Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Asian Games
VenueMunhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center
Date26 September 2014
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Medalists
gold medal Sun Yang   China
silver medal Kohei Yamamoto   Japan
bronze medal Wang Kecheng   China
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Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 26 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Friday, 26 September 2014 09:00 Slowest heat
19:41 Fastest heat

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012
Asian Record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012
Games Record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:35.43 Guangzhou, China 18 November 2010

Results

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:49.75
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Kohei Yamamoto (JPN) 14:54.86
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Wang Kecheng (CHN) 15:06.73
4 2  Shogo Takeda (JPN) 15:18.46
5 2  Kevin Yeap (MAS) 15:31.67
6 2  Lâm Quang Nhật (VIE) 15:33.21
7 2  Park Seok-hyun (KOR) 15:36.52
8 1  Cho Cheng-chi (TPE) 15:40.54
9 1  Welson Sim (MAS) 15:43.04
10 1  Huang Guo-ting (TPE) 15:50.30
11 1  Teo Zhen Ren (SIN) 16:08.75
12 1  Saurabh Sangvekar (IND) 16:23.46
13 1  Ali Boabbas (KUW) 16:31.80
DQ 2  Park Tae-hwan (KOR) 15:12.15
  • Park Tae-hwan of South Korea originally finished 4th, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Nebido.[1]

References

  1. ^ "OCA adjusts Incheon Asian Games medal table". Olympic Council of Asia. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.