Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games
Venue CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House
Dates July 18 (preliminaries and finals)
Competitors 17 from 12 nations
Winning time 15:06.40
Medalists
   Canada
   United States
   Brazil
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2015 Pan American Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
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Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Marathon
10 km men women

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Arthur Frayler of the United States.

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, Great Britain August 4, 2012
Pan American Games record  Chip Peterson (USA) 15:12.33 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 21, 2007

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
18 July Final Ryan Cochrane  Canada 15:06.40 GR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:48.39) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:45.29) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]

Schedule

All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 18, 2015 10:39 Finals 1–2
July 18, 2015 20:08 Final 3

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified GRGames record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Final

The finals were held on July 18.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 3 4 Ryan Cochrane Canada 15:06.40 GR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 5 Andrew Gemmell United States 15:09.92
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 3 Brandonn Almeida Brazil 15:11.70 NR
4 3 1 Marcelo Acosta El Salvador 15:16.26
5 3 6 Nelson Maitland Canada 15:16.35
6 3 2 Ryan Feeley United States 15:19.99
7 3 7 Lucas Kanieski Brazil 15:23.91
8 3 8 Mateo de Angulo Colombia 15:24.27
9 2 6 Ricardo Vargas Mexico 15:27.23
10 2 4 Alejandro Gomez Venezuela 15:27.30
11 2 2 Arturo Perez Vertti Mexico 15:42.39
12 1 3 Tomas Peribonio Ecuador 15:43.36
13 2 5 Martin Naidich Argentina 15:46.99
14 2 7 Christian Bayo Puerto Rico 15:49.47
15 2 3 Andy Arteta Venezuela 15:56.57
16 1 4 Felipe Tapia Chile 16:08.48
17 1 5 Gustavo Gutierrez Peru 16:08.75
18 2 1 Yeziel Morales Puerto Rico DNS

References

  1. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Swimming Technical Manual" (PDF). TO2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. Men's 1500m Freestyle - Finals
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