Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The men’s 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens Greece on August 20 and 21.Australian swimmer and world record holder Grant Hackett became the second swimmer in history to defend the title in this event breaking an Olympic record time of 14:43.40. U.S. swimmer Larsen Jensen set an American record time of 14:45.29 to take the silver.