Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 26 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A.
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 4 | 4 | Daniel Kowalski | | 15:12.55 | Q |
2 | 3 | 4 | Graeme Smith | | 15:14.81 | Q |
3 | 5 | 5 | Aleksey Akatyev | | 15:16.47 | Q |
4 | 5 | 1 | Emiliano Brembilla | | 15:16.72 | Q, NR |
5 | 4 | 5 | Jörg Hoffmann | | 15:18.61 | Q |
6 | 5 | 2 | Masato Hirano | | 15:19.48 | Q |
7 | 3 | 7 | Ryk Neethling | | 15:19.98 | Q, AF |
8 | 5 | 4 | Kieren Perkins | | 15:21.42 | Q |
9 | 5 | 6 | Steffen Zesner | | 15:21.65 | |
10 | 3 | 3 | Paul Palmer | | 15:22.65 | |
11 | 4 | 7 | Luiz Lima | | 15:24.16 | |
12 | 4 | 3 | Peter Wright | | 15:25.43 | |
13 | 3 | 5 | Carlton Bruner | | 15:25.82 | |
14 | 4 | 6 | Alexei Butsenin | | 15:31.27 | |
15 | 3 | 6 | Ihor Snitko | | 15:31.40 | |
16 | 4 | 8 | Torlarp Sethsothorn | | 15:40.04 | NR |
17 | 4 | 1 | Yann de Fabrique | | 15:40.49 | |
18 | 5 | 3 | Marco Formentini | | 15:41.14 | |
19 | 2 | 2 | Sergey Mikhnovets | | 15:41.80 | NR |
20 | 2 | 4 | Ricardo Monasterio | | 15:42.39 | |
21 | 3 | 1 | Frederik Hviid | | 15:42.40 | |
22 | 5 | 7 | Hisato Yasui | | 15:43.66 | |
23 | 2 | 5 | Jacob Carstensen | | 15:43.75 | |
24 | 3 | 2 | Denys Zavhorodniy | | 15:46.79 | |
25 | 3 | 8 | Lee Kyu-chang | | 15:47.92 | |
26 | 2 | 7 | Agustín Fiorilli | | 15:51.85 | |
27 | 2 | 3 | Scott Cameron | | 15:56.60 | |
28 | 4 | 2 | Igor Majcen | | 16:10.81 | |
29 | 1 | 4 | Ramón Valle | | 16:14.76 | |
30 | 2 | 6 | Dimitrios Manganas | | 16:15.94 | |
31 | 2 | 1 | Pedro Ferreira | | 16:34.55 | |
32 | 5 | 8 | Hisham Al-Masri | | 16:42.35 | |
33 | 1 | 3 | Hamed Rezakhani | | 17:22.86 | |
34 | 1 | 5 | Rashid Salim Al-Ma'shari | | 18:11.59 | |
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 8 | Kieren Perkins | | 14:56.40 | |
| 4 | Daniel Kowalski | | 15:02.43 | |
| 5 | Graeme Smith | | 15:02.48 | NR |
4 | 6 | Emiliano Brembilla | | 15:08.58 | NR |
5 | 1 | Ryk Neethling | | 15:14.63 | AF |
6 | 7 | Masato Hirano | | 15:17.28 | NR |
7 | 2 | Jörg Hoffmann | | 15:18.86 | |
8 | 3 | Aleksey Akatyev | | 15:21.68 | |