Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The final of the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held in the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 4, 1984.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

| World record | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 14:54.76 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 22 February 1983 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Vladimir Salnikov (URS) | 14:58.27 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 22 July 1980 |

## Results

### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Mike O'Brien | United States | 15:21.04 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Stefan Pfeiffer | West Germany | 15:21.95 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | Stefano Grandi | Italy | 15:22.49 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | George DiCarlo | United States | 15:22.88 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 5 | Rainer Henkel | West Germany | 15:23.60 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | David Shemilt | Canada | 15:24.78 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Wayne Shillington | Australia | 15:25.67 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Franck Iacono | France | 15:27.27 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Justin Lemberg | Australia | 15:29.74 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Carlos Scanavino | Uruguay | 15:29.78 | NR |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Rafael Escalas | Spain | 15:30.09 | |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | David Stacey | Great Britain | 15:30.10 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Bernard Volz | Canada | 15:31.38 | |
| 14 | 1 | 6 | Mike Davidson | New Zealand | 15:35.43 | |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Borut Petrič | Yugoslavia | 15:36.44 | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Darjan Petrič | Yugoslavia | 15:39.79 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Marcelo Jucá | Brazil | 15:43.80 | |
| 18 | 4 | 6 | Juan Enrique Escalas | Spain | 15:44.85 | |
| 19 | 4 | 7 | Marc Van De Weghe | Belgium | 15:45.50 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Alejandro Lecot | Argentina | 15:49.94 | |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Stuart Willmott | Great Britain | 15:57.79 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Anders Holmertz | Sweden | 16:11.38 | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Wu Ming-hsun | Chinese Taipei | 16:14.40 | |
| 24 | 2 | 1 | William Wilson | Philippines | 16:24.81 | |
| 25 | 1 | 7 | Lin Chun-hong | Chinese Taipei | 16:44.94 | |
| 26 | 2 | 7 | Scott Newkirk | Virgin Islands | 16:50.55 | |
| 27 | 1 | 1 | Julian Bolling | Sri Lanka | 17:16.92 | |
| | 4 | 1 | Ahmet Nakkaş | Turkey | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Mike O'Brien | United States | 15:05.20 | |
| | 6 | George DiCarlo | United States | 15:10.59 | |
| | 5 | Stefan Pfeiffer | West Germany | 15:12.77 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Rainer Henkel | West Germany | 15:20.03 | |
| 5 | 8 | Franck Iacono | France | 15:26.96 | NR |
| 6 | 3 | Stefano Grandi | Italy | 15:28.58 | |
| 7 | 7 | David Shemilt | Canada | 15:31.28 | |
| 8 | 1 | Wayne Shillington | Australia | 15:38.18 | |
