Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 17 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.[1]

The winning margin was 0.69 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this event was won by less than one second at the Olympics.

Competing at his third Games, Oussama Mellouli made an Olympic milestone to become Tunisia's first ever gold medalist in 48 years. He denied Australia's Grant Hackett a third straight title in the event, touching the wall first in an African record of 14:40.84. Hanging with the leaders through the first two-thirds of the race, Mellouli moved into the lead at the 1,100-metre mark, and held off Hackett's sprinted finish on the final lap. This was also a retribution for Mellouli, who served an 18-month doping ban from FINA for using the banned stimulant Adderall.[2][3][4]

Trying to become the first male swimmer to win three gold medals in the same event, Hackett collected a silver in 14:41.53.[5] Meanwhile, Canada's Ryan Cochrane powered home with a bronze in 14:42.69, finishing ahead of Russia's Yuri Prilukov (14:43.21). U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen, silver medalist in Athens four years earlier, placed fifth with a time 14:48.16, and was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain's David Davies in 14:52.11.[3][6] Chinese duo Zhang Lin (14:55.20) and Sun Yang (15:05.12) rounded out the finale.[4]

Earlier in the prelims, Cochrane established a new Olympic record of 14:40.84 in heat three, until Hackett cleared the 14:40 barrier, and lowered the record to 14:38.92 in the final heat of five.[7]

Records

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Grant Hackett was the world record holder and aiming to be the first male to complete a hat-trick in swimming events.

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Template:Flagathlete 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001 [8]
Olympic record Template:FlagIOCathlete 14:43.40 Athens, Greece 21 August 2004 -

The following new Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
August 15 Heat 3 Ryan Cochrane Template:FlagIOC 14:40.84 Template:OlyR
August 15 Heat 5 Grant Hackett Template:FlagIOC 14:38.92 Template:OlyR

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Grant Hackett Template:FlagIOC 14:38.92 Q, Template:OlyR
2 3 5 Ryan Cochrane Template:FlagIOC 14:40.84 Q, AM
3 3 4 Yuri Prilukov Template:FlagIOC 14:41.13 Q, EU
4 5 6 Zhang Lin Template:FlagIOC 14:45.84 Q, AS
5 3 3 David Davies Template:FlagIOC 14:46.11 Q
6 4 6 Oussama Mellouli Template:FlagIOC 14:47.76 Q
7 4 2 Sun Yang Template:FlagIOC 14:48.39 Q
8 5 3 Larsen Jensen Template:FlagIOC 14:49.53 Q
9 4 4 Mateusz Sawrymowicz Template:FlagIOC 14:50.30
10 4 5 Federico Colbertaldo Template:FlagIOC 14:51.44
11 5 4 Peter Vanderkaay Template:FlagIOC 14:52.11
12 5 1 Spyridon Gianniotis Template:FlagIOC 14:53.32 NR
13 2 3 Nicolas Rostoucher Template:FlagIOC 15:00.58
14 2 5 Mads Glæsner Template:FlagIOC 15:03.33
15 4 3 Craig Stevens Template:FlagIOC 15:04.82
16 3 6 Park Tae-Hwan Template:FlagIOC 15:05.55
17 4 7 Samuel Pizzetti Template:FlagIOC 15:07.02
18 3 7 Takeshi Matsuda Template:FlagIOC 15:09.17
19 5 8 Gergő Kis Template:FlagIOC 15:09.67
20 2 2 Tom Vangeneugden Template:FlagIOC 15:11.04 NR
21 1 5 Florian Janistyn Template:FlagIOC 15:12.46 NR
22 5 7 Troyden Prinsloo Template:FlagIOC 15:12.64
23 3 1 Sergey Fesenko Template:FlagIOC 15:13.03
24 2 4 Maciej Hreniak Template:FlagIOC 15:16.16
25 3 8 Richard Charlesworth Template:FlagIOC 15:17.27
26 4 8 Marcos Rivera Template:FlagIOC 15:18.98
27 3 2 Sébastien Rouault Template:FlagIOC 15:21.14
28 2 1 Dragoș Coman Template:FlagIOC 15:24.05
29 2 7 Fernando Costa Template:FlagIOC 15:26.21
30 1 3 Petar Stoychev Template:FlagIOC 15:28.84
31 5 2 Nikita Lobintsev Template:FlagIOC 15:35.47
32 1 6 Ryan Arabejo Template:FlagIOC 15:42.77
33 2 8 Ricardo Monasterio Template:FlagIOC 15:45.98
34 1 4 Juan Martín Pereyra Template:FlagIOC 15:49.57
35 1 2 Ediz Yildirimer Template:FlagIOC 16:28.79
Template:Hs 2 6 Christian Kubusch Template:FlagIOC DNS
Template:Hs 4 1 Luka Turk Template:FlagIOC DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
Script error: No such module "sort". 7 Oussama Mellouli Template:FlagIOC 14:40.84 AF
Script error: No such module "sort". 4 Grant Hackett Template:FlagIOC 14:41.53
Script error: No such module "sort". 5 Ryan Cochrane Template:FlagIOC 14:42.69
4 3 Yuri Prilukov Template:FlagIOC 14:43.21
5 8 Larsen Jensen Template:FlagIOC 14:48.16
6 2 David Davies Template:FlagIOC 14:52.11
7 6 Zhang Lin Template:FlagIOC 14:55.20
8 1 Sun Yang Template:FlagIOC 15:05.12

References

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