Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle


The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.

Record

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows.
NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
Championship record		Grant Hackett14:34.56FukuokaJuly 29, 2001

The following record was established during the competition:
DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
July 31, 2011FinalSun Yang14:34.14WRCR

Results

Heats

27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Sun Yang14:48.13Q
223Gergő Kis14:52.72Q
326Peter Vanderkaay14:54.99Q
424Chad La Tourette14:55.59Q
534Ryan Cochrane14:55.86Q
625Pál Joensen14:56.66Q
743Yohsuke Miyamoto14:57.12Q, NR
835Samuel Pizzetti14:58.30Q
933Mateusz Sawrymowicz15:02.56
1032Job Kienhuis15:05.27NR
1145Sebastien Rouault15:05.88
1237Dai Jun15:09.15
1331Mads Glæsner15:12.52
1447Daniel Fogg15:13.39
1546Oussama Mellouli15:13.56
1622Sergiy Frolov15:14.38
1736Heerden Herman15:21.92
1748Juan Martin Pereyra15:21.92NR
1942Gregorio Paltrinieri15:22.03
2041Gergely Gyurta15:22.50
2127Christian Kubusch15:27.68
2214Uladzimir Zhyharau15:36.23
2338Ventsislav Aydarski15:46.33
2421Jarrod Killey15:51.66
2516Esteban Enderica15:56.30
2615Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou17:02.94
2713Omar Nunez17:41.77

Final

The final was held at 18:49.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Sun Yang14:34.14WR
2Ryan Cochrane14:44.46
5Gergő Kis14:45.66NR
47Pál Joensen14:46.33NR
56Chad La Tourette14:52.36
63Peter Vanderkaay15:00.47
78Samuel Pizzetti15:15.81
81Yohsuke Miyamoto15:20.67