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Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates4 August (heats)
5 August (final)
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Winning time14:36.15
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Italy
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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.[1][2]

Records

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Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Sun Yang  China 14:31.02 London 4 August 2012
European record
Championship record
Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:34.04 London 18 May 2016

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 4 August at 10:49.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 6 Damien Joly  France 14:53.52 Q
2 1 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 14:53.79 Q
3 2 5 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 14:54.55 Q
4 2 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:54.85 Q
5 1 5 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 14:58.03 Q
6 1 6 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 14:58.94 Q
7 1 3 Domenico Acerenza  Italy 14:59.35 Q
8 2 3 Serhiy Frolov  Ukraine 15:02.93 Q
9 2 8 Marin Mogić  Croatia 15:04.45
10 1 1 Anton Ipsen  Denmark 15:05.86
11 1 7 Ilya Druzhinin  Russia 15:06.43
12 2 9 Tom Derbyshire  United Kingdom 15:11.45
13 2 0 Vuk Čelić  Serbia 15:11.52
14 1 2 David Aubry  France 15:15.61
15 2 1 Victor Johansson  Sweden 15:15.75
16 2 2 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 15:28.70
17 1 8 Dávid Lakatos  Hungary 15:33.96
18 1 0 Guilherme Pina  Portugal 15:39.89
19 2 7 Andreas Georgakopoulos  Greece 16:01.83
20 1 9 Franc Aleksi  Albania 16:29.27

Final

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The final was held on 5 August at 17:00.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Florian Wellbrock  Germany 14:36.15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 14:36.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:42.85
4 1 Domenico Acerenza  Italy 14:51.88
5 2 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 14:56.47
6 4 Damien Joly  France 14:57.82
7 8 Serhiy Frolov  Ukraine 14:58.46
8 7 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 14:59.49

References

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