The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 22 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Brian Goodell of US.Hickoksports Hickosports ResultsAll Pan medalists - MalePan American Games - Swimming and Diving page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15.ISHOF list with all medalists in Pan Am Games history
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.Swimming technical manual
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats
Final The final was held on August 22. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jeff Kostoff 15:30.67 Marcelo Jucá 15:33.01 Carlos Scanavino 15:36.07 NR 4 Mike O'Brien 15:36.18 5 Alejandro Lecot 15:41.74 6 Dave Shemilt 15:50.06 7 Bruce Berger 15:53.82 8 Roger Madruga 16:26.91
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