2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 and 21 December 2021.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueEtihad Arena
LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates20 December (heats)
21 December (final)
Competitors29 from 26 nations
Winning time14:06.88 WR
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Tunisia
bronze medal    Ukraine
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record   Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 14:08.06 Netanya, Israel 4 December 2015
Competition record   Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR) 14:09.14 Hangzhou, China 16 December 2018

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record
21 December Final Florian Wellbrock   Germany 14:06.88 WR, CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 20 December at 11:58.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:24.76 Q
2 2 6 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 14:25.77 Q
3 3 6 Florian Wellbrock   Germany 14:25.79 Q
4 3 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:28.11 Q
5 2 5 Damien Joly   France 14:30.90 Q
6 3 1 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 14:32.13 Q, NR
7 2 3 Domenico Acerenza   Italy 14:34.03 Q
8 2 4 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 14:36.27 Q
9 2 2 Lukas Märtens   Germany 14:37.60
10 3 8 Mert Kılavuz   Turkey 14:39.76 NR
11 2 1 José Paulo Lopes   Portugal 14:39.82 NR
12 2 8 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng   Vietnam 14:41.00 NR
13 3 2 Aleksandr Egorov Russian Swimming Federation 14:47.39
14 1 5 Marwan Elkamash   Egypt 14:48.68 NR
15 2 0 Krzysztof Chmielewski   Poland 14:51.21
16 3 3 Jan Micka   Czech Republic 14:54.55
17 2 7 Jon Jøntvedt   Norway 15:01.95
18 1 4 Matan Roditi   Israel 15:05.05
19 3 7 Kim Woo-min   South Korea 15:06.13
20 2 9 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 15:07.43
21 1 3 Kushagra Rawat   India 15:07.86
22 3 9 Zhang Ziyang   China 15:18.99
23 1 6 Eduardo Cisternas   Chile 15:23.30 NR
24 1 7 Adib Khalil   Lebanon 15:27.12 NR
25 1 0 Loris Bianchi   San Marino 15:38.63
26 1 2 Joseph Macías   Ecuador 15:47.50
27 1 1 Johan Nónskarð Dam   Faroe Islands 16:09.94
28 1 8 Nikoli Blackman   Trinidad and Tobago 16:34.53
29 1 9 Mark Imazu   Guam 17:59.68
3 0 Michael Brinegar   United States DNS

Final edit

The final was held on 21 December at 18:06.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Florian Wellbrock   Germany 14:06.88 WR
  5 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 14:10.94 AF
  4 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:11.47
4 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:21.00
5 1 Domenico Acerenza   Italy 14:24.31
6 2 Damien Joly   France 14:25.62
7 8 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 14:30.78
8 7 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 14:36.78

References edit

  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Final results