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) |
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Competitors | 41 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 14:48.33 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming events at the 2000 Summer Olympics ![]() |
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Freestyle | ||||
50 m | men | women | ||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | women | |||
1500 m | men | |||
Backstroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Breaststroke | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Butterfly | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
Individual medley | ||||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
Freestyle relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women | ||
4×200 m | men | women | ||
Medley relay | ||||
4×100 m | men | women |
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 overwhelming favorite 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] |
No new records were set during this competition.
Results
Heats
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | Grant Hackett | ![]() |
14:48.33 | |
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4 | Kieren Perkins | ![]() |
14:53.59 | |
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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
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