The men's 1500 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July.
Records At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 19 July Heats Zoltán Wladár 15:37.61 OR 19 July Heats Paul Hartloff 15:20.74 OR 20 July Final Brian Goodell 15:02.40 WR
Results
Heats Heat 1
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Zoltán Wladár 15:37.61 Q, OR 2 Vladimir Salnikov 15:39.04 Q 3 David Parker 15:46.60 4 Borut Petrič 16:03.92 5 Johan Van Steenberghe 16:14.13 6 Georgios Karpouzis 16:53.92 7 Sigurður Ólafsson 17:25.10
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Paul Hartloff 15:20.74 Q, OR 2 Djan Madruga 15:36.95 Q 3 Igor Kushpelev 15:43.88 4 Paul Sparkes 15:59.04 5 Stefan Wenz 16:08.20 6 Kris Sumono 17:09.17
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Bobby Hackett 15:25.49 Q 2 Paul Nash 15:46.51 3 Paul Midgley 15:49.78 4 István Koczka 16:05.54 5 Kevin Williamson 16:54.11
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Steve Holland 15:25.93 Q 2 Valentin Parinov 15:41.13 3 Henk Elzerman 15:51.08 4 Michael Ker 15:58.07 5 Gerhard Waldmann 16:06.41 6 António de Melo 17:24.31
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Country Time Notes 1 Brian Goodell 15:34.11 Q 2 Max Metzker 15:36.14 Q 3 Sándor Nagy 15:48.41 4 Brett Naylor 15:52.68 5 Mark Treffers 15:56.11 6 José Bas 16:28.59 7 Edwin Borja 17:05.75
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Brian Goodell 15:02.40 Bobby Hackett 15:03.91 Stephen Holland 15:04.66 4 Djan Madruga 15:19.84 5 Vladimir Salnikov 15:29.45 6 Max Metzker 15:31.53 7 Paul Hartloff 15:32.08 8 Zoltán Wladár 15:45.97
References
External links Official Olympic Report