Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The Men's 1500m Freestyle event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on August 17, 2003 (Day 16 of the Games).

Ricardo Monasterio won the gold medal, breaking a string of 12 U.S. titles in a row. Before him, only other non-American had won the race, the Brazilian Tetsuo Okamoto, in the first edition of the Games in 1951.

Medalists

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Gold Ricardo Monasterio
  Venezuela
Silver Fran Crippen
  United States
Bronze Chris Thompson
  United States

Records

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World Record   Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:34.56 2001-07-29   Fukuoka, Japan
Pan Am Record   Carlton Bruner (USA) 15:13.90 1995-03-17   Mar del Plata, Argentina

Results

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Place Swimmer Time
1   Ricardo Monasterio (VEN) 15:16.98
2   Fran Crippen (USA) 15:19.63
3   Chris Thompson (USA) 15:19.64
4   Luiz Lima (BRA) 15:41.41
5   Andres Jiménez (MEX) 15:52.40
6   Bruno Bonfim (BRA) 15:54.84
7   Leonardo Salinas (MEX) 16:00.99
8   Giancarlo Zolezzi (CHI) 16:05.59

Notes

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References

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