The final of the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Mike O'Brien 15:21.04 Q 2 2 4 Stefan Pfeiffer 15:21.95 Q 3 3 3 Stefano Grandi 15:22.49 Q, NR 4 4 4 George DiCarlo 15:22.88 Q 5 4 5 Rainer Henkel 15:23.60 Q 6 4 2 David Shemilt 15:24.78 Q, NR 7 3 6 Wayne Shillington 15:25.67 Q 8 2 6 Franck Iacono 15:27.27 Q 9 1 5 Justin Lemberg 15:29.74 10 2 3 Carlos Scanavino 15:29.78 NR 11 1 4 Rafael Escalas 15:30.09 12 4 3 David Stacey 15:30.10 13 1 2 Bernard Volz 15:31.38 14 1 6 Mike Davidson 15:35.43 15 2 5 Borut Petrič 15:36.44 16 3 5 Darjan Petrič 15:39.79 17 1 3 Marcelo Jucá 15:43.80 18 4 6 Juan Enrique Escalas 15:44.85 19 4 7 Marc Van De Weghe 15:45.50 20 2 2 Alejandro Lecot 15:49.94 21 3 7 Stuart Willmott 15:57.79 22 3 2 Anders Holmertz 16:11.38 23 3 1 Wu Ming-hsun 16:14.40 24 2 1 William Wilson 16:24.81 25 1 7 Lin Chun-hong 16:44.94 26 2 7 Scott Newkirk 16:50.55 27 1 1 Julian Bolling 17:16.92 4 1 Ahmet Nakkaş
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mike O'Brien 15:05.20 6 George DiCarlo 15:10.59 5 Stefan Pfeiffer 15:12.77 NR 4 2 Rainer Henkel 15:20.03 5 8 Franck Iacono 15:26.96 NR 6 3 Stefano Grandi 15:28.58 7 7 David Shemilt 15:31.28 8 1 Wayne Shillington 15:38.18
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming