Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Arthur Frayler of the United States.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueCIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
DatesJuly 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Winning time15:06.40
Medalists
 Ryan Cochrane  Canada
 Andrew Gemmell  United States
 Brandonn Almeida  Brazil
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Swimming at the
2015 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
Marathon
10 kmmenwomen

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, Great Britain August 4, 2012
Pan American Games record  Chip Peterson (USA) 15:12.33 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 21, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
18 JulyFinalRyan Cochrane Canada15:06.40GR

Qualification
Main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:48.39) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:45.29) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 18, 201510:39Finals 1–2
July 18, 201520:08Final 3

Results
KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The finals were held on July 18.[3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
34Ryan Cochrane Canada15:06.40GR
35Andrew Gemmell United States15:09.92
33Brandonn Almeida Brazil15:11.70NR
431Marcelo Acosta El Salvador15:16.26
536Nelson Maitland Canada15:16.35
632Ryan Feeley United States15:19.99
737Lucas Kanieski Brazil15:23.91
838Mateo de Angulo Colombia15:24.27
926Ricardo Vargas Mexico15:27.23
1024Alejandro Gomez Venezuela15:27.30
1122Arturo Perez Vertti Mexico15:42.39
1213Tomas Peribonio Ecuador15:43.36
1325Martin Naidich Argentina15:46.99
1427Christian Bayo Puerto Rico15:49.47
1523Andy Arteta Venezuela15:56.57
1614Felipe Tapia Chile16:08.48
1715Gustavo Gutierrez Peru16:08.75
21Yeziel Morales Puerto RicoDNS

References
  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. Men's 1500m Freestyle - Finals
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