The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held on 21 and 22 July at the Swimming Pool at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. This event is noteworthy as Vladimir Salnikov became the first man to swim the 1500m freestyle under 15 minutes.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 22 July Final Vladimir Salnikov 14:58.27
Results Heats Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Vladimir Salnikov 15:08.25 Q 2 3 Rainer Strohbach 15:17.93 Q 3 2 Aleksandr Chayev 15:20.68 Q 4 2 Rafael Escalas 15:20.99 Q 5 2 Max Metzker 15:21.63 Q 6 1 Zoltán Wladár 15:31.06 Q 7 1 Borut Petrič 15:31.53 Q 8 1 Eduard Petrov 15:32.32 Q 9 1 Sándor Nagy 15:34.84 10 2 Daniel Machek 15:39.73 11 3 Simon Gray 15:43.17 12 3 Darjan Petrič 15:47.49 13 3 Andrew Astbury 15:54.32 14 3 Djan Madruga 15:56.20 15 1 Marcelo Jucá 16:01.11 16 1 Diego Quiroga 16:01.41 17 3 José María Larrañaga 16:27.90 1 Kevin Williamson DNS 2 Abdelhakim Bitat DNS 2 István Koczka DNS 3 Jean-Marie François DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Vladimir Salnikov 14:58.27 WR Aleksandr Chayev 15:14.30 Max Metzker 15:14.49 4 Rainer Strohbach 15:15.29 5 Borut Petrič 15:21.78 6 Rafael Escalas 15:21.88 7 Zoltán Wladár 15:26.70 8 Eduard Petrov 15:28.24
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