| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Scotiabank Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | October 17 (preliminaries) October 18 (final) |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Arthur Frayler |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Joseph Feely |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Juan Pereyra |
| Bronzenoc: | ARG |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 and 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Chip Peterson of the United States.
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 14:34.14 | Shanghai, China | July 31, 2011 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 15:12.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:50.4) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:18.9) in the same qualifying period.[2]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on October 17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 15:32.86 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | align=left | align=left | 15:34.34 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 15:36.74 | Q | |||
| 4 | 1 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 15:39.79 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 15:40.44 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 15:40.75 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 15:49.51 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 15:50.65 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 15:54.15 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 16:07.78 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 2 | align=left | align=left | 16:10.45 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 16:16.90 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 5 | align=left | align=left | 16:28.19 |
The final was held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | align=left | align=left | 15:19.59 | |||||
| 4 | align=left | align=left | 15:22.19 | |||||
| 2 | align=left | align=left | 15:26.20 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | align=left | align=left | 15:30.94 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | align=left | align=left | 15:31.23 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | align=left | align=left | 15:44.03 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | align=left | align=left | 15:46.98 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | align=left | align=left | 16:05.64 |