Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date18 November
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Medalists
 Sun Yang   China
 Park Tae-hwan   South Korea
 Zhang Lin   China
Swimming at the
2010 Asian Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Main article: Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games

There were 13 competitors from 11 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Sun Yang from China won the gold medal in a new Asian record of 14 minutes 35.43 seconds. It was the second all-time behind only Grant Hackett's world record of 14:34.56 from the 2001 World Championships,[1] the gap between the world record is less than one second.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Thursday, 18 November 201009:46Slow heat
18:56Fast heat

Records

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

World Record Grant Hackett (AUS)14:34.56Fukuoka, Japan29 July 2001
Asian Record Zhang Lin (CHN)14:45.84Beijing, China15 August 2008
Games Record Park Tae-hwan (KOR)14:55.03Doha, Qatar7 December 2006

Results
Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
2 Sun Yang (CHN)14:35.43AR
2 Park Tae-hwan (KOR)15:01.72
2 Zhang Lin (CHN)15:22.03
42 Jang Sang-jin (KOR)15:49.26
52 Sho Uchida (JPN)15:52.29
62 Kevin Yeap (MAS)15:53.34
72 Ryan Arabejo (PHI)16:11.74
81 Mandar Divase (IND)16:11.84
92 Punyawee Sontana (THA)16:26.21
101 Ahmad Al-Shatti (IOC)16:30.98
111 Loai Tashkandi (KSA)17:16.41
121 Ali Adel (IRQ)18:36.33
131 Ibrahim Al-Amadi (QAT)19:37.04

References
  1. "Asian Games: Sun Yang Rattles Grant Hackett's World Record, Ye Shiwen Shines". SwimmingWorldMagazine.com. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
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