Australian swimmer and world record holder Grant Hackett became the third swimmer in history to defend the title in this event, breaking an Olympic record time of 14:43.40. U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen set an American record time of 14:45.29 to take the silver. Great Britain's David Davies, on the other hand, fought off a challenge from Russia's Yuri Prilukov in the final lap to earn a bronze medal by a 7-second margin, with a national record of 14:45.95.[2]
^"Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
^Whitten, Phillip (21 August 2004). "Hackett Sets Olympic Record in 1500, Just Nips Jensen, Davies". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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swimming, 2004, summer, olympics, 1500, metre, freestyle, 1500, metre, freestyle, event, 2004, olympic, games, contested, olympic, aquatic, centre, athens, olympic, sports, complex, athens, greece, august, 1500m, freestyleat, games, xxviii, olympiadvenueathens. The men s 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens Greece on August 20 and 21 1 Men s 1500m freestyleat the Games of the XXVIII OlympiadVenueAthens Olympic Aquatic CentreDatesAugust 20 2004 heats August 21 2004 final Competitors34 from 28 nationsWinning time14 43 40 ORMedalistsGrant Hackett AustraliaLarsen Jensen United StatesDavid Davies Great Britain 20002008 Australian swimmer and world record holder Grant Hackett became the third swimmer in history to defend the title in this event breaking an Olympic record time of 14 43 40 U S swimmer Larsen Jensen set an American record time of 14 45 29 to take the silver Great Britain s David Davies on the other hand fought off a challenge from Russia s Yuri Prilukov in the final lap to earn a bronze medal by a 7 second margin with a national record of 14 45 95 2 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Grant Hackett AUS 14 34 56 Fukuoka Japan 29 July 2001Olympic record nbsp Kieren Perkins AUS 14 43 48 Barcelona Spain 31 July 1992The following records were established during the competition Date Event Name Nationality Time Record21 August Final Grant Hackett nbsp Australia 14 43 40 ORResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 3 4 David Davies nbsp Great Britain 14 57 03 Q2 5 5 Yuri Prilukov nbsp Russia 15 01 02 Q3 5 4 Grant Hackett nbsp Australia 15 01 89 Q4 4 4 Larsen Jensen nbsp United States 15 03 75 Q5 5 2 Spyridon Gianniotis nbsp Greece 15 03 87 Q6 3 7 Dragoș Coman nbsp Romania 15 06 33 Q NR7 3 2 Graeme Smith nbsp Great Britain 15 07 45 Q8 5 3 Craig Stevens nbsp Australia 15 09 54 Q9 5 7 Pawel Korzeniowski nbsp Poland 15 11 6210 4 5 Igor Chervynskiy nbsp Ukraine 15 12 5811 4 3 Nicolas Rostoucher nbsp France 15 13 5612 5 6 Christian Hein nbsp Germany 15 15 4213 3 6 Takeshi Matsuda nbsp Japan 15 16 4214 2 4 Oussama Mellouli nbsp Tunisia 15 18 9815 5 1 Ricardo Monasterio nbsp Venezuela 15 20 8916 3 5 Erik Vendt nbsp United States 15 22 0017 2 5 Petar Stoychev nbsp Bulgaria 15 28 3218 3 8 Andrew Hurd nbsp Canada 15 28 7119 3 3 Alexei Filipets nbsp Russia 15 30 0520 4 8 Bojan Zdesar nbsp Slovenia 15 31 5721 5 8 Fernando Costa nbsp Portugal 15 32 5522 4 2 Thomas Lurz nbsp Germany 15 33 8123 4 1 Gergo Kis nbsp Hungary 15 38 0624 4 7 Christian Minotti nbsp Italy 15 39 3125 3 1 Cho Sung mo nbsp South Korea 15 43 4326 2 6 Juan Martin Pereyra nbsp Argentina 15 53 2927 1 5 Charnvudth Saengsri nbsp Thailand 15 54 4628 2 2 Moss Burmester nbsp New Zealand 15 56 4229 2 3 Nenad Buljan nbsp Croatia 15 56 5430 1 4 Giancarlo Zolezzi nbsp Chile 16 00 5231 4 6 Georgios Diamantidis nbsp Greece 16 06 3132 1 3 Saw Yi Khy nbsp Malaysia 16 06 3833 2 7 Xin Tong nbsp China 16 10 4334 2 1 Miguel Mendoza nbsp Philippines 16 26 52Final edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 3 Grant Hackett nbsp Australia 14 43 40 OR nbsp 6 Larsen Jensen nbsp United States 14 45 29 NR nbsp 4 David Davies nbsp Great Britain 14 45 95 NR4 5 Yuri Prilukov nbsp Russia 14 52 48 NR5 2 Spyridon Gianniotis nbsp Greece 15 03 696 1 Graeme Smith nbsp Great Britain 15 09 717 7 Dragoș Coman nbsp Romania 15 10 218 8 Craig Stevens nbsp Australia 15 13 66References edit Swimming schedule BBC Sport 5 August 2004 Retrieved 17 June 2007 Whitten Phillip 21 August 2004 Hackett Sets Olympic Record in 1500 Just Nips Jensen Davies Swimming World Magazine Retrieved 27 March 2013 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics Men 27s 1500 metre freestyle amp oldid 1117445056, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
