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Olympic Swimming Medals - Men's 1500 Meter Freestyle Olympic Medalists

By Mat Luebbers, About.com

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The gold, silver, and bronze Olympic medal swimmers in the men's 1500 meter freestyle from the Summer Olympic games.

1896
GOLD Alfred Hajos, HUN 18:22.2
SILVER Jean Andreou, GRE 21:03.4
BRONZE Efstathios Choraphas, GRE n/a
1900
GOLD John Jarvis, GBR 13:40.2
SILVER Otto Wahle, AUT 14:53.6
BRONZE Zoltan von Halmay, HUN 15:16.4
1904
GOLD Emil Rausch, GER 27:18.2
SILVER Geza Kiss, HUN 28:28.2
BRONZE Francis Gailey, AUS 28:54.0
1906
GOLD Henry Taylor, GBR 28:28.0
SILVER John Jarvis, GBR 30:13.0
BRONZE Otto Scheff, AUT 30:59.0
1908
GOLD Henry Taylor, GBR 22:48.4
SILVER Thomas Battersby, GBR 22:51.2
BRONZE Frank Beaurepaire, AUS 22:56.2
1912
GOLD George Hodgson, CAN 22:00.0
SILVER John Hatfield, GBR 22:39.0
BRONZE Harold Hardwick, AUS 23:15.4
1920
GOLD Norman Ross, USA 22:23.2
SILVER George Vernot, CAN 22:36.4
BRONZE Frank Beaurepaire, AUS 23.04.0
1924
GOLD Andrew Charlton, AUS 20:06.6
SILVER Arne Borg, SWE 20:41.4
BRONZE Frank Beaurepaire, AUS 21:48.4
1928
GOLD Arne Borg, SWE 19:51.8
SILVER Andrew Charlton, AUS 20:02.6
BRONZE Buster Crabbe, USA 20:28.8
1932
GOLD Kusuo Kitamura, JPN 19:12.4
SILVER Shozo Makino, JPN 19:14.1
BRONZE James Cristy, USA 19:39.5
1936
GOLD Noboru Terada, JPN 19:13.7
SILVER Jack Medica, USA 19:34.0
BRONZE Shumpei Uto, JPN 19:34.5
1948
GOLD James McLane, USA 19:18.5
SILVER John Marshall, AUS 19:31.3
BRONZE Gyorgy Mitro, HUN 19:43.2
1952
GOLD Ford Konno, USA 18:30.0
SILVER Shiro Hashizume, JPN 18:41.4
BRONZE Tetsuo Okamoto, BRA 18:51.3
1956
GOLD Murray Rose, AUS 17:58.9
SILVER Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, JPN 18:00.3
BRONZE George Breen, USA 18:08.2
1960
GOLD John Konrads, AUS 17:19.6
SILVER Murray Rose, AUS 17:21.7
BRONZE George Breen, USA 17:30.6
1964
GOLD Robert Windle, AUS 17:01.7
SILVER John Nelson, USA 17:03.0
BRONZE Allan Wood, AUS 17:07.7
1968
GOLD Mike Burton, USA 16:38.9
SILVER John Kinsella, USA 16:57.3
BRONZE Gregory Brough, AUS 17:04.7
1972
GOLD Mike Burton, USA 15:52.6
SILVER Graham Windeatt, AUS 15:58.5
BRONZE Douglas Northway, USA 16:09.2
1976
GOLD Brian Goodell, USA 15:02.4
SILVER Bobby Hackett, USA 15:03.9
BRONZE Stephan Holland, AUS 15:04.7
1980
GOLD Vladimir Salnikov, URS 14:58.3
SILVER Alexander Tschajew, URS 15:14.3
BRONZE Max Metzer, AUS 15:14.5
1984
GOLD Mike O’Brien, USA 15:05.2
SILVER George DiCarlo, USA 15:10.6
BRONZE Stefan Pfeiffer, FRG 15:12.1
1988
GOLD Vladimir Salnikov, URS 15:00.4
SILVER Stefan Pfeiffer, FRG 15:02.7
BRONZE Uwe Dassier, GDR 15:06.1
1992
GOLD Kieren Perkins, AUS 14:43.5
SILVER Glen Housman, AUS 14:55.3
BRONZE Joerg Hoffmann, GER 15:02.3
1996
GOLD Kieren Perkins, AUS 14:56.4
SILVER Daniel Kowalski, AUS 15:02.4
BRONZE Graeme Smith, GBR 15:02.5
2000
GOLD Grant Hackett, AUS 14:48.3
SILVER Kieren Perkins, AUS 14:53.6
BRONZE Chris Thompson, USA 14:56.8
2004
GOLD Grant Hackett, AUS 14:43.4
SILVER Larsen Jensen, USA 14:45.3
BRONZE David Davies, GBR 14:46.0
2008
GOLD Oussama Mellouli, TUN 14:40.84
SILVER Grant hackett, AUS 14:41.53
BRONZE Ryan Cochrane, CAN 14:42.69