The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Background Florian Wellbrock of Germany headlined the men’s 1500 metre freestyle field as the world record holder, having set a mark of 14:06.88 in 2021. Since then, his fastest time was 14:25.41 from 2022, leaving questions about his current form. France’s Damien Joly, silver medalist at the 2022 Short Course World Championships, entered with a national record of 14:19.62 and made the Olympic final in Paris. Hungary's Zalán Sárkány (14:23.31), along with Tunisia’s Ahmed Jaouadi (14:24.68), posted competitive times over the previous year. Both were Olympic finalists in Paris. Seventeen-year-olds Kuzey Tunçelli (14:38.61) and Kazushi Imafuku (14:36.32), from Turkey and Japan, respectively, also featured. Imafuku won the 1500 m at the Singapore World Cup. Other entries included Sven Schwarz, Luca De Tullio, Victor Johansson, and Charlie Clark. Kirill Martynychev, competing as a neutral athlete, entered with a personal best of 14:25.24 set at the 2024 Russian Short Course Championships.
SwimSwam predicted Jaouadi would win, Wellbrock would come second, and Sárkány would come third.
Results The slowest heats were started at 11:45, and the fastest heat at 18:50. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 5 Ahmed Jaouadi 14:16.40 2 5 Florian Wellbrock 14:17.27 3 1 Kuzey Tunçelli 14:20.64 WJ, NR 4 3 6 Damien Joly 14:22.12 5 2 6 Sven Schwarz 14:22.29 6 2 2 Luca De Tullio 14:28.44 7 3 3 Kirill Martynychev Neutral Athletes B 14:28.56 8 3 4 Zalán Sárkány 14:32.10 9 3 8 Nathan Wiffen 14:32.65 10 3 2 Victor Johansson 14:34.27 NR 11 2 8 Daniel Matheson 14:37.56 12 2 3 Andrei Proca 14:39.42 13 2 4 Charlie Clark 14:41.61 14 3 7 Kazushi Imafuku 14:48.01 15 2 1 Kris Mihaylov 14:52.53 16 2 9 Timothé Barbeau 15:02.76 17 2 7 Chen Shengxin 15:04.43 18 1 7 Mark Iltšišin 15:06.05 19 2 0 Muhd Dhuha Bin Zulfikry 15:14.66 20 1 1 Kevin Teixeira 15:19.02 NR 21 1 2 Diego Dulieu 15:20.52 22 1 6 Larn Hamblyn-Ough 15:20.84 23 1 5 Marin Mogić 15:25.18 24 1 4 Hung Pen-han 15:31.46 25 1 8 Timothy Leberl 15:55.08 NR 26 1 3 He Shing Ip 16:12.57
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