Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 22, 2012 (heats)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Winning time14:48.92
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats took place on May 22, the final on May 23. [1]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14:34.14 Shanghai July 31, 2011
European record Yury Prilukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14:41.13 Beijing August 15, 2008
Championship record Yury Prilukov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14:50.40 Eindhoven March 22, 2008

Results

Heats

23 swimmers participated in 3 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Samuel Pizzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:10.26Q
225 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:11.06Q
313 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:15.01Q
426 Jan Wolfgarten Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:18.39Q
534 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:20.66Q
633 Sergiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:21.49Q
735 Anthony Pannier Flag of France.svg  France 15:24.11Q
832 Sören Meissner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:24.18Q
915 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 15:25.81
1036 Evgeny Kulikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:26.52
1138 David Brandl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15:28.99
1211 Richárd Nagy Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 15:30.77 NR
1322 Ediz Yildirimer Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15:31.78
1414 Rocco Potenza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:32.69
1523 Federico Colbertaldo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:34.53
1617 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 15:36.81
1716 Antonio Arroyo Perez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15:37.59
1821 Anton Goncharov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:37.78
1912 Ventsislav Aydarski Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 15:38.45
2037 Anton Sveinn McKee Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 15:39.63 NR
2127 Uladzimir Zhyharau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 15:42.85
2231 Jovan Mitrovic Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 15:46.49
28 Stefan Šorak Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia DNS

Final

The final was held at 17:02. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:48.92 CR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Gergő Kis Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:58.15
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:04.38
44 Samuel Pizzetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:09.83
51 Anthony Pannier Flag of France.svg  France 15:12.02
66 Jan Wolfgarten Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:13.68
77 Sergiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:13.99
88 Sören Meissner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:19.50

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