| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House |
| Dates: | July 18 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | 17 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 15:06.40 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Ryan Cochrane |
| Goldnoc: | CAN |
| Silver: | Andrew Gemmell |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Brandonn Almeida |
| Bronzenoc: | BRA |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
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.
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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 14:31.02 | London, Great Britain | August 4, 2012 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 15:12.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |
See 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]
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2015 | 10:39 | Finals 1–2 | |
| July 18, 2015 | 20:08 | Final 3 |
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The finals were held on July 18.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 15:06.40 | GR | ||||
| 3 | 5 | 15:09.92 | |||||
| 3 | 3 | 15:11.70 | NR | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 15:16.26 | |||||
| 3 | 6 | 15:16.35 | |||||
| 3 | 2 | 15:19.99 | |||||
| 3 | 7 | 15:23.91 | |||||
| 3 | 8 | 15:24.27 | |||||
| 2 | 6 | 15:27.23 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 4 | 15:27.30 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 15:42.39 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 15:43.36 | ||||
| 13 | 2 | 5 | 15:46.99 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | 15:49.47 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 3 | 15:56.57 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 4 | 16:08.48 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 5 | 16:08.75 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | DNS |