Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The final of the men's 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships was held on Sunday 18 January in Perth, Western Australia.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Dates17 January 1998 (heats)
18 January 1998 (final)
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning time14 minutes 51.70 seconds
Medalists
    Australia
    Italy
    Australia

Finals

Rank Athlete Time
 Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:51.70
 Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) 15:00.59
 Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 15:03.94
4  Igor Snitko (UKR) 15:04.30
5  Ryk Neethling (RSA) 15:12.50
6  Luiz Lima (BRA) 15:17.55
7  Denys Zavhorodniy (UKR) 15:22.43
8  Tyler Painter (USA) 15:23.40

Qualifying heats

  • Held on Saturday 17 January 1998
Rank Athlete Time
1  Ryk Neethling (RSA) 15:11.52
2  Denys Zavhorodniy (UKR) 15:11.86
3  Igor Snitko (UKR) 15:11.90
4  Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 15:19.31
5  Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) 15:19.36
6  Grant Hackett (AUS) 15:19.38
 Luiz Lima (BRA)
8  Tyler Painter (USA) 15:20.18
9  Ian Wilson (GBR) 15:23.72
10  Masato Hirano (JPN) 15:28.79
11  Marco Formentini (ITA) 15:29.22
12  Graeme Smith (GBR) 15:35.71
13  Sergi Roure (ESP) 15:41.36
14  Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA) 15:42.78
15  Frederik Hviid (ESP) 15:43.80
16  Tim Siciliano (USA) 15:49.09
17  Yevgeni Bezruchenko (RUS) 15:57.75
18  Scott Cameron (NZL) 15:57.90
19  Jure Bučar (SLO) 16:03.77
20  Mark Kwok (HKG) 16:03.96

See also

References

  • "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
  • "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.
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