Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Men's 1500 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool
Date	24 September 1988 (heats); 25 September 1988 (final)
Competitors	35 from 22 nations
Winning time	15:00.40
Medalists
	← 1984 1992 →

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.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	14:54.76	Moscow, Soviet Union	22 February 1983
Olympic record	Vladimir Salnikov (URS)	14:58.27	Moscow, Soviet Union	22 July 1980

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Matt Cetlinski	United States	15:07.41	Q
2	4	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:07.83	Q
3	3	Stefan Pfeiffer	West Germany	15:07.85	Q
4	4	Uwe Daßler	East Germany	15:08.91	Q
5	4	Mariusz Podkościelny	Poland	15:11.19	Q
6	4	Jörg Hoffmann	East Germany	15:14.13	Q, WD
7	5	Rainer Henkel	West Germany	15:14.64	Q
8	5	Darjan Petrič	Yugoslavia	15:16.99	Q
9	3	Kevin Boyd	Great Britain	15:17.56	Q
10	5	Luca Pellegrini	Italy	15:18.80
11	4	Michael McKenzie	Australia	15:19.36
12	3	Christophe Marchand	France	15:22.19
13	4	Franck Iacono	France	15:22.66
14	5	Jason Plummer	Australia	15:22.85
15	2	Valter Kalaus	Hungary	15:23.01
16	3	Christopher Chalmers	Canada	15:23.22
17	5	Stefan Persson	Sweden	15:24.33
18	4	Igor Majcen	Yugoslavia	15:29.16
19	3	Harry Taylor	Canada	15:30.31
20	3	Stefano Battistelli	Italy	15:36.54
21	4	Artur Wojdat	Poland	15:37.52
22	5	Tony Day	Great Britain	15:38.75
23	3	Lars Jorgensen	United States	15:39.51
24	5	Wang Dali	China	15:45.96
25	2	Masashi Kato	Japan	15:47.35
26	2	Cristiano Michelena	Brazil	15:50.50
27	2	Yoshiyuki Mizumoto	Japan	15:52.06
28	2	Norbert Ágh	Hungary	15:52.80
29	2	Jeffrey Ong	Malaysia	15:53.67
30	2	Artur Costa	Portugal	15:56.13
31	2	Ragnar Guðmundsson	Iceland	15:57.54
32	3	David Castro	Brazil	15:57.89
33	1	Wu Ming-hsun	Chinese Taipei	15:59.74
34	1	Yang Wook	South Korea	16:21.10
35	1	Jonathan Sakovich	Guam	16:26.77

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:00.40
	3	Stefan Pfeiffer	West Germany	15:02.69
	6	Uwe Daßler	East Germany	15:06.15
4	4	Matthew Cetlinski	United States	15:06.42
5	2	Mariusz Podkościelny	Poland	15:14.76
6	7	Rainer Henkel	West Germany	15:18.19
7	8	Kevin Boyd	Great Britain	15:21.16
8	1	Darjan Petrič	Yugoslavia	15:37.12