Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 30, 2011 (heats)
July 31, 2011 (final)
Competitors27 from 23 nations
Winning time14:34.14 WR
Medalists
    China
    Canada
    Hungary

Record

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
Championship record
Grant Hackett Australia14:34.56FukuokaJuly 29, 2001

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
July 31, 2011FinalSun Yang China14:34.14WRCR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Sun Yang China14:48.13Q
223Gergő Kis Hungary14:52.72Q
326Peter Vanderkaay United States14:54.99Q
424Chad La Tourette United States14:55.59Q
534Ryan Cochrane Canada14:55.86Q
625Pál Joensen Faroe Islands14:56.66Q
743Yohsuke Miyamoto Japan14:57.12Q, NR
835Samuel Pizzetti Italy14:58.30Q
933Mateusz Sawrymowicz Poland15:02.56
1032Job Kienhuis Netherlands15:05.27NR
1145Sebastien Rouault France15:05.88
1237Dai Jun China15:09.15
1331Mads Glæsner Denmark15:12.52
1447Daniel Fogg Great Britain15:13.39
1546Oussama Mellouli Tunisia15:13.56
1622Sergiy Frolov Ukraine15:14.38
1736Heerden Herman South Africa15:21.92
1748Juan Martin Pereyra Argentina15:21.92NR
1942Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy15:22.03
2041Gergely Gyurta Hungary15:22.50
2127Christian Kubusch Germany15:27.68
2214Uladzimir Zhyharau Belarus15:36.23
2338Ventsislav Aydarski Bulgaria15:46.33
2421Jarrod Killey Australia15:51.66
2516Esteban Enderica Ecuador15:56.30
2615Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou Cyprus17:02.94
2713Omar Nunez Nicaragua17:41.77

Final

The final was held at 18:49.[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Sun Yang China14:34.14WR
2Ryan Cochrane Canada14:44.46
5Gergő Kis Hungary14:45.66NR
47Pál Joensen Faroe Islands14:46.33NR
56Chad La Tourette United States14:52.36
63Peter Vanderkaay United States15:00.47
78Samuel Pizzetti Italy15:15.81
81Yohsuke Miyamoto Japan15:20.67

References

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