The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 27 and 28 July 2019.[1][2]
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 27 July (heats) 28 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 28 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:36.54 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN) |
14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Sun Yang (CHN) |
14:34.14 | Shanghai, China | 31 July 2011 |
Results edit
Heats edit
The heats were started on 27 July at 11:17.[3]
Final edit
The final was held on 28 July at 20:17.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Florian Wellbrock |  Germany |
14:36.54 | |
 |
3 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine |
14:37.63 | |
 |
4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
14:38.75 | |
| 4 | 1 | David Aubry |  France |
14:44.72 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway |
14:45.35 | NR |
| 6 | 7 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy |
14:52.05 | |
| 7 | 8 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine |
15:01.04 | |
| 8 | 6 | Alexander Norgaard |  Denmark |
15:20.47 |