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

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center
Date26 September
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2010
2018  

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.

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Schedule

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

DateTimeEvent
Friday, 26 September 201409:00Slowest heat
19:41Fastest heat

Records

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

World Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012
Games Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:35.43 Guangzhou, China 18 November 2010

Results

RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:49.75
Silver medal icon.svg2Flag of Japan.svg  Kohei Yamamoto  (JPN)14:54.86
Bronze medal icon.svg2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Kecheng  (CHN)15:06.73
42Flag of Japan.svg  Shogo Takeda  (JPN)15:18.46
52Flag of Malaysia.svg  Kevin Yeap  (MAS)15:31.67
62Flag of Vietnam.svg  Lâm Quang Nhật  (VIE)15:33.21
72Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Seok-hyun  (KOR)15:36.52
81Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Cho Cheng-chi  (TPE)15:40.54
91Flag of Malaysia.svg  Welson Sim  (MAS)15:43.04
101Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang Guo-ting  (TPE)15:50.30
111Flag of Singapore.svg  Teo Zhen Ren  (SIN)16:08.75
121Flag of India.svg  Saurabh Sangvekar  (IND)16:23.46
131Flag of Kuwait.svg  Ali Bu-Abbas  (KUW)16:31.80
DQ2Flag of South Korea.svg  Park Tae-hwan  (KOR)15:12.15

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References

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