Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming III World Championship 1978 West Berlin - Monday, 28th August - Gold Medal: Vladimir Salnikov, Soviet Union |
Final | | time | | gap | L | ag | 400m | 800m | 1200m | 1. Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 15:03.99 | CR | | 4 | 18 | 4:03.74 | 8:06.47 | 12:06.98 | 2. Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 15:20.77 | NR | +16.78s | 3 | 17 | 4:05.99 | 8:13.22 | 12:18.76 | 3. Bobby Hackett | United States | 15:23.38 | | +19.39s | 6 | 19 | 4:02.59 | 8:08.60 | 12:16.75 | 4. Max Metzker | Australia | 15:25.60 | | +21.61s | 8 | 18 | 4:06.28 | 8:13.01 | 12:19.80 | 5. Zoltan Wladar | Hungary | 15:35.87 | NR | +31.88s | 1 | 18 | 4:06.59 | 8:16.29 | 12:26.15 | 6. Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 15:38.57 | | +34.58s | 5 | 18 | 4:06.10 | 8:15.37 | 12:28.45 | 7. Simon Gray | Great Britain | 15:41.33 | | +37.34s | 2 | 19 | 4:06.26 | 8:18.12 | 12:31.83 | 8. Djan Madruga | Brazil | DNF | | - | 7 | 19 | 4:06.95 | 8:16.29 | DNF |
Vladimir Salnikov time of 8:06.47 is New European Record for Men 800m Freestyle. |
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World Record: Brian Gododell, United Stated (4:02.25, 8:05.66, 12:05.46) | Championship Record: Tim Shaw, United States 15:28.92 (4:06.12, 8:14.51, 12:22.37) 1975 |
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Heats - Monday, 28th | August | Best 8 times advanced to Final>. |
Heat 5 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 1. Vladimir Salnikov | Soviet Union | 15:18.90 | CR | | - | 18 | 1. | 2. Daniel Machek | Czechoslovakia | 15:28.19 | NR | +9.29 | - | 18 | 2. | 3. Borut Petric | Yugoslavia | 15:29.49 | | +10.59 | - | 17 | 3. |
Heat 3 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 5. Simon Gray | Great Britain | 15:31.42 | NR | +12.52 | - | 19 | 1. | 10.Sandor Nagy | Hungary | 15:42.58 | | +23.68 | - | 17 | 2. | 11.Ed Ryder | United States | 15:44.00 | | +25.10 | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat 2 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 4. Bobby Hackett | United States | 15:29.87 | | +10.97 | - | 19 | 1. | 7. Zoltan Wladar | Hungary | 15:36.32 | | +17.42 | - | 18 | 2. | 15.Rafael Escalas | Spain | 16:10.19 | | +51.29 | - | 17 | 3. |
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Heat 1 | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 6. Djan Madruga | Brazil | 15:35.56 | | +16.66 | - | 19 | 1. | 8. Max Metzker | Australia | 15:36.46 | | +17.56 | - | 18 | 2. | 9. Vladimir Lebedev | Soviet Union | 15:38.01 | | +19.11 | - | _ | 3. |
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Heat - | | time | | gap | L | ag | Rk | 12.Stefan Andersson | Sweden | 15:56.99 | | +38.09 | - | _ | | 13.Shuji Tsukasaki | Japan | 15:58.09 | NR | +39.19 | - | _ | | 14.Rob Baylls | Canada | 16:05.05 | | +46.15 | - | 5 | | 16.Gerald Schlupp | West Germany | 16:12.10 | | +53.20 | - | _ | | 17.Rolando Neiger | Switzerland | 16:21.82 | | +1:02.92 | - | _ | | 18.Dariusz Broda | Poland | 16:23.42 | | +1:04.52 | - | _ | | 19.Diego Quiroga | Ecuador | 16:25.65 | | +1:06.75 | - | 17 | | 20.Jose Leite | Portugal | 16:26.96 | NR | +1:08.06 | - | _ | | 21.Amir Ganiel | Israel | 16:27.16 | | +1:08.26 | - | _ | | 22.Karl-Heinz Pfitzer | West Germany | 16:27.96 | | +1:09.06 | - | _ | | 23.Dariusz Gil | Poland | 16:36.18 | | +1:17.28 | - | _ | | 24.Scott Newkirk | US Virgin Islands | 17:01.88 | NR | +1:42.98 | - | 17 | | 25.Mohamed Al-Saleh | Kuwait | 18:38.67 | NR | +3:19.77 | - | 19 | | -. Ilkka Lahtl | Finland | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Stephen Lewington | Great Britain | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Dennis Corcoran | Canada | DNS | | - | - | _ | | -. Brett Naylor | New Zealand | DNS | | - | - | 21 | | -. Murat Ozuak | Turkey | DNS | | - | - | _ | |
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