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Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships
DatesSeptember 8, 1973
Winning time15:31.85 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Australia
1975 →

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

Records

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

World record  Stephen Holland (AUS) 15:37.80 Brisbane, Australia 5 August 1973
Competition record N/A N/A N/A N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
8 September Timed Final François Deley  Belgium 16:41.53 CR
8 September Timed Final Hakon Iverson  Norway 16:28.49 CR
8 September Timed Final Stephen Holland  Australia 15:31.85 WR

Results

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26 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first three heats were contested in the morning with the fourth and final heat contested in the evening.[2][3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 - Stephen Holland  Australia 15:31.85 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 - Rick DeMont  United States 15:35.44
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 - Brad Cooper  Australia 15:45.04
4 4 - John Kinsella  United States 15:58.70
5 4 - Bengt Gingsjö  Sweden 16:06.01
6 4 - Mark Treffers  New Zealand 16:09.33
7 4 - Anders Bellbring  Sweden 16:12.01
8 4 - Valentin Parinov  Soviet Union 16:18.24
9 2 - Hakon Iverson  Norway 16:28.49 CR
10 3 - Andreas Meier  East Germany 16:28.78
11 3 - G. Castillo  Mexico 16:31.74
12 3 - Klaus Dockhorn  East Germany 16:32.00
13 1 - François Deley  Belgium 16:41.53 CR
14 2 - Csaba Tóth  Hungary 16:44.36
15 3 - José Bas  Spain 16:55.70
16 2 - Deane Buckboro  Canada 16:55.79
17 3 - Michael Ker  Canada 17:00.62
18 2 - Hans-Joachim Geisler  West Germany 17:04.23
19 3 - Marc Lazzaro  France 17:08.52
20 3 - Dusan Grozaj  West Germany 17:09.15
21 2 - Vladimir Kobelev  Soviet Union 17:09.54
22 2 - Luis Reinaldo Fleck  Brazil 17:11.62
23 1 - Krasimir Enchev  Bulgaria 17:18.01
24 1 - Fernando Cañales  Puerto Rico 17:43.21
25 1 - Alberto Vivoni  Puerto Rico 17:53.29
26 2 - Eugen Almer  Romania 21:40.70
1 - L. Díaz  Argentina Did not start
1 - Ali Kinawi  Egypt Did not start
3 - Thierry Lalot  France Did not start

References

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  1. ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
  3. ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.