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	29 July 2024 (Heats) 4 August 2004 (Final)
Competitors	from 65 nations
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held from July 29 to August 4, 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre. ^[1]

Records

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

Record	Time	Name	Nation	Event	Date	Notes
World
Olympic

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). ^{[2] [3]}

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. ^[2]

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. ^[4]

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 time (UTC+1) ^[5]

Date	Time	Round
July 29, 2024	10:00	Heats
August 4, 2024	17:30	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
			Samuel Short	Australia
			Liwei Fei	China
			Rodolfo Falcón Jr	Cuba
			Marwan Elkamash	Egypt
			Carlos Garach	Spain
			David Aubry	France
			Damien Joly	France
			Daniel Jervis	Great Britain
			Sven Schwarz	Germany
			Florian Wellbrock	Germany
			Dimitrios Markos	Greece
			Dávid Betlehem	Hungary
			Zalán Sárkány	Hungary
			Daniel Wiffen	Ireland
			Luca de Tullio	Italy
			Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy
			Kim Woo-min	South Korea
			Henrik Christiansen	Norway
			Krzysztof Chmielewski	Poland
			Vlad Stancu	Romania
			Victor Johansson	Sweden
			Ahmed Jaouadi	Tunisia
			Emir Batur Albayrak	Turkey
			Kuzey Tunçelli	Turkey
			Mykhailo Romanchuk	Ukraine
			Robert Finke	United States
			David Johnston	United States
			Nguyễn Huy Hoàng	Vietnam

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes

References

1. "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
2. "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
3. 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.
4. "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.