The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 23 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.
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 Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Matt Cetlinski 15:07.41 Q 2 4 Vladimir Salnikov 15:07.83 Q 3 3 Stefan Pfeiffer 15:07.85 Q 4 4 Uwe Daßler 15:08.91 Q 5 4 Mariusz Podkościelny 15:11.19 Q 6 4 Jörg Hoffmann 15:14.13 Q, 7 5 Rainer Henkel 15:14.64 Q 8 5 Darjan Petrič 15:16.99 Q 9 3 Kevin Boyd 15:17.56 Q 10 5 Luca Pellegrini 15:18.80 11 4 Michael McKenzie 15:19.36 12 3 Christophe Marchand 15:22.19 13 4 Franck Iacono 15:22.66 14 5 Jason Plummer 15:22.85 15 2 Valter Kalaus 15:23.01 16 3 Christopher Chalmers 15:23.22 17 5 Stefan Persson 15:24.33 18 4 Igor Majcen 15:29.16 19 3 Harry Taylor 15:30.31 20 3 Stefano Battistelli 15:36.54 21 4 Artur Wojdat 15:37.52 22 5 Tony Day 15:38.75 23 3 Lars Jorgensen 15:39.51 24 5 Wang Dali 15:45.96 25 2 Masashi Kato 15:47.35 26 2 Cristiano Michelena 15:50.50 27 2 Yoshiyuki Mizumoto 15:52.06 28 2 Norbert Ágh 15:52.80 29 2 Jeffrey Ong 15:53.67 30 2 Artur Costa 15:56.13 31 2 Ragnar Guðmundsson 15:57.54 32 3 David Castro 15:57.89 33 1 Wu Ming-hsun 15:59.74 34 1 Yang Wook 16:21.10 35 1 Jonathan Sakovich 16:26.77
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Vladimir Salnikov 15:00.40 3 Stefan Pfeiffer 15:02.69 6 Uwe Daßler 15:06.15 4 4 Matthew Cetlinski 15:06.42 5 2 Mariusz Podkościelny 15:14.76 6 7 Rainer Henkel 15:18.19 7 8 Kevin Boyd 15:21.16 8 1 Darjan Petrič 15:37.12
References
External links Official Report USA Swimming Results on Olympedia.org