Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats took place on May 22, the final on May 23.[1]

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 22, 2012 (heats)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Winning time14:48.92
Medalists
    Italy
    Hungary
    Hungary

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordSun Yang China14:34.14ShanghaiJuly 31, 2011
European recordYury Prilukov Russia14:41.13BeijingAugust 15, 2008
Championship recordYury Prilukov Russia14:50.40EindhovenMarch 22, 2008

Results

Heats

23 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Samuel Pizzetti Italy15:10.26Q
225Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy15:11.06Q
313Gergely Gyurta Hungary15:15.01Q
426Jan Wolfgarten Germany15:18.39Q
534Gergő Kis Hungary15:20.66Q
633Sergiy Frolov Ukraine15:21.49Q
735Anthony Pannier France15:24.11Q
832Sören Meissner Germany15:24.18Q
915Damien Joly France15:25.81
1036Evgeny Kulikov Russia15:26.52
1138David Brandl Austria15:28.99
1211Richárd Nagy Slovakia15:30.77NR
1322Ediz Yildirimer Turkey15:31.78
1414Rocco Potenza Italy15:32.69
1523Federico Colbertaldo Italy15:34.53
1617Jan Micka Czech Republic15:36.81
1716Antonio Arroyo Perez Spain15:37.59
1821Anton Goncharov Ukraine15:37.78
1912Ventsislav Aydarski Bulgaria15:38.45
2037Anton Sveinn McKee Iceland15:39.63NR
2127Uladzimir Zhyharau Belarus15:42.85
2231Jovan Mitrovic  Switzerland15:46.49
28Stefan Šorak SerbiaDNS

Final

The final was held at 17:02.[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Gregorio Paltrinieri Italy14:48.92CR
2Gergő Kis Hungary14:58.15
3Gergely Gyurta Hungary15:04.38
44Samuel Pizzetti Italy15:09.83
51Anthony Pannier France15:12.02
66Jan Wolfgarten Germany15:13.68
77Sergiy Frolov Ukraine15:13.99
88Sören Meissner Germany15:19.50

References

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