2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was on 15 and 16 December 2018.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueHangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates15 December (heats)
16 December (final)
Competitors24 from 20 nations
Winning time14:09.14
Medalists
gold medal    Ukraine
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Norway
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Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:08.06 Netanya 4 December 2015
Championship record Park Tae-hwan   South Korea 14:15.51 Windsor 11 December 2016

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record
16 December Final Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:09.14 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 15 December at 12:11.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:21.50 Q
2 3 6 Damien Joly   France 14:28.25 Q, NR
3 2 4 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 14:28.90 Q
4 3 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:28.97 Q
5 2 1 Zane Grothe   United States 14:29.03 Q
6 2 6 David Aubry   France 14:30.72 Q
7 2 0 Ákos Kalmár   Hungary 14:31.94 Q
8 2 5 Jan Micka   Czech Republic 14:33.15 Q
9 2 3 Yaroslav Potapov   Russia 14:33.82
10 3 1 Domenico Acerenza   Italy 14:33.89
11 3 7 Serhiy Frolov   Ukraine 14:38.42
12 1 5 Marcelo Acosta   El Salvador 14:45.78 NR
13 3 3 Wojciech Wojdak   Poland 14:47.17
14 3 2 Ji Xinjie   China 14:51.47
15 3 8 Marwan Elkamash   Egypt 15:00.64
16 3 9 Aryan Makhija   India 15:01.44 NR
17 1 3 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 15:02.25
18 3 0 Huang Guo-ting   Chinese Taipei 15:05.16
19 1 4 Quinton Hurley   New Zealand 15:14.65
20 2 9 Óli Mortensen   Faroe Islands 15:17.47
21 2 8 Cheuk Ming Ho   Hong Kong 15:20.46
22 1 2 Pit Brandenburger   Luxembourg 15:25.72 NR
23 2 7 Qiu Ziao   China 15:26.35
24 1 6 Amir Abbas Amrollahi Biuoki   Iran 16:29.26 NR
2 2 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary DNS

Final edit

The final was held on 16 December at 18:07.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:09.14 CR, NR
  6 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:09.87
  3 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 14:19.39 NR
4 7 David Aubry   France 14:23.44 NR
5 5 Damien Joly   France 14:24.00
6 8 Jan Micka   Czech Republic 14:27.73
7 1 Ákos Kalmár   Hungary 14:35.94
8 2 Zane Grothe   United States 14:51.22

References edit

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Final results