2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle (original) (raw)

Swimming competition

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue Etihad Arena
Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates 20 December (heats)21 December (final)
Competitors 29 from 26 nations
Winning time 14:06.88 WR
Medalists
gold medal Florian Wellbrock Germanysilver medal Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisiabronze medal Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine
20182022
2021 FINA World Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×50 m men women
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×50 m men women
4×100 m men women
Mixed relay
4×50 m freestyle medley
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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 20 and 21 December 2021.[1]

Records

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

World record Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 14:08.06 Netanya, Israel 4 December 2015
Competition record Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR) 14:09.14 Hangzhou, China 16 December 2018

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date Event Name Nation Time Record
21 December Final Florian Wellbrock Germany 14:06.88 WR, CR

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 20 December at 11:58.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 5 Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine 14:24.76 Q
2 2 6 Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisia 14:25.77 Q
3 3 6 Florian Wellbrock Germany 14:25.79 Q
4 3 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 14:28.11 Q
5 2 5 Damien Joly France 14:30.90 Q
6 3 1 Daniel Wiffen Ireland 14:32.13 Q, NR
7 2 3 Domenico Acerenza Italy 14:34.03 Q
8 2 4 Henrik Christiansen Norway 14:36.27 Q
9 2 2 Lukas Märtens Germany 14:37.60
10 3 8 Mert Kılavuz Turkey 14:39.76 NR
11 2 1 José Paulo Lopes Portugal 14:39.82 NR
12 2 8 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Vietnam 14:41.00 NR
13 3 2 Aleksandr Egorov Russian Swimming Federation 14:47.39
14 1 5 Marwan Elkamash Egypt 14:48.68 NR
15 2 0 Krzysztof Chmielewski Poland 14:51.21
16 3 3 Jan Micka Czech Republic 14:54.55
17 2 7 Jon Jøntvedt Norway 15:01.95
18 1 4 Matan Roditi Israel 15:05.05
19 3 7 Kim Woo-min South Korea 15:06.13
20 2 9 Dimitrios Markos Greece 15:07.43
21 1 3 Kushagra Rawat India 15:07.86
22 3 9 Zhang Ziyang China 15:18.99
23 1 6 Eduardo Cisternas Chile 15:23.30 NR
24 1 7 Adib Khalil Lebanon 15:27.12 NR
25 1 0 Loris Bianchi San Marino 15:38.63
26 1 2 Joseph Macías Ecuador 15:47.50
27 1 1 Johan Nónskarð Dam Faroe Islands 16:09.94
28 1 8 Nikoli Blackman Trinidad and Tobago 16:34.53
29 1 9 Mark Imazu Guam 17:59.68
3 0 Michael Brinegar United States DNS

Final

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The final was held on 21 December at 18:06.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Florian Wellbrock Germany 14:06.88 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ahmed Hafnaoui Tunisia 14:10.94 AF
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk Ukraine 14:11.47
4 6 Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy 14:21.00
5 1 Domenico Acerenza Italy 14:24.31
6 2 Damien Joly France 14:25.62
7 8 Henrik Christiansen Norway 14:30.78
8 7 Daniel Wiffen Ireland 14:36.78

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Final results
vteWorld short-course champions in men's 1500 m freestyle
1993: Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 1995: Daniel Kowalski (AUS) 1997: Grant Hackett (AUS) 1999: Grant Hackett (AUS) 2000: Jörg Hoffmann (GER) 2002: Grant Hackett (AUS) 2004: Yury Prilukov (RUS) 2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS) 2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS) 2010: Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 2012: Mads Glæsner (DEN) 2014: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 2016: Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 2018: Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR) 2021: Florian Wellbrock (GER) 2022: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) 2024: Ahmed Jaouadi (TUN)