The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 and 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Chip Peterson of the United States.
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 17 (preliminaries) October 18 (final) | |||||||||
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This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[2]
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN)
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14:34.14 | Shanghai, China | July 31, 2011 |
| Pan American Games record |  Chip Peterson (USA)
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15:12.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
Qualification edit
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:50.4) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:18.9) in the same qualifying period.[2]
Results edit
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats edit
The first round was held on October 17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ryan Feeley | United States |
15:32.86 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Arthur Frayler | United States |
15:34.34 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Arturo Perez Vertti |  Mexico |
15:36.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Lucas Kanieski |  Brazil |
15:39.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Juan Martin Pereyra |  Argentina |
15:40.44 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Alejandro Gómez |  Venezuela |
15:40.75 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Martin Naidich | Argentina |
15:49.51 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela |
15:50.65 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Daniel Delgadillo | Mexico |
15:54.15 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Esteban Enderica |  Ecuador |
16:07.78 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Mateo de Angulo |  Colombia |
16:10.45 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen |  Peru |
16:16.90 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Luiz Arapiraca | Brazil |
16:28.19 |
Final edit
The final was held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Arthur Frayler | United States |
15:19.59 | |
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4 | Joseph Feely | United States |
15:22.19 | |
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2 | Juan Pereyra | Argentina |
15:26.20 | |
| 4 | 3 | Arturo Perez Vertti | Mexico |
15:30.94 | |
| 5 | 6 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil |
15:31.23 | |
| 6 | 7 | Alejandro Gómez | Venezuela |
15:44.03 | |
| 7 | 1 | Martin Naidich | Argentina |
15:46.98 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela |
16:05.64 |
References edit
- ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine