Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
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1500-meter Freestyle
| Year | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Alfréd Hajós, HUN (1200m) | 18:22.2 | OR |
| 1900 | John Arthur Jarvis, GBR (1000m) | 13:40.2 | |
| 1904 | Emil Rausch, GER (1 mile) | 27:18.2 | |
| 1906 | Henry Taylor, GBR (1 mile) | 28:28.0 | |
| 1908 | Henry Taylor, GBR | 22:48.4 | WR |
| 1912 | George Hodgson, CAN | 22:00.0 | WR |
| 1920 | Norman Ross, USA | 22:23.2 | |
| 1924 | Andrew (Boy) Charlton, AUS | 20:06.6 | WR |
| 1928 | Arne Borge, SWE | 19:51.8 | OR |
| 1932 | Kusuo Kitamura, JPN | 19:12.4 | OR |
| 1936 | Noboru Terada, JPN | 19:13.7 | |
| 1948 | James McLane, USA | 19:18.5 | |
| 1952 | Ford Konno, USA | 18:30.3 | OR |
| 1956 | Murray Rose, AUS | 17:58.9 | |
| 1960 | Jon Konrads, AUS | 17:19.6 | OR |
| 1964 | Robert Windle, AUS | 17:01.7 | OR |
| 1968 | Mike Burton, USA | 16:38.9 | OR |
| 1972 | Mike Burton, USA | 15:52.58 | WR |
| 1976 | Brian Goodell, USA | 15:02.40 | WR |
| 1980 | Vladimir Salnikov, USSR | 14:58.27 | WR |
| 1984 | Mike O'Brien, USA | 15:05.20 | |
| 1988 | Vladimir Salnikov, USSR | 15:00.40 | |
| 1992 | Kieren Perkins, AUS | 14:43.48 | WR |
| 1996 | Kieren Perkins, AUS | 14:56.40 | |
| 2000 | Grant Hackett, AUS | 14:48.33 | |
| 2004 | Grant Hackett, AUS | 14:43.40 | OR |
| 2008 | Oussama Mellouli, TN | 14:40.84 | OR |
| 400-meter Freestyle | Men's Olympic Swimming | 100-meter Backstroke |
