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Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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
1st, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bobby Hackett  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Holland  Australia
← 1972
1980 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Brian Goodell  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bobby Hackett  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Stephen Holland  Australia

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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