Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Dates	29 July (heats) 30 July (final)
Competitors	29 from 24 nations
Winning time	14:31.54
Medalists
Ahmed Hafnaoui    Tunisia   Bobby Finke    United States   Samuel Short    Australia
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Swimming World called the race an "epic duel". ^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. ^[5]

World record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:31.02	London, England	4 August 2012
Competition record	Gregorio Paltrinieri  (ITA)	14:32.80	Budapest, Hungary	25 June 2022

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
30 July	Final	Ahmed Hafnaoui	Tunisia	14:31.54	CR

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 29 July at 11:52. ^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Bobby Finke	United States	14:43.06	Q
2	2	4	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	14:43.50	Q
3	3	8	Ahmed Hafnaoui	Tunisia	14:49.53	Q
4	3	3	Lukas Märtens	Germany	14:51.20	Q
5	3	5	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	14:52.15	Q
6	3	6	Samuel Short	Australia	14:53.38	Q
7	3	7	Kristóf Rasovszky	Hungary	14:54.09	Q
8	3	1	David Aubry	France	14:54.29	Q
9	3	0	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	14:55.19
10	2	2	Damien Joly	France	14:56.31
11	3	2	Charlie Clark	United States	14:57.16
12	2	3	Fei Liwei	China	14:57.50
13	2	8	Luca De Tullio	Italy	14:57.68
14	2	6	Daniel Jervis	Great Britain	14:57.88
15	2	1	Dávid Betlehem	Hungary	14:59.76
16	1	4	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland	15:01.89
17	2	0	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	15:02.31
18	1	5	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	15:07.61
19	2	7	Carlos Garach	Spain	15:08.02
20	3	4	Florian Wellbrock	Germany	15:10.33
21	2	9	Ahmed Akaram	Egypt	15:11.06
22	1	3	Alfonso Mestre	Venezuela	15:14.10	NR
23	1	7	Righardt Muller	South Africa	15:33.82
24	1	1	Ratthawit Thammananthachote	Thailand	15:39.46
25	1	2	Aryan Nehra	India	15:39.47
26	1	8	Rodolfo Falcón Jr.	Cuba	15:49.72
27	1	6	Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn	Vietnam	16:20.45
28	1	0	Timothy Leberl	Mauritius	16:27.67	NR
29	1	9	Hendrik Powdar	Suriname	17:58.15
	3	9	Kim Woo-min	South Korea	DNS

Final

The final started on 30 July at 20:16. ^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ahmed Hafnaoui	Tunisia	14:31.54	CR , AF
	4	Bobby Finke	United States	14:31.59	AM
	7	Samuel Short	Australia	14:37.28
4	5	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	14:43.01
5	6	Lukas Märtens	Germany	14:44.51
6	1	Kristóf Rasovszky	Hungary	14:51.46
7	2	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	14:53.21
8	8	David Aubry	France	14:56.63

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2023.
4. Writer, David Rieder-Senior (2024-07-26). "Olympic Swimming Predictions, Day 9: United States Hoping to Finish With Medley Relay Victories". Swimming World. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
5. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
6. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.
7. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2023.