Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	17 February (heats) 18 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	31
Nations:	26
Win Value:	14:34.07
Gold:	Daniel Wiffen
Gold Nation:	IRL
Silver:	Florian Wellbrock
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	David Aubry
Bronze Nation:	FRA
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 17 February at 10:37.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			14:48.43	Q
2	3	2			14:49.01	Q
3	3	8			14:51.48	Q
4	3	5			14:51.83	Q
5	3	3			14:53.08	Q
6	4	5			14:54.29	Q
7	3	1			14:54.36	Q
8	4	2			14:54.98	Q
9	4	3			14:55.19
10	4	6			14:57.44
11	2	6			14:58.73
12	3	6			14:59.44
13	4	7			15:00.22
14	2	4			15:04.50
15	4	9			15:04.93
16	3	7			15:05.76
17	4	4			15:09.02
18	4	8			15:12.25
19	4	1			15:16.00
20	4	0			15:20.50
21	3	9			15:20.69
22	2	3			15:22.86
23	2	5			15:28.54
24	3	0			15:29.69
25	2	7			15:31.23
26	2	1			15:32.79
27	2	0			15:36.02
28	2	8			15:38.84
29	1	3			16:04.07
30	1	4			16:11.17
31	1	5			16:19.73
—	2	2			Did not start

Final

The final was held on 18 February at 19:16.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7			14:34.07	NR
	4			14:44.61
	5			14:44.85
4	3			14:46.44
5	6			14:47.54
6	2			14:47.89
7	1			14:50.51
8	8			14:59.76

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213143641/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F30101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217085811/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F30101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. 18 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218164153/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000101F30104FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.