Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Championship:	2017 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	29 July (heats) 30 July (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	37
Nations:	32
Win Value:	14:35.85
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Mykhailo Romanchuk
Silver Nation:	UKR
Bronze:	Mack Horton
Bronze Nation:	AUS
Prev:	2015
Next:	2019

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2017.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

The heats were held on 29 July at 10:44.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	4	3		14:44.11	Q, NR
2	4	4		14:44.31	Q
3	4	5		14:50.10	Q
4	4	7		14:55.47	Q
5	3	6		14:57.39	Q
6	4	6		14:57.41	Q
7	3	4		14:59.24	Q
8	4	0		14:59.32	Q
9	2	4		14:59.44
10	3	2		14:59.56
11	3	5		15:01.55
12	3	1		15:02.78
13	3	7		15:03.05
14	2	3		15:04.79
15	2	0		15:05.91	NR
16	4	1		15:07.38
17	4	2		15:07.43
18	3	3		15:07.97
19	3	9		15:08.09
20	4	9		15:10.02
21	4	8		15:15.15
22	3	0		15:18.50
23	2	2		15:18.84
24	2	7		15:23.87
25	2	5		15:23.91
26	2	6		15:23.96
27	2	1		15:24.79
28	2	8		15:26.10
29	2	9		15:26.18
30	1	9		15:29.90	NR
31	1	3	Huang Guo-ting	15:31.10
32	1	2		15:31.27	NR
33	1	5		15:35.55
34	1	1		15:37.77
35	1	7		15:52.78
36	1	6		16:15.04
37	1	0		16:42.97
	1	4
	1	8
	3	8

The final was held on 30 July at 18:38.^[4]