The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada. The defending Pan American Games champion was Arthur Frayler of the United States.

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record14:31.02London, Great BritainAugust 4, 2012Pan American Games record15:12.33Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJuly 21, 2007 The following new records were set during this competition. Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 18 July Final Ryan Cochrane 15:06.40 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:48.39) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:45.29) in the same qualifying period. All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4). Date Time Round July 18, 2015 10:39 Finals 1–2 July 18, 2015 20:08 Final 3

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedGRGames recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Final The finals were held on July 18.Men's 1500m Freestyle - Finals Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 4 Ryan Cochrane 15:06.40 GR 3 5 Andrew Gemmell 15:09.92 3 3 Brandonn Almeida 15:11.70 NR 3 1 Marcelo Acosta 15:16.26 3 6 Nelson Maitland 15:16.35 3 2 Ryan Feeley 15:19.99 3 7 Lucas Kanieski 15:23.91 3 8 Mateo de Angulo 15:24.27 2 6 Ricardo Vargas 15:27.23 10 2 4 Alejandro Gomez 15:27.30 11 2 2 Arturo Perez Vertti 15:42.39 12 1 3 Tomas Peribonio 15:43.36 13 2 5 Martin Naidich 15:46.99 14 2 7 Christian Bayo 15:49.47 15 2 3 Andy Arteta 15:56.57 16 1 4 Felipe Tapia 16:08.48 17 1 5 Gustavo Gutiérrez 16:08.75 2 1 Yeziel Morales DNS

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