Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Venue	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Dates	June 24, 2013
Competitors	10 from 8 nations
Winning time	15:12.36
Medalists
Oussama Mellouli   Tunisia   Luca Baggio   Italy   Matteo Furlan   Italy

The race consisted of thirty length of the pool in freestyle.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 24 June 2013	10:10	Heat 1
	18:56	Heat 2

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record	Sun Yang (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	August 4, 2012
Mediterranean Games record	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)	14:38.01	Pescara, Italy	July 1, 2009

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

GR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

DNS

Did not started

Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	4	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)	15:12.36
	2	5	Luca Baggio (ITA)	15:15.16
	2	1	Matteo Furlan (ITA)	15:21.19
4	2	3	Ahmed Akram (EGY)	15:28.92
5	1	4	Adonios Fokaidis (GRE)	15:30.49
6	2	7	Ediz Yıldırımer (TUR)	15:31.09
7	2	6	Antonio Arroyo (ESP)	15:34.42
8	2	2	Lucas Vigoretto (FRA)	15:46.01
9	1	3	Martin Bau (SLO)	15:55.19
	1	5	Nezir Karap (TUR)	DNS