Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
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Vladimir Salnikov |
 Soviet Union
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Aleksandr Chayev |
Soviet Union
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Max Metzker |
 Australia
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The final of the Men's 1.500 metres Freestyle event at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held in Moscow, Soviet Union, on Tuesday 22 July 1980.
Three heats took place at the Olympic Swimming Pool on 21 July 1980. The fastest 8 swimmers, irrespective of heat, qualified for the final the following day.
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