Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
VenueDanube Arena
Dates18 May 2021 (heats)
19 May 2021 (final)
Competitors24 from 16 nations
Winning time14:39.89
Medalists
gold medal    Ukraine
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    Italy
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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2021.[1][2]

Records[edit]

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

Name Nationality Time Location Date
World record Sun Yang  China 14:31.02 London 28 July 2012
European record Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:33.10 Rome 13 August 2020
Championship record 14:34.04 London 18 May 2016

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were started on 18 May at 11:21.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 14:52.07 Q
2 2 7 Damien Joly  France 14:56.09 Q
3 2 6 Domenico Acerenza  Italy 14:59.47 Q
4 3 2 Ákos Kalmár  Hungary 15:02.97 Q
5 3 3 Daniel Jervis  Great Britain 15:07.54 Q
6 2 5 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 15:08.28 Q
7 3 4 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 15:08.84 Q
8 3 1 Aleksandr Egorov  Russia 15:09.95 Q
9 2 2 Serhiy Frolov  Ukraine 15:10.41
10 3 9 Yiğit Aslan  Turkey 15:14.80
11 2 1 Ilya Druzhinin  Russia 15:16.47
12 2 0 Dávid Betlehem  Hungary 15:18.18
13 3 8 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 15:18.85
14 3 6 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 15:28.10
15 3 7 Marc-Antoine Olivier  France 15:30.04
16 2 9 Alejandro Puebla  Spain 15:30.35
17 1 4 Márk Kovacsics  Hungary 15:35.95
18 3 5 David Aubry  France 15:36.51
19 3 0 Vuk Čelić  Serbia 15:37.16
20 2 3 Alexander Asla Nørgaard  Denmark 15:39.39
21 1 5 Bar Soloveychik  Israel 15:40.53
22 2 8 Dimitrios Negris  Greece 15:46.78
23 1 3 Loris Bianchi  San Marino 16:14.61
24 1 6 Théo Druenne  Monaco 16:37.80

Final[edit]

The final was held on 19 May at 18:00.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mykhailo Romanchuk  Ukraine 14:39.89
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:42.91
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Domenico Acerenza  Italy 14:54.36
4 5 Damien Joly  France 14:56.38
5 2 Daniel Jervis  Great Britain 14:58.42
6 6 Ákos Kalmár  Hungary 15:04.61
7 7 Henrik Christiansen  Norway 15:05.19
8 8 Aleksandr Egorov  Russia 15:10.43

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