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 new records were set during this 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.