Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	24 June (heats) 25 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	23
Nations:	21
Win Value:	14:32.80
Gold:	Gregorio Paltrinieri
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Bobby Finke
Silver Nation:	USA
Bronze:	Florian Wellbrock
Bronze Nation:	GER
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

The following record was established during the competition:

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 24 June at 10:11.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			14:50.12	Q
2	2	5			14:50.68	Q
3	3	5			14:50.71	Q
4	2	2			14:53.03	Q, SA
5	2	6			14:53.47	Q
6	3	3			14:53.59	Q
7	3	4			14:54.56	Q
8	2	3			14:56.89	Q
9	3	1			14:57.66	NR
10	3	6			15:00.33
11	3	0			15:07.70
12	2	0			15:08.50
13	3	8			15:09.53
14	3	2			15:10.14
15	3	9			15:10.80
16	3	7			15:15.06
17	2	1			15:21.44
18	2	7			15:30.62
19	1	6			15:54.72
20	1	4			16:02.43
21	2	9			16:09.28
22	1	5			16:12.11
23	1	3			16:57.92
	2	8			Did not start

Final

The final was held on 25 June at 18:17.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1			14:32.80	CR, ER
	3			14:36.70	AM
	4			14:36.94
4	7			14:40.89
5	5			14:40.98
6	6			14:48.53	SA
7	8			14:48.86
8	2			15:09.15

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.
4. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 25 June 2022.