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

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:	August 3, 2013 (heats) August 4, 2013 (final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	28
Win Value:	14:41.15
Gold:	Sun Yang
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Ryan Cochrane
Silvernoc:	CAN
Bronze:	Gregorio Paltrinieri
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

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]

Records

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

The heats were held at 10:49.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	14:54.65	Q
2	3	4	14:55.15	Q
3	2	5	14:56.62	Q
4	4	5	14:57.15	Q
5	3	8	14:57.76	Q
6	3	5	14:58.62	Q
7	4	6	14:59.73	Q
8	3	3	15:00.48	Q
9	2	6	15:03.45
10	4	3	15:06.45
11	2	4	15:07.89
12	2	2	15:09.21
12	3	2	15:09.21
14	4	1	15:13.88
15	4	0	15:13.97
16	2	1	15:13.98
17	2	9	15:14.51
18	3	6	15:17.47
19	2	3	15:18.04
20	3	9	15:22.20	NR
21	4	7	15:23.26
22	4	8	15:23.33
23	2	8	15:23.92
24	3	7	15:24.63
25	4	2	15:24.74
26	3	1	15:27.60
27	3	0	15:27.90
28	1	6	15:30.59	NR
29	1	5	15:30.65
30	1	4	15:38.46
31	4	9	15:38.78
32	2	0	15:41.38
33	1	3	15:46.72
34	2	7	15:56.17
35	1	2	16:07.53	NR

The final was held at 18:46.^[4]