Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 17 January 1998 (heats) 18 January 1998 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 20 from 14 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 14 minutes 51.70 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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1998 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
Single | ||
5 km | men | women |
5 km | team rating | |
25 km | men | women |
25 km | team rating | |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The final of the men's 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships was held on Sunday 18 January in Perth, Western Australia.
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:51.70 | |
Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) | 15:00.59 | |
Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | 15:03.94 | |
4 | Igor Snitko (UKR) | 15:04.30 |
5 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | 15:12.50 |
6 | Luiz Lima (BRA) | 15:17.55 |
7 | Denys Zavhorodnyy (UKR) | 15:22.43 |
8 | Tyler Painter (USA) | 15:23.40 |
Rank | Athlete | Time |
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1 | Ryk Neethling (RSA) | 15:11.52 |
2 | Denys Zavhorodnyy (UKR) | 15:11.86 |
3 | Igor Snitko (UKR) | 15:11.90 |
4 | Daniel Kowalski (AUS) | 15:19.31 |
5 | Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) | 15:19.36 |
6 | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 15:19.38 |
Luiz Lima (BRA) | ||
8 | Tyler Painter (USA) | 15:20.18 |
9 | Ian Wilson (GBR) | 15:23.72 |
10 | Masato Hirano (JPN) | 15:28.79 |
11 | Marco Formentini (ITA) | 15:29.22 |
12 | Graeme Smith (GBR) | 15:35.71 |
13 | Sergi Roure (ESP) | 15:41.36 |
14 | Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA) | 15:42.78 |
15 | Frederik Hviid (ESP) | 15:43.80 |
16 | Tim Siciliano (USA) | 15:49.09 |
17 | Yevgeni Bezruchenko (RUS) | 15:57.75 |
18 | Scott Cameron (NZL) | 15:57.90 |
19 | Jure Bučar (SLO) | 16:03.77 |
20 | Mark Kwok (HKG) | 16:03.96 |
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