Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates29 July (heats)
30 July (final)
Competitors29 from 24 nations
Winning time14:31.54
Medalists
gold medal    Tunisia
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    Australia
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, England 4 August 2012
Competition record   Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 14:32.80 Budapest, Hungary 25 June 2022

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
30 July Final Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 14:31.54 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 29 July at 11:52.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 Bobby Finke   United States 14:43.06 Q
2 2 4 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 14:43.50 Q
3 3 8 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 14:49.53 Q
4 3 3 Lukas Märtens   Germany 14:51.20 Q
5 3 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:52.15 Q
6 3 6 Samuel Short   Australia 14:53.38 Q
7 3 7 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 14:54.09 Q
8 3 1 David Aubry   France 14:54.29 Q
9 3 0 Marwan Elkamash   Egypt 14:55.19
10 2 2 Damien Joly   France 14:56.31
11 3 2 Charlie Clark   United States 14:57.16
12 2 3 Fei Liwei   China 14:57.50
13 2 8 Luca De Tullio   Italy 14:57.68
14 2 6 Daniel Jervis   Great Britain 14:57.88
15 2 1 Dávid Betlehem   Hungary 14:59.76
16 1 4 Krzysztof Chmielewski   Poland 15:01.89
17 2 0 Henrik Christiansen   Norway 15:02.31
18 1 5 Dimitrios Markos   Greece 15:07.61
19 2 7 Carlos Garach   Spain 15:08.02
20 3 4 Florian Wellbrock   Germany 15:10.33
21 2 9 Ahmed Akaram   Egypt 15:11.06
22 1 3 Alfonso Mestre   Venezuela 15:14.10 NR
23 1 7 Righardt Muller   South Africa 15:33.82
24 1 1 Ratthawit Thammananthachote   Thailand 15:39.46
25 1 2 Aryan Nehra   India 15:39.47
26 1 8 Rodolfo Falcón Jr.   Cuba 15:49.72
27 1 6 Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn   Vietnam 16:20.45
28 1 0 Timothy Leberl   Mauritius 16:27.67 NR
29 1 9 Hendrik Powdar   Suriname 17:58.15
3 9 Kim Woo-min   South Korea DNS

Final edit

The final started on 30 July at 20:16.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia 14:31.54 CR, AF
  4 Bobby Finke   United States 14:31.59 AM
  7 Samuel Short   Australia 14:37.28
4 5 Daniel Wiffen   Ireland 14:43.01
5 6 Lukas Märtens   Germany 14:44.51
6 1 Kristóf Rasovszky   Hungary 14:51.46
7 2 Mykhailo Romanchuk   Ukraine 14:53.21
8 8 David Aubry   France 14:56.63

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 November 2023.