03Q
2Yury PrilukovRUS15:01.02Q
3Grant HackettAUS15:01.89Q
4Larsen JensenUSA15:03.75Q
5Spyros GianniotisGRE15:03.87Q
6Dragoș ComanROU15:06.33Q
7Graeme SmithGBR15:07.45Q
8Craig StevensAUS15:09.54Q
9Paweł KorzeniowskiPOL15:11.62
10Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:12.58
11Nicolas RostoucherFRA15:13.56
12Christian HeinGER15:15.42
13Takeshi MatsudaJPN15:16.42
14Oussama MellouliTUN15:18.98
15Ricardo MonasterioVEN15:20.89
16Erik VendtUSA15:22.00
17Petar StoychevBUL15:28.32
18Andrew HurdCAN15:28.71
19Aleksey FilipetsRUS15:30.05
20Bojan ZdešarSLO15:31.57
21Fernando CostaPOR15:32.55
22Thomas LurzGER15:33.81
23Gergő KisHUN15:38.06
24Christian MinottiITA15:39.31
25Jo Seong-MoKOR15:43.43
26Juan Martín PereyraARG15:53.29
27Charnvudth SaengsriTHA15:54.46
28Moss BurmesterNZL15:56.42
29Nenad BuljanCRO15:56.54
30Giancarlo ZolezziCHI16:00.52
31Georgios DiamantidisGRE16:06.31
32Saw Yi KhyMAS16:06.38
33Xin TongCHN16:10.43
34Miguel MendozaPHI16:26.52

Heat #1

Time10:21
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Charnvudth SaengsriTHA15:54.46
2Giancarlo ZolezziCHI16:00.52
3Saw Yi KhyMAS16:06.38

Heat #2

Time10:39
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Oussama MellouliTUN15:18.98
2Petar StoychevBUL15:28.32
3Juan Martín PereyraARG15:53.29
4Moss BurmesterNZL15:56.42
5Nenad BuljanCRO15:56.54
6Xin TongCHN16:10.43
7Miguel MendozaPHI16:26.52

Heat #3

Time10:58
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Dave DaviesGBR14:57.03Q
2Dragoș ComanROU15:06.33Q
3Graeme SmithGBR15:07.45Q
4Takeshi MatsudaJPN15:16.42
5Erik VendtUSA15:22.00
6Andrew HurdCAN15:28.71
7Aleksey FilipetsRUS15:30.05
8Jo Seong-MoKOR15:43.43

Heat #4

Time11:16
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Larsen JensenUSA15:03.75Q
2Ihor ChervynskyiUKR15:12.58
3Nicolas RostoucherFRA15:13.56
4Bojan ZdešarSLO15:31.57
5Thomas LurzGER15:33.81
6Gergő KisHUN15:38.06
7Christian MinottiITA15:39.31
8Georgios DiamantidisGRE16:06.31

Heat #5

Time11:35
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Yury PrilukovRUS15:01.02Q
2Grant HackettAUS15:01.89Q
3Spyros GianniotisGRE15:03.87Q
4Craig StevensAUS15:09.54Q
5Paweł KorzeniowskiPOL15:11.62
6Christian HeinGER15:15.42
7Ricardo MonasterioVEN15:20.89
8Fernando CostaPOR15:32.55

Final Round

Date21 August 2004 — 19:39
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime
1Grant HackettAUS14:43.40OR
2Larsen JensenUSA14:45.29
3Dave DaviesGBR14:45.95
4Yury PrilukovRUS14:52.48
5Spyros GianniotisGRE15:03.69
6Graeme SmithGBR15:09.71
7Dragoș ComanROU15:10.21
8Craig StevensAUS15:13.66