Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates10 April
Competitors8 from 7 nations
Winning time14:47.09
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Wales
bronze medal    Australia

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on 10 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1]

Records

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

World record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, England 4 August 2012 [1]
Commonwealth record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001 [1]
Games record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:41.66 Victoria, Canada 24 August 1994 [1]

Results

There are no heats so there will only be a final for this event.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Jack McLoughlin  Australia 14:47.09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Daniel Jervis  Wales 14:48.67
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Mack Horton  Australia 14:51.05
4 6 Brent Szurdoki  South Africa 15:28.60
5 2 Welson Sim  Malaysia 15:31.14
6 7 Wesley Roberts  Cook Islands 15:40.36
7 1 Sajan Prakash  India 15:52.84
8 8 Constantinos Hadjittooulis  Cyprus 16:26.93

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Men's 1500 metre freestyle final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games". Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-10.