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

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 Ahmed Hafnaoui   Tunisia
silver medal Bobby Finke   United States
bronze medal Samuel Short   Australia
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 and 30 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Records

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

Heats

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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Ahmed Hafnaoui  Tunisia 14:31.54 CR, AF
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Bobby Finke  United States 14:31.59 AM
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  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.
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World long-course champions in men's 1500 m freestyle