Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Medalists
Mike O'Brien   United States   George DiCarlo   United States   Stefan Pfeiffer   West Germany

Swimming events at the 1984 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
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m		men		women
4×200 m		men
Medley relay
4×100 m		men		women

The final of the Men's 1500 metres Freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984. The fastest eight qualified for the final.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Mike O'Brien (USA)	15:05.20
	George DiCarlo (USA)	15:10.59
	Stefan Pfeiffer (FRG)	15:12.77
4.	Rainer Henkel (FRG)	15:20.03
5.	Franck Iacono (FRA)	15:26.96
6.	Stefano Grandi (ITA)	15:28.58
7.	David Shemilt (CAN)	15:31.28
8.	Wayne Shillington (AUS)	15:38.18

Non-Qualifiers

RANK	HEATS	TIME
9.	Justin Lemberg (AUS)	15:29.74
10.	Carlos Scanavino (URU)	15:29.78
11.	Rafael Escalas (ESP)	15:30.09
12.	David Stacey (GBR)	15:30.10
13.	Bernard Volz (CAN)	15:31.38
14.	Mike Davidson (NZL)	15:35.43
15.	Borut Petrič (YUG)	15:36.44
16.	Darjan Petrič (YUG)	15:39.79
17.	Marcelo Jucá (BRA)	15:43.80
18.	Juan Enrique Escalas (ESP)	15:44.85
19.	Marc Van De Weghe (BEL)	15:45.50
20.	Alejandro Lecot (ARG)	15:49.94
21.	Stuart Willmott (GBR)	15:57.79
22.	Anders Holmertz (SWE)	16:11.38
23.	Wu Ming-Hsun (TPE)	16:14.40
24.	William Wilson (PHI)	16:24.81
25.	Lin Chun-Hong (TPE)	16:44.94
26.	Scott Newkirk (ISV)	16:50.55
27.	Julian Bolling (SRI)	17:16.92
–	Ahmet Nakkas (TUR)	DNS

References

• Official Report
• USA Swimming