2012 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Men's 1500m Freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
 |  CHNChina | Sun Yang | 14:31.02 OR/WR |
 |  CANCanada | Ryan Cochrane | 14:39.63 |
 |  TUNTunisia | Oussama Mellouli | 14:40.31 |
| 4 |  KORSouth Korea | Park Tae-Hwan | 14:50.61 |
| 5 |  ITAItaly | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 14:51.92 |
| 6 |  USAUnited States | Connor Jaeger | 14:52.99 |
| 7 |  POLPoland | Mateusz Sawrymowicz | 14:54.32 |
| 8 |  GBRGreat Britain | Daniel Fogg | 15:00.76 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Andrew Gemmell | 14:59.05 |
| 10 |  UKRUkraine | Sergii Frolov | 14:59.19 |
| 11 |  NEDNetherlands | Job Kienhuis | 15:03.16 |
| 12 |  HUNHungary | Gergely Gyurta | 15:04.22 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Gabriele Detti | 15:06.22 |
| 14 |  FRAFrance | Damien Joly | 15:08.50 |
| 15 | CHNChina | Dai Jun | 15:13.90 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | David Davies | 15:14.77 |
| 17 |  DENDenmark | Pal Joensen | 15:18.42 |
| 18 |  AUSAustralia | Jarrod Poort | 15:20.82 |
| 19 | HUNHungary | Gergo Kis | 15:21.74 |
| 20 | FRAFrance | Anthony Pannier | 15:24.08 |
| 21 |  RSASouth Africa | Herman Heerden | 15:25.71 |
| 22 |  MEXMexico | Arturo Perez | 15:25.91 |
| 23 |  VENVenezuela | Alejandro Gomez | 15:27.38 |
| 24 |  CZECzechia | Jan Micka | 15:29.34 |
| 25 |  ISLIceland | Anton McKee | 15:29.40 |
| 26 |  TURTürkiye | Ediz Yildirimer | 15:29.97 |
| 27 |  FINFinland | Matias Koski | 15:34.80 |
| 28 |  BULBulgaria | Ventsislav Aydarski | 15:34.86 |
| 29 |  ARGArgentina | Juan Pereyra | 15:36.72 |
| 30 |  BLRBelarus | Uladzimir Zhyharau | 15:48.67 |
| 31 |  INDIndia | Ullalmath Gagan | 16:31.14 |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | MEXMexico | Arturo Perez | 15:25.91 |
| 2 | CZECzechia | Jan Micka | 15:29.34 |
| 3 | ISLIceland | Anton McKee | 15:29.40 |
| 4 | TURTürkiye | Ediz Yildirimer | 15:29.97 |
| 5 | BULBulgaria | Ventsislav Aydarski | 15:34.86 |
| 6 | BLRBelarus | Uladzimir Zhyharau | 15:48.67 |
| 7 | INDIndia | Ullalmath Gagan | 16:31.14 |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Sun Yang | 14:43.25 |
| 2 | TUNTunisia | Oussama Mellouli | 14:46.23 |
| 3 | CANCanada | Ryan Cochrane | 14:49.31 |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 14:50.11 |
| 5 | GBRGreat Britain | Daniel Fogg | 14:56.12 |
| 6 | KORSouth Korea | Park Tae-Hwan | 14:56.89 |
| 7 | USAUnited States | Connor Jaeger | 14:57.56 |
| 8 | POLPoland | Mateusz Sawrymowicz | 14:57.59 |
| 9 | USAUnited States | Andrew Gemmell | 14:59.05 |
| 10 | UKRUkraine | Sergii Frolov | 14:59.19 |
| 11 | NEDNetherlands | Job Kienhuis | 15:03.16 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Gergely Gyurta | 15:04.22 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Gabriele Detti | 15:06.22 |
| 14 | FRAFrance | Damien Joly | 15:08.50 |
| 15 | CHNChina | Dai Jun | 15:13.90 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | David Davies | 15:14.77 |
| 17 | DENDenmark | Pal Joensen | 15:18.42 |
| 18 | AUSAustralia | Jarrod Poort | 15:20.82 |
| 19 | HUNHungary | Gergo Kis | 15:21.74 |
| 20 | FRAFrance | Anthony Pannier | 15:24.08 |
| 21 | RSASouth Africa | Herman Heerden | 15:25.71 |
| 22 | MEXMexico | Arturo Perez | 15:25.91 |
| 23 | VENVenezuela | Alejandro Gomez | 15:27.38 |
| 24 | CZECzechia | Jan Micka | 15:29.34 |
| 25 | ISLIceland | Anton McKee | 15:29.40 |
| 26 | TURTürkiye | Ediz Yildirimer | 15:29.97 |
| 27 | FINFinland | Matias Koski | 15:34.80 |
| 28 | BULBulgaria | Ventsislav Aydarski | 15:34.86 |
| 29 | ARGArgentina | Juan Pereyra | 15:36.72 |
| 30 | BLRBelarus | Uladzimir Zhyharau | 15:48.67 |
| 31 | INDIndia | Ullalmath Gagan | 16:31.14 |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 4 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Sun Yang | 14:31.02 OR/WR |
| 1 | CHNChina | Sun Yang | 14:31.02 OR |
| 2 | CANCanada | Ryan Cochrane | 14:39.63 |
| 3 | TUNTunisia | Oussama Mellouli | 14:40.31 |
| 4 | KORSouth Korea | Park Tae-Hwan | 14:50.61 |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 14:51.92 |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Connor Jaeger | 14:52.99 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Mateusz Sawrymowicz | 14:54.32 |
| 8 | GBRGreat Britain | Daniel Fogg | 15:00.76 |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Canceled |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | CHNChina | Sun Yang | 14:43.25 |
| 2 | TUNTunisia | Oussama Mellouli | 14:46.23 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Andrew Gemmell | 14:59.05 |
| 4 | UKRUkraine | Sergii Frolov | 14:59.19 |
| 5 | NEDNetherlands | Job Kienhuis | 15:03.16 |
| 6 | DENDenmark | Pal Joensen | 15:18.42 |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Jarrod Poort | 15:20.82 |
| 8 | FRAFrance | Anthony Pannier | 15:24.08 |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | CANCanada | Ryan Cochrane | 14:49.31 |
| 2 | KORSouth Korea | Park Tae-Hwan | 14:56.89 |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Connor Jaeger | 14:57.56 |
| 4 | HUNHungary | Gergely Gyurta | 15:04.22 |
| 5 | FRAFrance | Damien Joly | 15:08.50 |
| 6 | CHNChina | Dai Jun | 15:13.90 |
| 7 | GBRGreat Britain | David Davies | 15:14.77 |
| 8 | ARGArgentina | Juan Pereyra | 15:36.72 |
| Men's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 3 - Final | |||
| 1 | ITAItaly | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 14:50.11 |
| 2 | GBRGreat Britain | Daniel Fogg | 14:56.12 |
| 3 | POLPoland | Mateusz Sawrymowicz | 14:57.59 |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Gabriele Detti | 15:06.22 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Gergo Kis | 15:21.74 |
| 6 | RSASouth Africa | Herman Heerden | 15:25.71 |
| 7 | VENVenezuela | Alejandro Gomez | 15:27.38 |
| 8 | FINFinland | Matias Koski | 15:34.80 |
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