The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 30 with the heats and the semifinals and July 31 with the final.
Record Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship record were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld record Championship recordGrant Hackett14:34.56FukuokaJuly 29, 2001
The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR July 31, 2011 Final Sun Yang 14:34.14 WR CR
Results
Heats 27 swimmers participated in 4 heats.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Sun Yang 14:48.13 Q 2 2 3 Gergő Kis 14:52.72 Q 3 2 6 Peter Vanderkaay 14:54.99 Q 4 2 4 Chad La Tourette 14:55.59 Q 5 3 4 Ryan Cochrane 14:55.86 Q 6 2 5 Pál Joensen 14:56.66 Q 7 4 3 Yohsuke Miyamoto 14:57.12 Q, NR 8 3 5 Samuel Pizzetti 14:58.30 Q 9 3 3 Mateusz Sawrymowicz 15:02.56 10 3 2 Job Kienhuis 15:05.27 NR 11 4 5 Sebastien Rouault 15:05.88 12 3 7 Dai Jun 15:09.15 13 3 1 Mads Glæsner 15:12.52 14 4 7 Daniel Fogg 15:13.39 15 4 6 Oussama Mellouli 15:13.56 16 2 2 Sergiy Frolov 15:14.38 17 3 6 Heerden Herman 15:21.92 17 4 8 Juan Martin Pereyra 15:21.92 NR 19 4 2 Gregorio Paltrinieri 15:22.03 20 4 1 Gergely Gyurta 15:22.50 21 2 7 Christian Kubusch 15:27.68 22 1 4 Uladzimir Zhyharau 15:36.23 23 3 8 Ventsislav Aydarski 15:46.33 24 2 1 Jarrod Killey 15:51.66 25 1 6 Esteban Enderica 15:56.30 26 1 5 Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou 17:02.94 27 1 3 Omar Núñez 17:41.77
Final The final was held at 18:49.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Sun Yang 14:34.14 WR 2 Ryan Cochrane 14:44.46 5 Gergő Kis 14:45.66 NR4 7 Pál Joensen 14:46.33 NR5 6 Chad La Tourette 14:52.36 6 3 Peter Vanderkaay 15:00.47 7 8 Samuel Pizzetti 15:15.81 8 1 Yohsuke Miyamoto 15:20.67
References
External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.