Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

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.^[1]

Records

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

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	15:12.55	Q
2	3	4	15:14.81	Q
3	5	5	15:16.47	Q
4	5	1	15:16.72	Q, NR
5	4	5	15:18.61	Q
6	5	2	15:19.48	Q
7	3	7	15:19.98	Q, AF
8	5	4	15:21.42	Q
9	5	6	15:21.65
10	3	3	15:22.65
11	4	7	15:24.16
12	4	3	15:25.43
13	3	5	15:25.82
14	4	6	15:31.27
15	3	6	15:31.40
16	4	8	15:40.04	NR
17	4	1	15:40.49
18	5	3	15:41.14
19	2	2	15:41.80	NR
20	2	4	15:42.39
21	3	1	15:42.40
22	5	7	15:43.66
23	2	5	15:43.75
24	3	2	15:46.79
25	3	8	15:47.92
26	2	7	15:51.85
27	2	3	15:56.60
28	4	2	16:10.81
29	1	4	16:14.76
30	2	6	16:15.94
31	2	1	16:34.55
32	5	8	16:42.35
33	1	3	17:22.86
34	1	5	18:11.59

Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165402/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/mens-1500-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 15 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 40–41. 10 September 2017.
Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Final. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 41. 10 September 2017.