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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Men's 1500 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Date	19 July 1976 (heats) ; 20 July 1976 (final)
Competitors	31 from 20 nations
Winning time	15:02.40 WR
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal. The event took place on 19 and 20 July.^[1]

Records

At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Brian Goodell (USA)	15:06.66	Long Beach, United States	21 June 1976
Olympic record	Mike Burton (USA)	15:52.58	Munich, West Germany	4 September 1972

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
19 July	Heats	Zoltán Wladár	Hungary	15:37.61	OR
19 July	Heats	Paul Hartloff	United States	15:20.74	OR
20 July	Final	Brian Goodell	United States	15:02.40	WR

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Zoltán Wladár	Hungary	15:37.61	Q, OR
2	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:39.04	Q
3	David Parker	Great Britain	15:46.60
4	Borut Petrič	Yugoslavia	16:03.92
5	Johan Van Steenberghe	Belgium	16:14.13
6	Georgios Karpouzis	Greece	16:53.92
7	Sigurður Ólafsson	Iceland	17:25.10

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Paul Hartloff	United States	15:20.74	Q, OR
2	Djan Madruga	Brazil	15:36.95	Q
3	Igor Kushpelev	Soviet Union	15:43.88
4	Paul Sparkes	Great Britain	15:59.04
5	Stefan Wenz	West Germany	16:08.20
6	Kris Sumono	Indonesia	17:09.17

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Bobby Hackett	United States	15:25.49	Q
2	Paul Nash	Australia	15:46.51
3	Paul Midgley	Canada	15:49.78
4	István Koczka	Hungary	16:05.54
5	Kevin Williamson	Ireland	16:54.11

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Steve Holland	Australia	15:25.93	Q
2	Valentin Parinov	Soviet Union	15:41.13
3	Henk Elzerman	Netherlands	15:51.08
4	Michael Ker	Canada	15:58.07
5	Gerhard Waldmann	Switzerland	16:06.41
6	António de Melo	Portugal	17:24.31

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time	Notes
1	Brian Goodell	United States	15:34.11	Q
2	Max Metzker	Australia	15:36.14	Q
3	Sándor Nagy	Hungary	15:48.41
4	Brett Naylor	New Zealand	15:52.68
5	Mark Treffers	New Zealand	15:56.11
6	José Bas	Spain	16:28.59
7	Edwin Borja	Philippines	17:05.75

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Goodell	United States	15:02.40	WR
	Bobby Hackett	United States	15:03.91
	Stephen Holland	Australia	15:04.66
4	Djan Madruga	Brazil	15:19.84
5	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15:29.45
6	Max Metzker	Australia	15:31.53
7	Paul Hartloff	United States	15:32.08
8	Zoltán Wladár	Hungary	15:45.97