Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the XVII Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House | |||||||||
| Dates | July 18 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:06.40 | |||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women | ||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| Marathon | ||||
| 10 km | men | women | ||
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Arthur Frayler of the United States.
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 3 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN) |
14:31.02 | London, Great Britain | August 4, 2012 |
| Pan American Games record |  Chip Peterson (USA) |
15:12.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 21, 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 18 July | Final | Ryan Cochrane |  Canada |
15:06.40 | GR |
Qualification
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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:48.39) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:45.29) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]
Schedule
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round |
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| July 18, 2015 | 10:39 | Finals 1–2 |
| July 18, 2015 | 20:08 | Final 3 |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Final
The finals were held on July 18.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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3 | 4 | Ryan Cochrane |  Canada |
15:06.40 | GR |
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3 | 5 | Andrew Gemmell |  United States |
15:09.92 | |
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3 | 3 | Brandonn Almeida |  Brazil |
15:11.70 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Marcelo Acosta |  El Salvador |
15:16.26 | |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Nelson Maitland | Canada |
15:16.35 | |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Ryan Feeley | United States |
15:19.99 | |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil |
15:23.91 | |
| 8 | 3 | 8 | Mateo de Angulo |  Colombia |
15:24.27 | |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Ricardo Vargas |  Mexico |
15:27.23 | |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Alejandro Gomez |  Venezuela |
15:27.30 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Arturo Perez Vertti | Mexico |
15:42.39 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | Tomas Peribonio |  Ecuador |
15:43.36 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Martin Naidich |  Argentina |
15:46.99 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Christian Bayo |  Puerto Rico |
15:49.47 | |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Andy Arteta | Venezuela |
15:56.57 | |
| 16 | 1 | 4 | Felipe Tapia |  Chile |
16:08.48 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Gustavo Gutierrez |  Peru |
16:08.75 | |
| 2 | 1 | Yeziel Morales | Puerto Rico |
DNS |
