Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 29 July. The heats took place 28 July, while the final was held on 29 July.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates29 July 2001
Competitors26 from 20 nations
Winning time14 minute 34.56 seconds WR
Medalists
    Australia
    Great Britain
    Russia

In the final, Australian swimmer Grant Hackett broke the world record with a time of 14:34.56, bettering the previous record held by his compatriot Kieren Perkins by seven seconds.[1] This record would stand for a decade until Chinese swimmer Sun Yang broke it at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships and at the time, it was the oldest world record in swimming.[2]

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordKieren Perkins Australia14:41.46Victoria24 August 1994
Championship recordJörg Hoffmann Germany14:50.36Perth13 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeWRCR
22 July 2001FinalGrant Hackett Australia14:34.56WRCR

Results

Heats

RankSwimmerNationTimeNotes
1Grant Hackett Australia15:07.19Q
2Graeme Smith United Kingdom15:09.57Q
3Craig Stevens Australia15:14.62Q
4Ihor Chervynskyi Ukraine15:14.74Q

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Grant Hackett Australia14:34.56WR
Graeme Smith United Kingdom14:58.94
Alexey Filipets Russia15:01.43
4Ihor Chevrynskyi Ukraine15:06.13
5Chris Thompson United States15:07.67
6Massimiliano Rosolino Italy15:10.54
7Craig Stevens Australia15:15.02
8Nicolas Rostoucher France15:18.89

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. "Hackett shatters world record". BBC Sport. 29 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. "Sun Yang Downs Grant Hackett's 1500 Free World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

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