| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | August 18, 2010 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 14:49.47 |
| Gold: | Ryan Cochrane |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Chad La Tourette |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Zhang Lin |
| Bronzenoc: | CHN |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.[1] [2] The previous champion was Park Tae-Hwan of South Korea.[3] [4]
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.[5] [6]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 29, 2001 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 14:41.65 | Yokohama, Japan | August 28, 2002 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 18, at 11:34, and the final was held on August 18, at 18:00.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 6 | Ryan Cochrane | 14:49.47 | ||||
| 4 | 3 | Chad La Tourette | 14:54.48 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | Zhang Lin | 14:58.90 | ||||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Sean Ryan | 15:06.34 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Andrew Gemmell | 15:07.51 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Michael Klueh | 15:12.04 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Arthur Frayler | 15:12.89 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Park Tae-Hwan | 15:13.91 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Ryan Napoleon | 15:14.91 | |||
| 10 | 4 | 7 | Robert Hurley | 15:16.74 | |||
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Mark Randall | 15:18.95 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Junpei Higashi | 15:19.49 | |||
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Yohsuke Miyamoto | 15:20.25 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Sean Penhale | 15:21.50 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Alex Meyer | 15:23.64 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 4 | Oussama Mellouli | 15:24.74 | |||
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Luiz Arapiraca | 15:27.81 | |||
| 18 | 1 | 8 | Lucas Kanieski | 15:28.37 | |||
| 19 | 2 | 5 | Kier Maitland | 15:29.93 | |||
| 20 | 3 | 4 | Juan Martin Pereyra | 15:37.30 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Esteban Paz | 15:39.71 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Aimeson King | 15:53.29 | |||
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Jang Sangjin | 15:53.64 | |||
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Richard Weinberger | 16:02.12 | |||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Christopher Ashwood | 16:14.75 | |||
| - | 2 | 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | DNS |