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

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Winning time14:44.03
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
  2010
2018  

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

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The medals were presented by Peter Sirett, Chairman of the Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association and the quaichs were presented by Jon Doig, Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [1] [2]
Commonwealth recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Grant Hackett  (AUS)14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Kieren Perkins  (AUS)14:41.66 Victoria, Canada 18 August 1994 [3]

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:03.29Q
232 Stephen Milne Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 15:03.38Q
322 Daniel Jervis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 15:06.60Q
424 Mack Horton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:08.43Q
536 Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:10.87Q
=625 Daniel Fogg Flag of England.svg  England 15:10.88Q
35 Jordan Harrison Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
823 Jay Lelliott Flag of England.svg  England 15:11.89Q
933 Matthew Levings Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:13.53
1026 Will Brothers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15:22.92
1127 Martin Cremin Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 15:27.30
1213 Max Litchfield Flag of England.svg  England 15:33.87
1331 Kevin Yeap Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 15:35.50
1437 Craig Hamilton Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 15:35.60
1538 Vernon Lee Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 16:10.53
1628 Geoffrey Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 16:14.39
1721 Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 16:18.24
1814 Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 16:41:00
1915 Dominic Walter Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 16:56.28

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14:44.03
Silver medal icon.svg6 Mack Horton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:48.76
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Daniel Jervis Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 14:55.33
41 Jordan Harrison Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14:55.71
55 Stephen Milne Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 15:04.90
68 Jay Lelliott Flag of England.svg  England 15:05.83
77 Daniel Fogg Flag of England.svg  England 15:13.72
82 Devon Brown Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15:17.89

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