The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 8 August with the heats and 9 August with the final.[1]
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
| Dates | 8 August (heats) 9 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 45 from 40 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:39.67 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN) |
14:31.02 | London, Great Britain | 4 August 2012 |
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| Competition record | Sun Yang (CHN) |
14:34.14 | Shanghai, China | 31 July 2011 |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held at 10:48.[2]
Final
editThe final was held on 9 August at 18:20.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy |
14:39.67 | ER |
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5 | Connor Jaeger |  United States |
14:41.20 | NR |
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7 | Ryan Cochrane |  Canada |
14:51.08 | |
| 4 | 2 | Ahmed Akram |  Egypt |
14:53.66 | NR |
| 5 | 6 | Stephen Milne |  Great Britain |
14:58.62 | |
| 6 | 1 | Michael McBroom | United States |
15:06.81 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine |
15:09.77 | |
| 3 | Sun Yang | China |
DNS |
- Sun Yang did not swim the final, and he did not tell anyone that he had no intention of swimming. The next man on the list who would have taken his place in the final, was Pál Joensen from the Faroe Islands, but he did not get any message that he could swim in the final, and therefore lane 3 was empty during the final. Sun Yang said after the event that he had felt chest pain after winning the 800 m freestyle. He felt it again shortly before the final of 1500 m free, but he could not say at what time it was.[4]