Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Sydney International Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | September 22, 2000 (heats) September 23, 2000 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 14:48.33 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on 22–23 September at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Sydney, Australia.[1]
Australia's Grant Hackett denied his teammate and sentimental favourite Kieren Perkins a third straight title in the event. Having suffered badly over the first six days of the Games, Hackett maintained a strong lead from start to finish, and touched the wall first to claim a gold in 14:48.33.[2][3] Perkins fought off a challenge against his newest rival in the middle of the program's longest race, but ended up only with a silver in 14:53.59, handing the entire medal haul for the host nation with a 1–2 finish. U.S. swimmer Chris Thompson came up with a spectacular swim to take the bronze in an American record of 14:56.81, holding off a fast-closing Alexei Filipets of Russia (14:56.88) by seven hundredths of a second (0.07). For the first time in Olympic history, all three medalists finished the race under a 15-minute barrier.[4]
South Africa's dark horse Ryk Neethling powered home with a fifth-place effort in a new national record of 15:00.48, while American Erik Vendt, who previously set a continental mark from the trials, faded shortly to sixth in a time of 15:08.61.[5] Ukraine's Igor Chervynskiy (15:08.80) and Germany's Heiko Hell (15:19.87) rounded out the finale.[4]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 | [6] |
Olympic record | ![]() | 14:43.48 | Barcelona, Spain | 31 July 1992 | [6] |
Results
Heats
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Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | 4 | Kieren Perkins | ![]() | 14:58.34 | Q |
2 | 5 | 4 | Erik Vendt | ![]() | 15:05.11 | Q |
3 | 6 | 4 | Grant Hackett | ![]() | 15:07.50 | Q |
4 | 6 | 5 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() | 15:09.12 | Q, AF |
5 | 4 | 3 | Alexei Filipets | ![]() | 15:10.94 | Q |
6 | 5 | 5 | Chris Thompson | ![]() | 15:11.21 | Q |
7 | 5 | 6 | Heiko Hell | ![]() | 15:11.91 | Q |
8 | 4 | 5 | Igor Chervynskiy | ![]() | 15:12.30 | Q |
9 | 6 | 6 | Dragoș Coman | ![]() | 15:12.64 | NR |
10 | 6 | 2 | Christian Minotti | ![]() | 15:12.72 | |
11 | 6 | 1 | Nicolas Rostoucher | ![]() | 15:13.26 | |
12 | 4 | 2 | Frederik Hviid | ![]() | 15:14.37 | |
13 | 5 | 2 | Masato Hirano | ![]() | 15:14.43 | AS |
14 | 5 | 3 | Igor Snitko | ![]() | 15:14.67 | |
15 | 3 | 5 | Ricardo Monasterio | ![]() | 15:17.00 | |
16 | 6 | 8 | Yota Arase | ![]() | 15:18.20 | |
17 | 6 | 7 | Paul Palmer | ![]() | 15:21.09 | |
18 | 4 | 1 | Luiz Lima | ![]() | 15:23.15 | |
19 | 6 | 3 | Emiliano Brembilla | ![]() | 15:27.65 | |
20 | 3 | 4 | Dmitry Koptur | ![]() | 15:29.62 | |
21 | 3 | 3 | Spyridon Gianniotis | ![]() | 15:29.69 | |
22 | 4 | 7 | Alexey Kovrigin | ![]() | 15:30.69 | |
23 | 4 | 6 | Andrew Hurd | ![]() | 15:30.98 | |
24 | 5 | 8 | Teo Edo | ![]() | 15:32.01 | |
25 | 5 | 1 | Hannes Kalteis | ![]() | 15:32.90 | |
26 | 1 | 4 | Vlastimil Burda | ![]() | 15:33.25 | NR |
27 | 4 | 8 | Tim Peterson | ![]() | 15:34.94 | |
28 | 3 | 8 | Torwai Sethsothorn | ![]() | 15:39.60 | |
29 | 5 | 7 | Adam Faulkner | ![]() | 15:39.86 | |
30 | 3 | 1 | Petar Stoychev | ![]() | 15:42.76 | |
31 | 3 | 2 | Jorge Carral Armella | ![]() | 15:43.03 | |
32 | 3 | 7 | Jin Hao | ![]() | 15:48.49 | |
33 | 3 | 6 | Cho Sung-mo | ![]() | 15:50.45 | |
34 | 2 | 3 | Juan Carlos Piccio | ![]() | 15:51.57 | NR |
35 | 2 | 6 | Agustín Fiorilli | ![]() | 15:52.69 | |
36 | 2 | 5 | Dieung Manggang | ![]() | 16:02.11 | |
37 | 2 | 4 | Jonathan Duncan | ![]() | 16:03.41 | |
38 | 2 | 7 | Steven Chandra | ![]() | 16:10.98 | |
39 | 2 | 2 | Diego Mularoni | ![]() | 16:12.91 | |
40 | 1 | 5 | Li Yun-lun | ![]() | 16:13.05 | |
1 | 3 | Ivan Ivanov | ![]() | DSQ |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 3 | Grant Hackett | ![]() | 14:48.33 | |
![]() | 4 | Kieren Perkins | ![]() | 14:53.59 | |
![]() | 7 | Chris Thompson | ![]() | 14:56.81 | AM |
4 | 2 | Alexei Filipets | ![]() | 14:56.88 | |
5 | 6 | Ryk Neethling | ![]() | 15:00.48 | AF |
6 | 5 | Erik Vendt | ![]() | 15:08.61 | |
7 | 8 | Igor Chervynskiy | ![]() | 15:08.80 | |
8 | 1 | Heiko Hell | ![]() | 15:19.87 |
References
- ^ "Swimming schedule". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
- ^ "Hackett denies Perkins gold". News24. 23 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ Lonsbrough, Anita (25 September 2000). "Swimming: Hackett ends Perkins' long reign". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ a b Whitten, Phillip (23 September 2000). "Olympic Day 8 Finals – Complete". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ "Ryk clocks his best time – not good enough for medal". News24. 24 September 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ a b c "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. pp. 150–160. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
External links
- Official Olympic Report