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

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Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Games:	2022 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	2 July (heats) 3 July (final)
Location:	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Competitors:	12
Nations:	10
Win Value:	15:10.11
Gold:	Joris Bouchaut
Gold Nation:	FRA
Silver:	Dimitrios Markos
Silver Nation:	GRE
Bronze:	Mert Kılavuz
Bronze Nation:	TUR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 2 and 3 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.^[1]

Records

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

World record		14:31.02	London, Great Britain	4 August 2012
Mediterranean Games record		14:38.01	Pescara, Italy	1 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 2 July at 11:39.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6			15:18.99	Q
2	1	3			15:20.51	Q
3	2	5			15:29.48	Q
4	2	4			15:29.61	Q
5	1	4			15:30.50	Q
6	2	3			15:35.04	Q
7	2	6			15:35.08	Q
8	1	5			15:35.90	Q
9	2	6			16:03.32
10	2	2			16:11.93
11	1	2			16:33.07
12	1	7			16:41.18

Final

The final was held on 3 July at 18:58.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			15:10.11
	1			15:11.47
	2			15:15.41
4	6			15:16.31
5	5			15:20.55
6	8			15:28.41
7	4			15:29.05
8	7			15:41.75

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming – 1500m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Start List. Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. 1 July 2022.
2. Web site: Swimming – 1500m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Results. Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. 2 July 2022.
3. Web site: Swimming – 1500m Freestyle Men – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 3 July 2022. 3 July 2022.