Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	3 August 2024 (Heats) 4 August 2024 (Final)
Competitors	24 from 18 nations
Winning time	14:30.67 WR
Medalists
Bobby Finke   United States Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy Daniel Wiffen   Ireland
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre. ^[1]

Records

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

World record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	4 August 2012	[2] [3]
Olympic record	Sun Yang  (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	4 August 2012	[2] [3]

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
4 August	Final	Bobby Finke	United States	14:30.67	WR

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT). ^{[4] [5]}

Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline. ^[4]

Time standards

The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. ^[6]

The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:

Men's events
Event	OQT*	OCT^
1500 m freestyle	15:00.99ª	15:05.49

* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.

ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.

^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
3 August 2024	10:00	Heats
4 August 2024	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	14:40.34	Q
2	3	3	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14:42.56	Q
3	4	7	Ahmed Jaouadi	Tunisia	14:44.20	Q
4	3	6	David Aubry	France	14:44.90	Q
5	2	4	Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey	14:45.27	Q
6	4	4	Bobby Finke	United States	14:45.31	Q
7	3	1	Damien Joly	France	14:45.52	Q
8	4	2	Dávid Betlehem	Hungary	14:45.59	Q, NR
9	4	1	Fei Liwei	China	14:50.06
10	4	6	Sven Schwarz	Germany	14:51.97
11	3	8	Zalán Sárkány	Hungary	14:52.42
12	3	7	Luca de Tullio	Italy	14:55.61
13	3	5	Samuel Short	Australia	14:58.15
14	4	5	Florian Wellbrock	Germany	15:01.88
15	3	2	Daniel Jervis	Great Britain	15:03.75
16	2	8	Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland	15:04.99
17	2	2	Victor Johansson	Sweden	15:05.62
18	4	8	David Johnston	United States	15:10.64
19	1	5	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	15:11.19
20	2	6	Henrik Christiansen	Norway	15:14.11
21	1	4	Nguyễn Huy Hoàng	Vietnam	15:18.63
22	2	3	Carlos Garach	Spain	15:20.84
23	2	1	Emir Batur Albayrak	Turkey	15:23.21
24	1	3	Rodolfo Falcón Jr	Cuba	16:00.31
	4	3	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine	DNS
	2	5	Marwan Elkamash	Egypt	DNS
	2	7	Vlad Stancu	Romania	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	7	Bobby Finke	United States	14:30.67	WR
	5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14:34.55
	4	Daniel Wiffen	Ireland	14:39.63
4	8	Dávid Betlehem	Hungary	14:40.91	NR
5	2	Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey	14:41.22	WJ , NR
6	3	Ahmed Jaouadi	Tunisia	14:43.35
7	6	David Aubry	France	14:44.66	NR
8	1	Damien Joly	France	14:52.61

References

1. "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
2. Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) . Retrieved 12 July 2013.
3. Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today . Retrieved 12 July 2013.
4. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
5. Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 12 November 2022.
6. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.