1,500-Meter Freestyle

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
1904 Emil Rausch, Germany 27:18.20 1
1906 Henry Taylor, Great Britain 28:28.00 2
1908 Henry Taylor, Great Britain 22:48.40  
1912 George Hodgson, Canada 22:00.00  
1920 Norman Ross, United States 22:23.20  
1924 Andrew Charlton, Australia 20:06.60  
1928 Arne Borg, Sweden 19:51.80  
1932 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan 19:12.40  
1936 Noboru Terada, Japan 19:13.70  
1948 James McLane, United States 19:18.50  
1952 Ford Konno, United States 18:30.00  
1956 Murray Rose, Australia 17:58.90  
1960 Jon Konrads, Australia 17:19.60  
1964 Robert Windle, Australia 17:01.70  
1968 Michael Burton, United States 16:38.90  
1972 Michael Burton, United States 15:52.58  
1976 Brian Goodell, United States 15:02.40  
1980 Vladimir Salnikov, USSR 14:58.27  
1984 Michael O'Brien, United States 15:05.20  
1988 Vladimir Salnikov, USSR 15:00.40  
1992 Kieren Perkins, Australia 14:43.48  
1996 Kieren Perkins, Australia 14:56.40  
2000 Grant Hackett, Australia 14:48.33  
2004 Grant Hackett, Australia 14:43.40  
2008 Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 14:40.84  
1. One mile.
2. 1,600 meters

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