Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	2013 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	June 24, 2013
Competitors:	10
Nations:	8
Venue:	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Win Value:	15:12.36
Gold:	Oussama Mellouli
Goldnoc:	TUN
Silver:	Luca Baggio
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Matteo Furlan
Bronzenoc:	ITA

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.^[1]

The race consisted of thirty length of the pool in freestyle.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time

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Monday, 24 June 2013	10:10	Heat 1
	18:56	Heat 2

Records

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

World record		14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	August 4, 2012
Mediterranean Games record		14:38.01	Pescara, Italy	July 1, 2009

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

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	2	4		15:12.36
	2	5		15:15.16
	2	1		15:21.19
4	2	3		15:28.92
5	1	4		15:30.49
6	2	7		15:31.09
7	2	6		15:34.42
8	2	2		15:46.01
9	1	3		15:55.19
	1	5		DNS

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sessions. Mersin 2013. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023520/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx. 22 June 2013.
2. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWM015302..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 2 (Official)
3. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWM015301..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 1 (Official)