Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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The Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 17, 2003 (Day 16 of the Games).

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Ricardo Monasterio won the gold medal, breaking a string of 12 U.S. titles in a row. Before him, only other non-American had won the race, the Brazilian Tetsuo Okamoto, in the first edition of the Games in 1951.

Medalists

Gold Ricardo Monasterio
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png Venezuela
Silver Fran Crippen
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Bronze Chris Thompson
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Records

World Record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)14:34.562001-07-29 Flag of Japan.svg Fukuoka, Japan
Pan Am Record Flag of the United States.svg  Carlton Bruner  (USA)15:13.901995-03-17 Flag of Argentina.svg Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

PlaceSwimmerTime
1Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Ricardo Monasterio  (VEN)15:16.98
2Flag of the United States.svg  Fran Crippen  (USA)15:19.63
3Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Thompson  (USA)15:19.64
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Luiz Lima  (BRA)15:41.41
5Flag of Mexico.svg  Andres Jiménez  (MEX)15:52.40
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Bruno Bonfim  (BRA)15:54.84
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Leonardo Salinas  (MEX)16:00.99
8Flag of Chile.svg  Giancarlo Zolezzi  (CHI)16:05.59

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