Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 3–4 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DatesAugust 3, 2013 (heats)
August 4, 2013 (final)
Competitors35 from 28 nations
Winning time14:41.15
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Canada
bronze medal    Italy
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Barcelona Palau San Jordi

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record   Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, Great Britain 4 August 2012 [3][4]
Competition record   Sun Yang (CHN) 14:34.14 Shanghai, China 31 July 2011 [5]

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held at 10:49.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Sun Yang   China 14:54.65 Q
2 3 4 Ryan Cochrane   Canada 14:55.15 Q
3 2 5 Connor Jaeger   United States 14:56.62 Q
4 4 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:57.15 Q
5 3 8 Pál Joensen   Faroe Islands 14:57.76 Q
6 3 5 Jordan Harrison   Australia 14:58.62 Q
7 4 6 Michael McBroom   United States 14:59.73 Q
8 3 3 Daniel Fogg   Great Britain 15:00.48 Q
9 2 6 Ayatsugu Hirai   Japan 15:03.45
10 4 3 Mateusz Sawrymowicz   Poland 15:06.45
11 2 4 Oussama Mellouli   Tunisia 15:07.89
12 2 2 Yohsuke Miyamoto   Japan 15:09.21
12 3 2 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary 15:09.21
14 4 1 Pawel Furtek   Poland 15:13.88
15 4 0 Matias Koski   Finland 15:13.97
16 2 1 Marc Sánchez   Spain 15:13.98
17 2 9 Devon Brown   South Africa 15:14.51
18 3 6 Serhiy Frolov   Ukraine 15:17.47
19 2 3 Gabriele Detti   Italy 15:18.04
20 3 9 Richárd Nagy   Slovakia 15:22.20 NR
21 4 7 Gergő Kis   Hungary 15:23.26
22 4 8 Sören Meißner   Germany 15:23.33
23 2 8 Enzo Vial-Collet   France 15:23.92
24 3 7 Hao Yun   China 15:24.63
25 4 2 Will Brothers   Canada 15:24.74
26 3 1 Ahmed Akaram   Egypt 15:27.60
27 3 0 Esteban Enderica   Ecuador 15:27.90
28 1 6 Mateo de Angulo   Colombia 15:30.59 NR
29 1 5 Uladzimir Zhyharau   Belarus 15:30.65
30 1 4 Ediz Yıldırımer   Turkey 15:38.46
31 4 9 Alejandro Gómez   Venezuela 15:38.78
32 2 0 Arturo Pérez Vertti   Mexico 15:41.38
33 1 3 Kevin Yeap   Malaysia 15:46.72
34 2 7 Martin Naidich   Argentina 15:56.17
35 1 2 Matthew Lowe   Bahamas 16:07.53 NR

Final edit

The final was held at 18:46.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Sun Yang   China 14:41.15
  5 Ryan Cochrane   Canada 14:42.48
  6 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:45.37 NR
4 3 Connor Jaeger   United States 14:47.96
5 1 Michael McBroom   United States 14:53.95
6 7 Jordan Harrison   Australia 15:00.44
7 2 Pál Joensen   Faroe Islands 15:03.10
8 8 Daniel Fogg   Great Britain 15:05.92

References edit

  1. ^ "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  5. ^ "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Sun Yang Downs Grant Hackett's 1500 Free World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. ^ Heats Results
  7. ^ Final Results

External links edit