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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date18 November 2010
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Winning time14:35.43 AR
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    South Korea
bronze medal    China
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 18 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 13 competitors from 11 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Sun Yang from China won the gold medal in a new Asian record of 14 minutes 35.43 seconds. It was the second all-time behind only Grant Hackett's world record of 14:34.56 from the 2001 World Championships,[1] the gap between the world record is less than one second.

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Thursday, 18 November 2010 09:46 Slow heat
18:56 Fast heat

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001
Asian Record  Zhang Lin (CHN) 14:45.84 Beijing, China 15 August 2008
Games Record  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 14:55.03 Doha, Qatar 7 December 2006

Results

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Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:35.43 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 15:01.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Zhang Lin (CHN) 15:22.03
4 2  Jang Sang-jin (KOR) 15:49.26
5 2  Sho Uchida (JPN) 15:52.29
6 2  Kevin Yeap (MAS) 15:53.34
7 2  Ryan Arabejo (PHI) 16:11.74
8 1  Mandar Divase (IND) 16:11.84
9 2  Punyawee Sontana (THA) 16:26.21
10 1  Ahmad Al-Shatti (IOC) 16:30.98
11 1  Loai Tashkandi (KSA) 17:16.41
12 1  Ali Adel (IRQ) 18:36.33
13 1  Ibrahim Al-Amadi (QAT) 19:37.04

References

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  1. ^ "Asian Games: Sun Yang Rattles Grant Hackett's World Record, Ye Shiwen Shines". SwimmingWorldMagazine.com. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
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