PARIS -- American iron-man Bobby Finke smashed the men's 1,500-meter freestyle world record as he retained the Olympic gold medal in the event in a thrilling swim Sunday at the Paris pool.

Some world records stand for years ... two-time Olympic gold medalist Ingebrigtsen also set an indoor 1,500-meter record in the same race, passing through the distance in 3:29.63.

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - American iron-man Bobby Finke smashed the men's 1,500 metres freestyle world record as he retained the Olympic gold medal in a thrilling swim that put the United States on ...

Bobby Finke set a new standard in the 1,500 freestyle and the American ... Finke was under world-record pace the entire race and really turned it on coming to the finish. He touched in 14 minutes ...

Katie Ledecky posted the best women's 1,500-meter time ever when she was 21 years old. She posted the second-best women's 1,500-meter time ever when she was 28 years old, on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old shattered her own 1500-meter world record at the Stade Charlety track on Sunday. Kipyegon clocked a spellbinding time of 3:49.04 to win the race. She took 0.07 seconds off her ...