The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows: Name Nation Time Location Date World record Bobby Finke 14:30.67 Paris 4 August 2024 European record Gregorio Paltrinieri 14:32.80 Budapest 25 June 2022 Championship record 14:34.04 London 18 May 2016
Results Heats The heats were started on 14 August at 11:00.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 Oliver Klemet 14:48.51 Q 2 3 5 Johannes Liebmann 14:50.83 Q 3 3 6 Sacha Velly 14:51.49 Q 4 3 3 Zalán Sárkány 14:51.94 Q 5 3 4 Sven Schwarz 14:52.16 6 2 5 Daniel Wiffen 14:52.29 Q 7 2 3 Dávid Betlehem 14:57.96 Q 8 2 2 Andrei-Theodor Proca 14:57.97 Q 9 3 7 Luca de Tullio 14:59.49 Q 10 2 6 Matteo Diodato 15:01.30 11 2 7 Victor Johansson 15:13.74 12 3 9 Panos Vlachogiannakos 15:14.23 13 2 1 Dziugas Miskinis 15:14.47 14 3 2 Vasileios Kakoulakis 15:14.91 15 3 1 Nathan Wiffen 15:15.67 16 2 0 Nikola Simic 15:15.72 17 2 8 Suleyman Ismayilzada 15:29.22 18 3 0 Henrik Christiansen 15:39.41 19 2 9 Jakub Gabriel 15:43.36 20 1 2 Stefan Vrtikapa 15:51.36 21 1 6 Filip Kuruzovic 15:56.64 22 1 5 Tobias Moen Olsen 15:56.65 23 1 3 Liggjas Joensen 16:33.42 1 4 Victor Sandrup 3 8 Luca Karl
Final The final took place on the evening of 15 August.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 5Johannes Liebmann 14:26.79 6Zalán Sárkány 14:39.45 4Oliver Klemet 14:40.64 4 3Sacha Velly 14:45.75 5 8Luca De Tullio 14:54.78 6 7Dávid Betlehem 14:59.26 7 1Andrei-Theodor Proca 15:02.15 8 2Daniel Wiffen 15:06.30
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