Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Danube Arena | |||||||||
| Dates | 18 May 2021 (heats) 19 May 2021 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:39.89 | |||||||||
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The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 18 and 19 May 2021.[1][2]
Records
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nationality | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Sun Yang |  China | 14:31.02 | London | 28 July 2012 |
| European record | Gregorio Paltrinieri |  Italy | 14:33.10 | Rome | 13 August 2020 |
| Championship record | 14:34.04 | London | 18 May 2016 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 18 May at 11:21.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk |  Ukraine | 14:52.07 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Damien Joly |  France | 14:56.09 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 14:59.47 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Ákos Kalmár |  Hungary | 15:02.97 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Daniel Jervis |  Great Britain | 15:07.54 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen |  Norway | 15:08.28 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 15:08.84 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Aleksandr Egorov |  Russia | 15:09.95 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 15:10.41 | |
| 10 | 3 | 9 | Yiğit Aslan |  Turkey | 15:14.80 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | Ilya Druzhinin | Russia | 15:16.47 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Dávid Betlehem | Hungary | 15:18.18 | |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 15:18.85 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Jan Micka |  Czech Republic | 15:28.10 | |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Marc-Antoine Olivier | France | 15:30.04 | |
| 16 | 2 | 9 | Alejandro Puebla |  Spain | 15:30.35 | |
| 17 | 1 | 4 | Márk Kovacsics | Hungary | 15:35.95 | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | David Aubry | France | 15:36.51 | |
| 19 | 3 | 0 | Vuk Čelić |  Serbia | 15:37.16 | |
| 20 | 2 | 3 | Alexander Asla Nørgaard |  Denmark | 15:39.39 | |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Bar Soloveychik |  Israel | 15:40.53 | |
| 22 | 2 | 8 | Dimitrios Negris |  Greece | 15:46.78 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Loris Bianchi |  San Marino | 16:14.61 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Théo Druenne |  Monaco | 16:37.80 |
Final
The final was held on 19 May at 18:00.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:39.89 | |
 | 1 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:42.91 | |
 | 3 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 14:54.36 | |
| 4 | 5 | Damien Joly | France | 14:56.38 | |
| 5 | 2 | Daniel Jervis | Great Britain | 14:58.42 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ákos Kalmár | Hungary | 15:04.61 | |
| 7 | 7 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 15:05.19 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aleksandr Egorov | Russia | 15:10.43 |
