Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 3–4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates	August 3, 2013 (heats) August 4, 2013 (final)
Competitors	35 from 28 nations
Winning time	14:41.15
Medalists
Sun Yang    China   Ryan Cochrane    Canada   Gregorio Paltrinieri    Italy

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record	Sun Yang (CHN)	14:31.02	London, Great Britain	4 August 2012	[3][4]
Competition record	Sun Yang (CHN)	14:34.14	Shanghai, China	31 July 2011	[5]

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 10:49.[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Sun Yang	China	14:54.65	Q
2	3	4	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14:55.15	Q
3	2	5	Connor Jaeger	United States	14:56.62	Q
4	4	5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14:57.15	Q
5	3	8	Pál Joensen	Faroe Islands	14:57.76	Q
6	3	5	Jordan Harrison	Australia	14:58.62	Q
7	4	6	Michael McBroom	United States	14:59.73	Q
8	3	3	Daniel Fogg	Great Britain	15:00.48	Q
9	2	6	Ayatsugu Hirai	Japan	15:03.45
10	4	3	Mateusz Sawrymowicz	Poland	15:06.45
11	2	4	Oussama Mellouli	Tunisia	15:07.89
12	2	2	Yohsuke Miyamoto	Japan	15:09.21
12	3	2	Gergely Gyurta	Hungary	15:09.21
14	4	1	Pawel Furtek	Poland	15:13.88
15	4	0	Matias Koski	Finland	15:13.97
16	2	1	Marc Sánchez	Spain	15:13.98
17	2	9	Devon Brown	South Africa	15:14.51
18	3	6	Serhiy Frolov	Ukraine	15:17.47
19	2	3	Gabriele Detti	Italy	15:18.04
20	3	9	Richárd Nagy	Slovakia	15:22.20	NR
21	4	7	Gergő Kis	Hungary	15:23.26
22	4	8	Sören Meißner	Germany	15:23.33
23	2	8	Enzo Vial-Collet	France	15:23.92
24	3	7	Hao Yun	China	15:24.63
25	4	2	Will Brothers	Canada	15:24.74
26	3	1	Ahmed Akaram	Egypt	15:27.60
27	3	0	Esteban Enderica	Ecuador	15:27.90
28	1	6	Mateo de Angulo	Colombia	15:30.59	NR
29	1	5	Uladzimir Zhyharau	Belarus	15:30.65
30	1	4	Ediz Yıldırımer	Turkey	15:38.46
31	4	9	Alejandro Gómez	Venezuela	15:38.78
32	2	0	Arturo Pérez Vertti	Mexico	15:41.38
33	1	3	Kevin Yeap	Malaysia	15:46.72
34	2	7	Martin Naidich	Argentina	15:56.17
35	1	2	Matthew Lowe	Bahamas	16:07.53	NR

Final

The final was held at 18:46.[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sun Yang	China	14:41.15
	5	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14:42.48
	6	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14:45.37	NR
4	3	Connor Jaeger	United States	14:47.96
5	1	Michael McBroom	United States	14:53.95
6	7	Jordan Harrison	Australia	15:00.44
7	2	Pál Joensen	Faroe Islands	15:03.10
8	8	Daniel Fogg	Great Britain	15:05.92

References

1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
2. Start list
3. Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
4. Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
5. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Sun Yang Downs Grant Hackett's 1500 Free World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
6. Heats Results
7. Final Results

External links

• Barcelona 2013 Swimming Coverage