1,500 m Freestyle, Men

Competition 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue Fukuoka JPN
Held 29 – 30 July 2023
Status Medal
Competitors 29
Countries 24
Pos Athlete(s) Country Preliminary Round Final
🥇 Ahmed Hafnaoui TUN 14:49.53
(3 h3)		 14:31.54
(1 F)
🥈 Bobby Finke USA 14:43.06
(1 h2)		 14:31.59
(2 F)
🥉 Samuel Short AUS 14:53.38
(6 h3)		 14:37.28
(3 F)
4 Daniel Wiffen IRL 14:43.50
(2 h2)		 14:43.01
(4 F)
5 Lukas Märtens GER 14:51.20
(4 h3)		 14:44.51
(5 F)
6 Kristóf Rasovszky HUN 14:54.09
(7 h3)		 14:51.46
(6 F)
7 Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR 14:52.15
(5 h3)		 14:53.21
(7 F)
8 David Aubry FRA 14:54.29
(8 h3)		 14:56.63
(8 F)
9 Marwan El-Kamash EGY 14:55.19
(9 h3)		 —
10 Damien Joly FRA 14:56.31
(10 h2)		 —
11 Charlie Clark USA 14:57.16
(11 h3)		 —
12 Fei Liwei CHN 14:57.50
(12 h2)		 —
13 Luca De Tullio ITA 14:57.68
(13 h2)		 —
14 Daniel Jervis GBR 14:57.88
(14 h2)		 —
15 Dávid Betlehem HUN 14:59.76
(15 h2)		 —
16 Krzysztof Chmielewski POL 15:01.89
(16 h1)		 —
17 Henrik Christiansen NOR 15:02.31
(17 h2)		 —
18 Dimitrios Markos GRE 15:07.61
(18 h1)		 —
19 Carlos Garach ESP 15:08.02
(19 h2)		 —
20 Florian Wellbrock GER 15:10.33
(20 h3)		 —
21 Ahmed Akram EGY 15:11.06
(21 h2)		 —
22 Alfonso Mestre VEN 15:14.10
(22 h1)		 —
23 Righardt Muller RSA 15:33.82
(23 h1)		 —
24 Ratthawit Thammananthachote THA 15:39.46
(24 h1)		 —
25 Aryan Nehra IND 15:39.47
(25 h1)		 —
26 Rodolfo Falcon, Jr CUB 15:49.72
(26 h1)		 —
27 Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn VIE 16:20.45
(27 h1)		 —
28 Timothy Leberl MRI 16:27.67
(28 h1)		 —
29 Hendrik Powdar SUR 17:58.15
(29 h1)		 —
DNS Kim U-MinDNS KOR —
(DNS h3)		 —

Preliminary Round

Heat 1

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
16 Krzysztof Chmielewski POL 15:01.89
18 Dimitrios Markos GRE 15:07.61
22 Alfonso Mestre VEN 15:14.10
23 Righardt Muller RSA 15:33.82
24 Ratthawit Thammananthachote THA 15:39.46
25 Aryan Nehra IND 15:39.47
26 Rodolfo Falcon, Jr CUB 15:49.72
27 Nguyễn Hữu Kim Sơn VIE 16:20.45
28 Timothy Leberl MRI 16:27.67
29 Hendrik Powdar SUR 17:58.15

Heat 2

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Bobby Finke USA 14:43.06
2 Daniel Wiffen IRL 14:43.50
10 Damien Joly FRA 14:56.31
12 Fei Liwei CHN 14:57.50
13 Luca De Tullio ITA 14:57.68
14 Daniel Jervis GBR 14:57.88
15 Dávid Betlehem HUN 14:59.76
17 Henrik Christiansen NOR 15:02.31
19 Carlos Garach ESP 15:08.02
21 Ahmed Akram EGY 15:11.06

Heat 3

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
3 Ahmed Hafnaoui TUN 14:49.53
4 Lukas Märtens GER 14:51.20
5 Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR 14:52.15
6 Samuel Short AUS 14:53.38
7 Kristóf Rasovszky HUN 14:54.09
8 David Aubry FRA 14:54.29
9 Marwan El-Kamash EGY 14:55.19
11 Charlie Clark USA 14:57.16
20 Florian Wellbrock GER 15:10.33
DNS Kim U-MinDNS KOR —

Final

Pos Athlete(s) Country Mark
1 Ahmed Hafnaoui TUN 14:31.54
2 Bobby Finke USA 14:31.59
3 Samuel Short AUS 14:37.28
4 Daniel Wiffen IRL 14:43.01
5 Lukas Märtens GER 14:44.51
6 Kristóf Rasovszky HUN 14:51.46
7 Mykhailo Romanchuk UKR 14:53.21
8 David Aubry FRA 14:56.63