The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.
There were 13 competitors from 11 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.
Sun Yang from China won the gold medal in a new Asian record of 14 minutes 35.43 seconds. It was the second all-time behind only Grant Hackett's world record of 14:34.56 from the 2001 World Championships, the gap between the world record is less than one second.
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) DateTimeEventThursday, 18 November 2010 09:46 Slow heat 18:56 Fast heat
Records
Results RankHeatAthleteTimeNotes 2 14:35.43 2 15:01.72 2 15:22.03 4 2 15:49.26 5 2 15:52.29 6 2 15:53.34 7 2 16:11.74 8 1 16:11.84 9 2 16:26.21 10 1 16:30.98 11 1 17:16.41 12 1 18:36.33 13 1 19:37.04
References
External links Men's 1500m Freestyle Ev.No.37 Slow Heat Official Website Men's 1500m Freestyle Ev.No.37 Fast Heat Official Website