Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue	Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center
Date	26 September 2014
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Medalists
Sun Yang    China   Kohei Yamamoto    Japan   Wang Kecheng    China
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 26 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Friday, 26 September 2014	09:00	Slowest heat
	19:41	Fastest heat

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	4 August 2012
Asian Record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	4 August 2012
Games Record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:35.43	Guangzhou, China	18 November 2010

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:49.75
	2	Kohei Yamamoto  (JPN)	14:54.86
	2	Wang Kecheng  (CHN)	15:06.73
4	2	Shogo Takeda  (JPN)	15:18.46
5	2	Kevin Yeap  (MAS)	15:31.67
6	2	Lâm Quang Nhật  (VIE)	15:33.21
7	2	Park Seok-hyun  (KOR)	15:36.52
8	1	Cho Cheng-chi  (TPE)	15:40.54
9	1	Welson Sim  (MAS)	15:43.04
10	1	Huang Guo-ting  (TPE)	15:50.30
11	1	Teo Zhen Ren  (SIN)	16:08.75
12	1	Saurabh Sangvekar  (IND)	16:23.46
13	1	Ali Boabbas  (KUW)	16:31.80
DQ	2	Park Tae-hwan  (KOR)	15:12.15

• Park Tae-hwan of South Korea originally finished 4th, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Nebido. ^[1]

References

1. "OCA adjusts Incheon Asian Games medal table". Olympic Council of Asia. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.

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External links

• Official website ^[usurped]