Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates4 August (heats)
5 August (final)
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Winning time14:36.15
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  2016
2020  

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018. [1] [2]

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Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Sun Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14:31.02 London 4 August 2012
European record
Championship record
Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:34.04 London 18 May 2016

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 4 August at 10:49. [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
126 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 14:53.52Q
214 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:53.79Q
325 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:54.55Q
424 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:54.85Q
515 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14:58.03Q
616 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14:58.94Q
713 Domenico Acerenza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:59.35Q
823 Serhiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 15:02.93Q
928 Marin Mogić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 15:04.45
1011 Anton Ipsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:05.86
1117 Ilya Druzhinin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 15:06.43
1229 Tom Derbyshire Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 15:11.45
1320 Vuk Čelić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 15:11.52
1412 David Aubry Flag of France.svg  France 15:15.61
1521 Victor Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:15.75
1622 Gergely Gyurta Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:28.70
1718 Dávid Lakatos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:33.96
1810 Guilherme Pina Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 15:39.89
1927 Andreas Georgakopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16:01.83
2019 Franc Aleksi Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 16:29.27

Final

The final was held on 5 August at 17:00. [4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:36.15
Silver medal icon.svg5 Mykhailo Romanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:36.88
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:42.85
41 Domenico Acerenza Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:51.88
52 Henrik Christiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14:56.47
64 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 14:57.82
78 Serhiy Frolov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 14:58.46
87 Jan Micka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 14:59.49

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