The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was on 15 and 16 December 2018.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordGregorio Paltrinieri 14:08.06Netanya 4 December 2015Championship recordPark Tae-hwan 14:15.51Windsor 11 December 2016
The following records were established during the competition: Date Event Name Nation Time Record 16 December Final Mykhailo Romanchuk 14:09.14 CR
Results Heats The heats were started on 15 December at 12:11.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk 14:21.50 Q 2 3 6 Damien Joly 14:28.25 Q, NR 3 2 4 Henrik Christiansen 14:28.90 Q 4 3 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri 14:28.97 Q 5 2 1 Zane Grothe 14:29.03 Q 6 2 6 David Aubry 14:30.72 Q 7 2 0 Ákos Kalmár 14:31.94 Q 8 2 5 Jan Micka 14:33.15 Q 9 2 3 Yaroslav Potapov 14:33.82 10 3 1 Domenico Acerenza 14:33.89 11 3 7 Serhiy Frolov 14:38.42 12 1 5 Marcelo Acosta 14:45.78 NR 13 3 3 Wojciech Wojdak 14:47.17 14 3 2 Ji Xinjie 14:51.47 15 3 8 Marwan Elkamash 15:00.64 16 3 9 Aryan Makhija 15:01.44 NR 17 1 3 Ahmed Hafnaoui 15:02.25 18 3 0 Huang Guo-ting 15:05.16 19 1 4 Quinton Hurley 15:14.65 20 2 9 Óli Mortensen 15:17.47 21 2 8 Cheuk Ming Ho 15:20.46 22 1 2 Pit Brandenburger 15:25.72 NR 23 2 7 Qiu Ziao 15:26.35 24 1 6 Amir Abbas Amrollahi Biuoki 16:29.26 NR 2 2 Gergely Gyurta DNS
Final The final was held on 16 December at 18:07.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk 14:09.14 CR, NR 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri 14:09.87 3 Henrik Christiansen 14:19.39 NR 4 7 David Aubry 14:23.44 NR 5 5 Damien Joly 14:24.00 6 8 Jan Micka 14:27.73 7 1 Ákos Kalmár 14:35.94 8 2 Zane Grothe 14:51.22
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