Ryan Cochrane is a swimmer who has competed for Canada. He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Cochrane was widely regarded as the top Canadian swimmer in the long-distance freestyle race through the 2000s and 2010s. At his first Games in 2008, he briefly held an Olympic record time of 14:40.84 in his heat before Grant Hackett cleared a 14:40 barrier to reclaim the record and lead the field for the top eight final. Cochrane continued to snatch a bronze outside the record time in 14:42.69. With this feat, he became the first Canadian swimmer to win an Olympic medal after eight years and the first in a long-distance freestyle race since 1920.
Cochrane added a silver in the same race at London 2012 with an American record time (14:39.63), edging out the defending champion Oussama Mellouli by 0.68 of a second. He almost entered the top eight final of the 400 metres freestyle after Park Tae-hwan was disqualified for a false start. An appeal from Park and the Korean Olympic Committee to overturn the decision soon bumped Cochrane out of the roster to ninth, missing the final by a hundredth of a second (0.01)
Cochrane was selected as the co-captain of the Canadian swimming team at his third Olympics in 2016. He missed again the top eight final of the 400 metres freestyle with an eleventh place time and finished sixth in the 1500, leaving the Games without a single medal.
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Rank |
---|---|---|
2008 | Men's 400m freestyle | 9th |
Men's 1500m freestyle | ||
2012 | Men's 400m freestyle | 9th |
Men's 1500m freestyle | ||
2016 | Men's 400m freestyle | 11th |
Men's 1500m freestyle | 6th |
2008[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 3:44.85 | NR |
Final | Did not advance | ||
1500 metres freestyle | Heats | 14:40.84 | AR |
Final | 14:42.69 |
2012[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 3:47.26 | |
Final | Did not advance | ||
1500 metres freestyle | Heats | 14:49.31 | |
Final | 14:39.63 | AR |
2016[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
---|---|---|
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 3:45.83 |
Final | Did not advance | |
1500 metres freestyle | Heats | 14:53.44 |
Final | 14:49.61 |