Competing at his third Games, Oussama Mellouli made an Olympic milestone to become Tunisia's first ever gold medalist in 48 years. He denied Australia's Grant Hackett a third straight title in the event, touching the wall first in an African record of 14:40.84. Hanging with the leaders through the first two-thirds of the race, Mellouli moved into the lead at the 1,100-metre mark, and held off Hackett's sprinted finish on the final lap. This was also a retribution for Mellouli, who served an 18-month doping ban from FINA for using the banned stimulant Adderall.[2][3][4]
Trying to become the first male swimmer to win three gold medals in the same event, Hackett collected a silver in 14:41.53.[5] Meanwhile, Canada's Ryan Cochrane powered home with a bronze in 14:42.69, finishing ahead of Russia's Yuri Prilukov (14:43.21). U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen, silver medalist in Athens four years earlier, placed fifth with a time 14:48.16, and was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain's David Davies in 14:52.11.[3][6] Chinese duo Zhang Lin (14:55.20) and Sun Yang (15:05.12) rounded out the finale.[4]
Earlier in the prelims, Cochrane established a new Olympic record of 14:40.84 in heat three, until Hackett cleared the 14:40 barrier, and lowered the record to 14:38.92 in the final heat of five.[7]
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The men s 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 17 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing China 1 Men s 1500 metre freestyleat the Games of the XXIX OlympiadVenueBeijing National Aquatics CenterDateAugust 15 2008 heats August 17 2008 final Competitors37 from 29 nationsWinning time14 40 84 AFMedalistsOussama Mellouli TunisiaGrant Hackett AustraliaRyan Cochrane Canada 20042012 Competing at his third Games Oussama Mellouli made an Olympic milestone to become Tunisia s first ever gold medalist in 48 years He denied Australia s Grant Hackett a third straight title in the event touching the wall first in an African record of 14 40 84 Hanging with the leaders through the first two thirds of the race Mellouli moved into the lead at the 1 100 metre mark and held off Hackett s sprinted finish on the final lap This was also a retribution for Mellouli who served an 18 month doping ban from FINA for using the banned stimulant Adderall 2 3 4 Trying to become the first male swimmer to win three gold medals in the same event Hackett collected a silver in 14 41 53 5 Meanwhile Canada s Ryan Cochrane powered home with a bronze in 14 42 69 finishing ahead of Russia s Yuri Prilukov 14 43 21 U S swimmer Larsen Jensen silver medalist in Athens four years earlier placed fifth with a time 14 48 16 and was followed in the sixth spot by Great Britain s David Davies in 14 52 11 3 6 Chinese duo Zhang Lin 14 55 20 and Sun Yang 15 05 12 rounded out the finale 4 Earlier in the prelims Cochrane established a new Olympic record of 14 40 84 in heat three until Hackett cleared the 14 40 barrier and lowered the record to 14 38 92 in the final heat of five 7 Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Final 3 References 4 External linksRecords edit nbsp Grant Hackett was the world record holder and aiming to be the first male to complete a hat trick in swimming events Prior 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 2001 8 Olympic record nbsp Grant Hackett AUS 14 43 40 Athens Greece 21 August 2004 The following new Olympic records were set during this competition Date Event Name Nationality Time RecordAugust 15 Heat 3 Ryan Cochrane nbsp Canada 14 40 84 ORAugust 15 Heat 5 Grant Hackett nbsp Australia 14 38 92 ORResults editHeats edit Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes1 5 5 Grant Hackett nbsp Australia 14 38 92 Q OR2 3 5 Ryan Cochrane nbsp Canada 14 40 84 Q AM3 3 4 Yuri Prilukov nbsp Russia 14 41 13 Q EU4 5 6 Zhang Lin nbsp China 14 45 84 Q AS5 3 3 David Davies nbsp Great Britain 14 46 11 Q6 4 6 Oussama Mellouli nbsp Tunisia 14 47 76 Q7 4 2 Sun Yang nbsp China 14 48 39 Q8 5 3 Larsen Jensen nbsp United States 14 49 53 Q9 4 4 Mateusz Sawrymowicz nbsp Poland 14 50 3010 4 5 Federico Colbertaldo nbsp Italy 14 51 4411 5 4 Peter Vanderkaay nbsp United States 14 52 1112 5 1 Spyridon Gianniotis nbsp Greece 14 53 32 NR13 2 3 Nicolas Rostoucher nbsp France 15 00 5814 2 5 Mads Glaesner nbsp Denmark 15 03 3315 4 3 Craig Stevens nbsp Australia 15 04 8216 3 6 Park Tae Hwan nbsp South Korea 15 05 5517 4 7 Samuel Pizzetti nbsp Italy 15 07 0218 3 7 Takeshi Matsuda nbsp Japan 15 09 1719 5 8 Gergo Kis nbsp Hungary 15 09 6720 2 2 Tom Vangeneugden nbsp Belgium 15 11 04 NR21 1 5 Florian Janistyn nbsp Austria 15 12 46 NR22 5 7 Troyden Prinsloo nbsp South Africa 15 12 6423 3 1 Sergey Fesenko nbsp Ukraine 15 13 0324 2 4 Maciej Hreniak nbsp Poland 15 16 1625 3 8 Richard Charlesworth nbsp Great Britain 15 17 2726 4 8 Marcos Rivera nbsp Spain 15 18 9827 3 2 Sebastien Rouault nbsp France 15 21 1428 2 1 Dragoș Coman nbsp Romania 15 24 0529 2 7 Fernando Costa nbsp Portugal 15 26 2130 1 3 Petar Stoychev nbsp Bulgaria 15 28 8431 5 2 Nikita Lobintsev nbsp Russia 15 35 4732 1 6 Ryan Arabejo nbsp Philippines 15 42 7733 2 8 Ricardo Monasterio nbsp Venezuela 15 45 9834 1 4 Juan Martin Pereyra nbsp Argentina 15 49 5735 1 2 Ediz Yildirimer nbsp Turkey 16 28 792 6 Christian Kubusch nbsp Germany DNS4 1 Luka Turk nbsp Slovenia DNSFinal edit Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes nbsp 7 Oussama Mellouli nbsp Tunisia 14 40 84 AF nbsp 4 Grant Hackett nbsp Australia 14 41 53 nbsp 5 Ryan Cochrane nbsp Canada 14 42 694 3 Yuri Prilukov nbsp Russia 14 43 215 8 Larsen Jensen nbsp United States 14 48 166 2 David Davies nbsp Great Britain 14 52 117 6 Zhang Lin nbsp China 14 55 208 1 Sun Yang nbsp China 15 05 12References edit Olympic Swimming Schedule USA Today 9 August 2008 Retrieved 14 May 2013 Mellouli shatters Hackett s hat trick bid South China Morning Post 17 August 2008 Archived from the original on 16 June 2013 Retrieved 16 May 2013 a b Mellouli claims 1500m swim gold BBC Sport 17 August 2008 Retrieved 16 May 2013 a b Lohn John 16 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Ous Mellouli Claims Olympic Gold for Tunisia in Men s 1500 Free Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 28 June 2013 Retrieved 13 May 2013 Colman Mike 17 August 2008 Grant Hackett gives his all for silver medal in 1500m The Australian Retrieved 16 May 2013 Goffa Debbie 17 August 2008 Larsen Jensen places 5th in 1500m freestyle Los Angeles Times Retrieved 16 May 2013 Lohn John 15 August 2008 Olympics Swimming Grant Hackett Leads 1500 Free Qualifying With Olympic Standard Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 2 May 2012 Retrieved 16 May 2013 Hackett shatters world record BBC News 29 July 2001 Retrieved 6 August 2008 External links editOfficial Olympic Report Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men 27s 1500 metre freestyle amp oldid 1117446086, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
