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 23.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordSun Yang14:34.14ShanghaiJuly 31, 2011European recordYury Prilukov14:41.13BeijingAugust 15, 2008Championship recordYury Prilukov14:50.40EindhovenMarch 22, 2008
Results
Heats 23 swimmers participated in 3 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Samuel Pizzetti 15:10.26 Q 2 2 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri 15:11.06 Q 3 1 3 Gergely Gyurta 15:15.01 Q 4 2 6 Jan Wolfgarten 15:18.39 Q 5 3 4 Gergő Kis 15:20.66 Q 6 3 3 Sergiy Frolov 15:21.49 Q 7 3 5 Anthony Pannier 15:24.11 Q 8 3 2 Sören Meissner 15:24.18 Q 9 1 5 Damien Joly 15:25.81 10 3 6 Evgeny Kulikov 15:26.52 11 3 8 David Brandl 15:28.99 12 1 1 Richárd Nagy 15:30.77 NR 13 2 2 Ediz Yildirimer 15:31.78 14 1 4 Rocco Potenza 15:32.69 15 2 3 Federico Colbertaldo 15:34.53 16 1 7 Jan Micka 15:36.81 17 1 6 Antonio Arroyo Perez 15:37.59 18 2 1 Anton Goncharov 15:37.78 19 1 2 Ventsislav Aydarski 15:38.45 20 3 7 Anton Sveinn McKee 15:39.63 NR 21 2 7 Uladzimir Zhyharau 15:42.85 22 3 1 Jovan Mitrovic 15:46.49 2 8 Stefan Šorak DNS
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri 14:48.92 CR 2 Gergő Kis 14:58.15 3 Gergely Gyurta 15:04.38 4 4 Samuel Pizzetti 15:09.83 5 1 Anthony Pannier 15:12.02 6 6 Jan Wolfgarten 15:13.68 7 7 Sergiy Frolov 15:13.99 8 8 Sören Meissner 15:19.50
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