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Mellouli of Tunisia wins gold in men's 1,500m freestyle

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Updated: 2008-08-17 10:29

 

Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia wins men's 1,500m freestyle gold medal during the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on Sunday.

Oussama Mellouli clocked in 14:40.84 to beat Australian Grant Hackett, who got the silver in 14:41.53, and Canadian Ryan Cochrane settled for the bronze in 14:42.69.

Oussama Mellouli (C) of Tunisia reacts between Zhang Lin (L) of China and Larsen Jensen (R) of the US after winning the gold medal in the men's 1,500m freestyle swimming final at the National Aquatics Center during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 17, 2008. [Agencies]

Following are the results of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle final at the Beijing Olympic Games:

1. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia, 14 minutes 40.84 seconds

2. Grant Hackett, Australia, 14:41.53

3. Ryan Cochrane, Canada, 14:42.69

4. Yuriy Prilukov, Russia, 14:43.21

5. Larsen Jensen, United States, 14:48.16

6. David Davies, Britian, 14:52.11

7. Zhang Lin, China, 14:55.20

8. Sun Yang, China, 15:05.12

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