Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	2 August (heats) 3 August (final)
Competitors:	10
Nations:	6
Win Value:	14:48.54
Gold:	Samuel Short
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Daniel Wiffen
Silvercga:	NIR
Bronze:	Luke Turley
Bronzecga:	ENG
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 2 and 3 August 2022 at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	11:40	Qualifying
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 3 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	20:12	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			15:02.66	Q
2	2	3			15:23.48	Q
3	1	5			15:33.59	Q
4	2	3			15:35.65	Q
5	2	5			15:37.53	Q
6	2	6			15:38.83	Q
7	1	6			15:39.25	Q
8	2	3			15:47.77	Q
9	2	7			16:10.96	R
10	1	7			16:21.21	R
	1	2
	2	4

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			14:48.54
	2			14:51.79	NR
	6			15:12.78
4	3			15:14.64
5	5			15:18.02
6	7			15:25.48
7	1			15:32.36
8	8			15:42.67

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM400MFR------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMM1500MFR-----------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results