Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 June (heats) 25 June (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 23 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:32.80 | |||||||||
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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 June 2022.[1][2]
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, England | 4 August 2012 |
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| Competition record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:34.14 | Shanghai, China | 31 July 2011 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 25 June | Final | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy | 14:32.80 | CR |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 24 June at 10:11.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Florian Wellbrock |  Germany | 14:50.12 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine | 14:50.68 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Bobby Finke |  United States | 14:50.71 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Guilherme Costa |  Brazil | 14:53.03 | Q, SA |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Damien Joly |  France | 14:53.47 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 14:53.59 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:54.56 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Jervis |  Great Britain | 14:56.89 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Daniel Wiffen |  Ireland | 14:57.66 | NR |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Charlie Clark | United States | 15:00.33 | |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Krzysztof Chmielewski |  Poland | 15:07.70 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Kim Woo-min |  South Korea | 15:08.50 | |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway | 15:09.53 | |
| 14 | 3 | 2 | Samuel Short |  Australia | 15:10.14 | |
| 15 | 3 | 9 | Marwan Elkamash |  Egypt | 15:10.80 | |
| 16 | 3 | 7 | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng |  Vietnam | 15:15.06 | |
| 17 | 2 | 1 | Ákos Kalmár |  Hungary | 15:21.44 | |
| 18 | 2 | 7 | Carlos Garach |  Spain | 15:30.62 | |
| 19 | 1 | 6 | Rafael Ponce de León |  Peru | 15:54.72 | |
| 20 | 1 | 4 | Rodolfo Falcón |  Cuba | 16:02.43 | |
| 21 | 2 | 9 | Tonnam Kanteemool |  Thailand | 16:09.28 | |
| 22 | 1 | 5 | Abib Khalil |  Lebanon | 16:12.11 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Jahir López |  Ecuador | 16:57.92 | |
| 2 | 8 | Cheng Long | China | Did not start | ||
Final
The final was held on 25 June at 18:17.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | 1 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:32.80 | CR, ER |
 | 3 | Bobby Finke | United States | 14:36.70 | AM |
 | 4 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 14:36.94 | |
| 4 | 7 | Lukas Märtens | Germany | 14:40.89 | |
| 5 | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:40.98 | |
| 6 | 6 | Guilherme Costa | Brazil | 14:48.53 | SA |
| 7 | 8 | Daniel Jervis | Great Britain | 14:48.86 | |
| 8 | 2 | Damien Joly | France | 15:09.15 |
References
World long-course champions in men's 1500 m freestyle | |
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