Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
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| Date | 19 July 1976 (heats) 20 July 1976 (final) |
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| Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 15:02.40 WR | ||||||||||||
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Brian Goodell |
 United States
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Bobby Hackett |
United States
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Stephen Holland |
 Australia
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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. The final was won by American Brian Goodell in a world record time of 15:02.40.
At the start of this event, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
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