Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date	19 July 1976 (heats) 20 July 1976 (final)
Competitors	31 from 20 nations
Winning time	15:02.40 WR
Medalists
Brian Goodell   United States   Bobby Hackett   United States   Stephen Holland   Australia

Swimming events at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
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
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m				women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

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. The final was won by American Brian Goodell in a world record time of 15:02.40.

Records

At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Brian Goodell (USA)	15:06.66	Long Beach, United States	21 June 1976
Olympic record	Mike Burton (USA)	15:52.58	Munich, West Germany	4 September 1972

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
19 July	Heats	Zoltán Wladár	Hungary	15:37.61	OR
19 July	Heats	Paul Hartloff	United States	15:20.74	OR
20 July	Final	Brian Goodell	United States	15:02.40	WR

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Goodell	United States	15:02.40	WR
	Bobby Hackett	United States	15:03.91
	Stephen Holland	Australia	15:04.66
4	Djan Madruga	Brazil	15:19.84
5	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:29.45
6	Max Metzker	Australia	15:31.53
7	Paul Hartloff	United States	15:32.08
8	Zoltán Wladár	Hungary	15:45.97

References

• Official Olympic Report