| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2022 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Foro Italico |
| Dates: | 15 August (heats) 16 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 11 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Win Value: | 14:36.10 |
| Gold: | Mykhailo Romanchuk |
| Gold Nation: | UKR |
| Silver: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Silver Nation: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Damien Joly |
| Bronze Nation: | FRA |
| Prev: | 2020 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 15 and 16 August 2022.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 14:31.02 | 28 July 2012 | |||
| European record | 14:32.80 | 25 June 2022 | |||
| Championship record | 14:34.04 | 18 May 2016 |
The heats were started on 15 August at 10:17.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 5 | 14:58.20 | Q | ||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 15:01.44 | Q | ||
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 15:01.74 | Q | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 15:04.52 | Q | ||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 15:06.18 | Q | ||
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 15:06.87 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 15:08.14 | Q | ||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 15:08.78 | Q | ||
| 9 | 1 | 5 | 15:10.05 | Q | ||
| 10 | 1 | 7 | 15:14.11 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 15:45.21 | |||
| 2 | 6 | |||||
| 2 | 7 |
The final was held at 18:52.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 14:36.10 | NR | ||||
| 3 | 14:39.79 | |||||
| 5 | 14:50.86 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 14:56.15 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 15:02.51 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 15:05.11 | ||||
| 7 | 7 | 15:07.98 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 15:10.57 |