2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Duna Arena
Location Budapest, Hungary
Dates10 December
Competitors26 from 24 nations
Winning time14:16.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
  2022
2026  

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]

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record Flag of Germany.svg  Florian Wellbrock  (GER)14:06.88 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 21 December 2021
Competition recordFlag of Germany.svg  Florian Wellbrock  (GER)14:06.88 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 21 December 2021

Background

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]

Results

The slowest heats were started at 11:45, and the fastest heat at 18:50. [4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg35 Ahmed Jaouadi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 14:16.40
Silver medal icon.svg25 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:17.27
Bronze medal icon.svg31 Kuzey Tunçelli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14:20.64 WJ, NR
436 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 14:22.12
526 Sven Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:22.29
622 Luca De Tullio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:28.44
733 Kirill Martynychev Flag of World Aquatics 2.svg Neutral Athletes B14:28.56
834 Zalán Sárkány Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:32.10
938 Nathan Wiffen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14:32.65
1032 Victor Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14:34.27 NR
1128 Daniel Matheson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14:37.56
1223 Andrei Proca Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 14:39.42
1324 Charlie Clark Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 14:41.61
1437 Kazushi Imafuku Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 14:48.01
1521 Kris Mihaylov Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 14:52.53
1629 Timothé Barbeau Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:02.76
1727 Chen Shengxin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15:04.43
1817 Mark Iltšišin Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 15:06.05
1920 Muhd Dhuha Bin Zulfikry Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 15:14.66
2011 Kevin Teixeira Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 15:19.02 NR
2112 Diego Dulieu Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Honduras 15:20.52
2216 Larn Hamblyn-Ough Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:20.84
2315 Marin Mogić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 15:25.18
2414 Hung Pen-han Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 15:31.46
2518 Timothy Leberl Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 15:55.08 NR
2613 He Shing Ip Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 16:12.57

References

  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 8 December 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2025-03-19. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  2. "World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) 2024 - Hungary | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics . Archived from the original on 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2025-06-01.
  3. 1 2 Sutherland, James (2024-12-05). "2024 SC Worlds Previews: Established Vets Versus Rising Stars In Men's Distance Free". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  4. "Men's 1500m Freestyle – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.