Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 1500m freestyle M.JPG
Victory Ceremony
Dates8 August (heats)
9 August (final)
Competitors45 from 40 nations
Winning time14:39.67
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2013
2017  

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 8 August with the heats and 9 August with the final. [1]

Contents

Records

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

World record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:31.02 London, Great Britain 4 August 2012
Competition recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Sun Yang  (CHN)14:34.14 Shanghai, China 31 July 2011

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:48. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:51.04Q
253 Connor Jaeger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:53.34Q
355 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14:55.11Q
456 Stephen Milne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:55.17Q
550 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 14:55.42Q, NR
643 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14:55.96Q
746 Michael McBroom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:57.07Q
842 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:57.82Q, NR
945 Pál Joensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 14:58.52
1057 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 14:58.79
1144 Mack Horton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15:00.51
1249 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15:02.37 NR
1340 Richárd Nagy Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 15:04.03 NR
1448 Ruwen Straub Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:04.80
1536 Maarten Brzoskowski Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 15:10.91
1635 Marc Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15:12.79
1741 Wojciech Wojdak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 15:14.28
1822 Martín Naidich Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 15:14.38
1932 Wang Kecheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15:16.69
2052 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:16.84
2137 Nathan Capp Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:17.77
2238 Esteban Enderica Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 15:20.58 NR
2347 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 15:22.16
2427 Martin Bau Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 15:22.80
2531 Marcelo Acosta Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 15:25.14
2617 Mihajlo Čeprkalo Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 15:26.22
2724 Ernest Maksumov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:26.64
2859 Serhiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:29.52
2951 Sören Meißner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:30.02
3034 Ferry Weertman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 15:32.01
3139 Nezir Karap Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 15:32.60
3223 Alejandro Gómez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 15:32.75
3330 Vuk Čelić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 15:33.71
3429 Cho Cheng-chi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 15:37.25
3513 Sajan Prakash Flag of India.svg  India 15:45.29
3612 Felipe Tapia Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 15:45.63
3758 Felix Auböck Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 15:45.69
3821 Christian Punter Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 15:46.19
3920 Sven Arnar Saemundsson Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 15:53.43
4028 Alexei Sancov Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 15:53.85
4126 Lâm Quang Nhật Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 15:54.56
4216 Luis Ventura Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 15:55.92
4314 Welson Sim Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 16:09.72
4418 Geoffrey Butler Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 16:21.18
4511 Pol Arias Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 16:26.35
15 Matias Koski Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS
25 Mateo de Angulo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNS
33 Péter Bernek Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS

Final

The final was held on 9 August at 18:20. [3]

Last lap of final Kazan 2015 - 1500m men finish.JPG
Last lap of final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:39.67 ER
Silver medal icon.svg5 Connor Jaeger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:41.20 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Ryan Cochrane Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 14:51.08
42 Ahmed Akram Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 14:53.66 NR
56 Stephen Milne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 14:58.62
61 Michael McBroom Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:06.81
78 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:09.77
3 Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNS

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