Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Final

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes

3	Grant Hackett	Australia	14:48.33

4	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14:53.59

7	Chris Thompson	United States	14:56.81	AM

4	2	Alexei Filipets	Russia	14:56.88

5	6	Ryk Neethling	South Africa	15:00.48	AF

6	5	Erik Vendt	United States	15:08.61

7	8	Igor Chervynskiy	Ukraine	15:08.80

8	1	Heiko Hell	Germany	15:19.87

Sentence(s)

U.S. swimmer Chris Thompson came up with a spectacular swim to take the bronze in an American record of 14:56.81, holding off a fast-closing Alexei Filipets of Russia (14:56.88).

final_sentence: U.S. swimmer Chris Thompson came up with a spectacular swim to take the bronze in an American record of 14:56.81, holding off a fast-closing Alexei Filipets of Russia (14:56.88).