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Swimming at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games:

Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Round One

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Swimming Pool, Olympiysky Sports Complex, Moskva
Date Started: July 21, 1980
Date Finished: July 21, 1980
Format: Fastest eight advanced to the final.

Gold: URS Vladimir Salnikov
Silver: URS Aleksandr Chayev
Bronze: AUS Max Metzker

Round One Heat One

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Zoltán Wladár 20 Hungary HUN 15:31.06 QU
2 Borut Petrič 19 Yugoslavia YUG 15:31.53 QU
3 Eduard Petrov 17 Soviet Union URS 15:32.32 QU
4 Sándor Nagy 19 Hungary HUN 15:34.84
5 Marcelo Jucá 16 Brazil BRA 16:01.11
6 Diego Quiroga 19 Ecuador ECU 16:01.41

Round One Heat Two

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Aleksandr Chayev 18 Soviet Union URS 15:20.68 QU
2 Rafael Escalas 19 Spain ESP 15:20.99 QU
3 Max Metzker 20 Australia AUS 15:21.63 QU
4 Daniel Machek 20 Czechoslovakia TCH 15:39.73

Round One Heat Three

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC T
1 Vladimir Salnikov 20 Soviet Union URS 15:08.25 QU
2 Rainer Strohbach 22 East Germany GDR 15:17.93 QU
3 Simon Gray 21 Great Britain GBR 15:43.17
4 Darjan Petrič 15 Yugoslavia YUG 15:47.49
5 Andrew Astbury 19 Great Britain GBR 15:54.32
6 Djan Madruga 21 Brazil BRA 15:56.20
7 José María Larrañaga 17 Peru PER 16:27.90