Swimming at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships
Venue World Aquatics Championships Arena
Location Singapore Sports Hub, Kallang
Dates2 August (heats)
3 August (final)
Competitors21 from 17 nations
Winning time14:34.41
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2024
2027  

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships was held from 2 to 3 August 2025 at the World Aquatics Championships Arena at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang, Singapore. [1] [2]

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Background

Bobby Finke of the United States, who set the 14:30.67 world record to win the event at the 2024 Paris Olympics, was aiming to claim his first international gold in this event outside the Olympics. Germany’s Florian Wellbrock entered in strong form, having posted a world-leading 14:36.25 and having won multiple open water titles in 2025, while fellow German Sven Schwarz had recorded a 14:36.82, which made him the ninth-fastest performer in history. Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen, the 2024 world champion, was ranked fourth globally with a 14:42.71 season best. Young contenders, including Turkey’s Kuzey Tunçelli, Hungary’s Dávid Betlehem, and Japan’s Kazushi Imafuku, were also seeking finals places. [3]

Qualification

Each National Federation was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but they could do so only if both of them had attained the "A" standard qualification time. For this event, the "A" standard qualification time was 15:01.89. Federations could enter one athlete into the event if they met the "B" standard qualification time. For this event, the "B" standard qualification time was 15:33.46. Athletes could also enter the event if they had met an "A" or "B" standard in a different event and their Federation had not entered anyone else. Additional considerations applied to Federations who had few swimmers enter through the standard qualification times. Federations in this category could at least enter two men and two women to the competition, all of whom could enter into up to two events. [4] [5]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Bobby Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:30.67 2024 Summer Olympics
Gregorio Paltrinieri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:34.55 2024 Summer Olympics
Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:36.252025 German Championships
Sven Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:36.822025 German Championships
Oliver Klemet Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:39.032025 German Championships
Daniel Wiffen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14:39.63 2024 Summer Olympics
Dávid Betlehem Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:40.91 2024 Summer Olympics
Kuzey Tunçelli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14:41.22 2024 Summer Olympics
Ahmed Jaouadi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 14:43.35 2024 Summer Olympics
David Aubry Flag of France.svg  France 14:44.66 2024 Summer Olympics

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. [7]

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Bobby Finke  (USA)14:30.67 Paris, France4 August 2024
Competition recordFlag of Tunisia.svg  Ahmed Hafnaoui  (TUN)14:31.54 Fukuoka, Japan30 July 2023

Heats

The heats took place on 2 August at 11:34. [8] [9]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:44.81Q
236 Ahmed Jaouadi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 14:44.95Q
323 Kuzey Tunçelli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14:45.28Q
435 Sven Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:45.31Q
534 Bobby Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:45.70Q
631 Samuel Short Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14:46.24Q
727 Zalán Sárkány Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:47.89Q
832 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 14:51.06Q
921 David Johnston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:56.20
1033 Dávid Betlehem Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:59.09
1126 David Aubry Flag of France.svg  France 15:03.32
1222 Fei Liwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15:05.24
1328 Victor Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15:06.17
1439 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 15:19.39
1537 Kazushi Imafuku Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 15:24.98
1620 Ilia Sibirtsev Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 15:30.66
1730 Marin Mogić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 15:36.12
1829 Suleyman Ismayilzada Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 15:45.63
1914 Kushagra Rawat Flag of India.svg  India 15:47.43
2015 Líggjas Joensen Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 16:22.49
2113 Ahmed Theibich Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 17:21.71
25 Daniel Wiffen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Did not start
38 Benjamin Goedemans Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Final

The final took place on 3 August at 19:31. [8] [10]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Ahmed Jaouadi Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 14:34.41
Silver medal icon.svg6 Sven Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:35.69
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Bobby Finke Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14:36.60
47 Samuel Short Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 14:43.08
54 Florian Wellbrock Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:44.29
63 Kuzey Tunçelli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 14:52.44
71 Zalán Sárkány Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 14:55.17
88 Damien Joly Flag of France.svg  France 15:19.06

References

  1. "World Aquatics Championships – Singapore 2025". worldaquatics-singapore2025.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  3. Wild, Mark (19 July 2025). "2025 World Championship Previews: German Duo & Wiffen Make Finke Not a Sure Shot in the 1500". SwimSwam. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  4. "Standard Entry Times" (PDF). World Aquatics . Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. "Competition Regulations" (PDF). World Aquatics . pp. 13–14. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. "Qualifying | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  7. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 26 July 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Competition Schedule | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  9. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.