Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Template:Flagathlete | 15:02.40 | Montreal, Canada | 20 July 1976 |
| Olympic record | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 15:02.40 | Montreal, Canada | 20 July 1976 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July | Final | Vladimir Salnikov | Template:FlagIOC | 14:58.27 | Template:WR |
Results
Heats
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Vladimir Salnikov | Template:FlagIOC | 14:58.27 | WR |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Aleksandr Chayev | Template:FlagIOC | 15:14.30 | |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | Max Metzker | Template:FlagIOC | 15:14.49 | |
| 4 | Rainer Strohbach | Template:FlagIOC | 15:15.29 | |
| 5 | Borut Petrič | Template:FlagIOC | 15:21.78 | |
| 6 | Rafael Escalas | Template:FlagIOC | 15:21.88 | |
| 7 | Zoltán Wladár | Template:FlagIOC | 15:26.70 | |
| 8 | Eduard Petrov | Template:FlagIOC | 15:28.24 |
References
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