See main article: Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade.
| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2017 Summer Universiade |
| Dates: | 21 August (heats) 22 August (final) |
| Venue: | National Taiwan Sport University Arena |
| Location: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Competitors: | 25 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 14:47.75 |
| Gold: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Mykhailo Romanchuk |
| Silver Nation: | UKR |
| Bronze: | Gergely Gyurta |
| Bronze Nation: | HUN |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 21 and 22 August 2017.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.The following new records were set during this competition.
The heats were held on 21 August at 10:13.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 2 | Domenico Acerenza | 14:58.14 | Q | ||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | 15:05.19 | Q | ||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 15:07.87 | Q | ||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Gergely Gyurta | 15:11.95 | Q | ||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Patrick Ransford | 15:12.64 | Q | ||
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Shingo Nakaya | 15:12.68 | Q | ||
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Jay Lelliott | 15:13.05 | Q | ||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Tobias Robinson | 15:14.23 | Q | ||
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Joris Bouchaut | 15:15.59 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Krzysztof Pielowski | 15:24.04 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Mathis Castera | 15:26.53 | |||
| 12 | 4 | 7 | Joshua Parrish | 15:27.71 | |||
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Huang Guo-ting | 15:28.55 | |||
| 14 | 4 | 8 | Ernest Maksumov | 15:29.46 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 5 | Jan Micka | 15:30.23 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Serhiy Frolov | 15:30.99 | |||
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Cho Cheng-chi | 15:45.33 | |||
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Kevin Litherland | 15:45.70 | |||
| 19 | 3 | 8 | Lucas Kanieski | 15:52.67 | |||
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Choi Min-woo | 15:55.53 | |||
| 21 | 2 | 6 | Michael Mincham | 15:59.31 | |||
| 22 | 2 | 7 | Christian Mayer Martinelli | 16:32.83 | |||
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Jux Solita | 17:15.14 | |||
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Cristofer Lanuza | 17:20.60 | |||
| 25 | 1 | 3 | Aleem Mohammed | 19:05.81 |
The final was held on 22 August at 19:02.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | 14:47.75 | UR | |||
| 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | 14:57.51 | ||||
| 6 | Gergely Gyurta | 15:01.11 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | Shingo Nakaya | 15:03.06 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Jay Lelliott | 15:06.51 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Patrick Ransford | 15:11.42 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Tobias Robinson | 15:11.46 | |||
| 8 | 4 | Domenico Acerenza | 15:12.02 |