Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Dates17 January 1998 (heats)
18 January 1998 (final)
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time14 minutes 51.70 seconds
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  1994
2001  

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.

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Finals

RankAthleteTime
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)14:51.70
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Emiliano Brembilla  (ITA)15:00.59
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Daniel Kowalski  (AUS)15:03.94
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Igor Snitko  (UKR)15:04.30
5Flag of South Africa.svg  Ryk Neethling  (RSA)15:12.50
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Luiz Lima  (BRA)15:17.55
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Zavhorodnyy  (UKR)15:22.43
8Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Painter  (USA)15:23.40

Qualifying heats

RankAthleteTime
1Flag of South Africa.svg  Ryk Neethling  (RSA)15:11.52
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Zavhorodnyy  (UKR)15:11.86
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Igor Snitko  (UKR)15:11.90
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Daniel Kowalski  (AUS)15:19.31
5Flag of Italy.svg  Emiliano Brembilla  (ITA)15:19.36
6Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)15:19.38
Flag of Brazil.svg  Luiz Lima  (BRA)
8Flag of the United States.svg  Tyler Painter  (USA)15:20.18
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ian Wilson  (GBR)15:23.72
10Flag of Japan.svg  Masato Hirano  (JPN)15:28.79
11Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Formentini  (ITA)15:29.22
12Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Graeme Smith  (GBR)15:35.71
13Flag of Spain.svg  Sergi Roure  (ESP)15:41.36
14Flag of Thailand.svg  Torlarp Sethsothorn  (THA)15:42.78
15Flag of Spain.svg  Frederik Hviid  (ESP)15:43.80
16Flag of the United States.svg  Tim Siciliano  (USA)15:49.09
17Flag of Russia.svg  Yevgeni Bezruchenko  (RUS)15:57.75
18Flag of New Zealand.svg  Scott Cameron  (NZL)15:57.90
19Flag of Slovenia.svg  Jure Bučar  (SLO)16:03.77
20Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Mark Kwok  (HKG)16:03.96

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