The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2014 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Tollcross International Swimming Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 July 2014 (heats) 29 July 2014 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:44.03 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The medals were presented by Peter Sirett, Chairman of the Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association and the quaichs were presented by Jon Doig, Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Games Scotland.
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN) |
14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 | [1][2] |
| Commonwealth record |  Grant Hackett (AUS) |
14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2001 | |
| Games record |  Kieren Perkins (AUS) |
14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 18 August 1994 | [3] |
Results edit
Heats edit
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Cochrane |  Canada |
15:03.29 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | Stephen Milne |  Scotland |
15:03.38 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Daniel Jervis |  Wales |
15:06.60 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Mack Horton | Australia |
15:08.43 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Devon Brown |  South Africa |
15:10.87 | Q |
| =6 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Fogg |  England |
15:10.88 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Jordan Harrison | Australia
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| 8 | 2 | 3 | Jay Lelliott | England |
15:11.89 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Matthew Levings | Australia |
15:13.53 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Will Brothers | Canada |
15:22.92 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Martin Cremin | Scotland |
15:27.30 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Max Litchfield | England |
15:33.87 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Kevin Yeap |  Malaysia |
15:35.50 | |
| 14 | 3 | 7 | Craig Hamilton | Scotland |
15:35.60 | |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Vernon Lee | Malaysia |
16:10.53 | |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Geoffrey Butler |  Cayman Islands |
16:14.39 | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Welson Sim | Malaysia |
16:18.24 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou |  Cyprus |
16:41:00 | |
| 19 | 1 | 5 | Dominic Walter |  Jamaica |
16:56.28 |
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada |
14:44.03 | |
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6 | Mack Horton | Australia |
14:48.76 | |
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3 | Daniel Jervis | Wales |
14:55.33 | |
| 4 | 1 | Jordan Harrison | Australia |
14:55.71 | |
| 5 | 5 | Stephen Milne | Scotland |
15:04.90 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jay Lelliott | England |
15:05.83 | |
| 7 | 7 | Daniel Fogg | England |
15:13.72 | |
| 8 | 2 | Devon Brown | South Africa |
15:17.89 |
References edit
- ^ Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Poirier-Leroy, Olivier (15 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games Flashback: Kieren Perkins Rocks the 800 & 1500m Freestyle World Records". swimswam.com. Retrieved 23 July 2014.