Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 19–20 August.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates19–20 August
Competitors27 from 15 nations
Winning time14:39.93
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Faroe Islands
bronze medal    Italy

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Sun Yang   China 14:31.02 London 4 August 2012
European record Yury Prilukov   Russia 14:41.13 Beijing 15 August 2008
Championship record Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:48.92 Debrecen 23 May 2012

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:48.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:54.75 Q
2 2 4 Gabriele Detti   Italy 14:59.24 Q
3 2 3 Stephen Milne   United Kingdom 15:04.86 Q
4 3 5 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary 15:05.13 Q
5 2 6 Jay Lelliott   Great Britain 15:06.88 Q
6 2 8 Richárd Nagy   Slovakia 15:07.29 Q
7 2 5 Pál Joensen   Faroe Islands 15:08.02 Q
8 3 8 Antonio Arroyo   Spain 15:11.86 Q
9 3 2 Jan Micka   Czech Republic 15:13.11
10 3 0 Anthony Pannier   France 15:17.03
11 2 0 Anton Ipsen   Denmark 15:17.14
12 3 7 Damien Joly   France 15:18.11
13 2 2 Joris Bouchaut   France 15:19.17
14 2 7 Marc Sánchez   Spain 15:23.61
15 2 9 Maarten Brzoskowski   Netherlands 15:23.67
16 3 6 Samuel Pizzetti   Italy 15:32.01
17 1 5 Maksym Shemberev   Ukraine 15:32.64
18 1 1 Nezir Karap   Turkey 15:32.65
19 3 3 Serhiy Frolov   Ukraine 15:33.17
20 2 1 Gergő Kis   Hungary 15:40.77
21 1 2 Eetu Piiroinen   Finland 15:43.18
22 1 4 Lukas Ambros   Austria 15:50.93
23 1 6 Roman Dmytriyev   Czech Republic 15:51.27
24 3 1 Pawel Furtek   Poland 15:52.09
25 3 9 Ediz Yıldırımer   Turkey 15:53.64
26 1 7 Tomás Novovesky   Czech Republic 15:58.52
27 1 3 Jan Kutník   Czech Republic 16:09.28

Final

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The final was held at 18:07.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Gregorio Paltrinieri   Italy 14:39.93 ER, CR
  1 Pál Joensen   Faroe Islands 14:50.59
  5 Gabriele Detti   Italy 14:52.53
4 3 Stephen Milne   Great Britain 14:53.83
5 2 Jay Lelliott   Great Britain 14:58.74
6 6 Gergely Gyurta   Hungary 15:03.26
7 7 Richárd Nagy   Slovakia 15:11.97
8 8 Antonio Arroyo   Spain 15:16.21

References

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