Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) | ||||||||||
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Venue | Duna Arena | |||||||||
Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
Dates | 10 December | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 24 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 14:16.40 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) | |||
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Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4×50 m | mixed | ||
4×100 m | men | women | |
4×200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4×50 m | mixed | ||
4×100 m | men | women | mixed |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary. [1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 14:06.88 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 21 December 2021 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 14:06.88 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 21 December 2021 |
Florian Wellbrock of Germany headlined the men’s 1500 metre freestyle field as the world record holder, having set a mark of 14:06.88 in 2021. Since then, his fastest time was 14:25.41 from 2022, leaving questions about his current form. France’s Damien Joly, silver medalist at the 2022 Short Course World Championships, entered with a national record of 14:19.62 and made the Olympic final in Paris. Hungary's Zalán Sárkány (14:23.31), along with Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi (14:24.68), posted competitive times over the previous year. Both were Olympic finalists in Paris. Seventeen-year-olds Kuzey Tunçelli (14:38.61) and Kazushi Imafuku (14:36.32), from Turkey and Japan, respectively, also featured. Imafuku won the 1500 m at the Singapore World Cup. Other entries included Sven Schwarz, Luca De Tullio, Victor Johansson, and Charlie Clark. Kirill Martynychev, competing as a neutral athlete, entered with a personal best of 14:25.24 set at the 2024 Russian Short Course Championships. [3]
SwimSwam predicted Jaouadi would win, Wellbrock would come second, and Sárkány would come third. [3]
The slowest heats were started at 11:45, and the fastest heat at 18:50. [4]