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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Winning time14:44.03
Medalists
gold medal Ryan Cochrane   Canada
silver medal Mack Horton   Australia
bronze medal Daniel Jervis   Wales
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Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Sample picture of the event (unofficial)
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S8women
100 m S9men
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB9women
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM10women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The medals were presented by Peter Sirett, Chairman of the Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association and the quaichs were presented by Jon Doig, Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Games Scotland.

Records

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

World record  Sun Yang (CHN) 14:31.02 London, United Kingdom 4 August 2012 [1][2]
Commonwealth record  Grant Hackett (AUS) 14:34.56 Fukuoka, Japan 29 July 2001
Games record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:41.66 Victoria, Canada 18 August 1994 [3]

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 15:03.29 Q
2 3 2 Stephen Milne  Scotland 15:03.38 Q
3 2 2 Daniel Jervis  Wales 15:06.60 Q
4 2 4 Mack Horton  Australia 15:08.43 Q
5 3 6 Devon Brown  South Africa 15:10.87 Q
=6 2 5 Daniel Fogg  England 15:10.88 Q
3 5 Jordan Harrison  Australia
8 2 3 Jay Lelliott  England 15:11.89 Q
9 3 3 Matthew Levings  Australia 15:13.53
10 2 6 Will Brothers  Canada 15:22.92
11 2 7 Martin Cremin  Scotland 15:27.30
12 1 3 Max Litchfield  England 15:33.87
13 3 1 Kevin Yeap  Malaysia 15:35.50
14 3 7 Craig Hamilton  Scotland 15:35.60
15 3 8 Vernon Lee  Malaysia 16:10.53
16 2 8 Geoffrey Butler  Cayman Islands 16:14.39
17 2 1 Welson Sim  Malaysia 16:18.24
18 1 4 Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou  Cyprus 16:41:00
19 1 5 Dominic Walter  Jamaica 16:56.28

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ryan Cochrane  Canada 14:44.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Mack Horton  Australia 14:48.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Daniel Jervis  Wales 14:55.33
4 1 Jordan Harrison  Australia 14:55.71
5 5 Stephen Milne  Scotland 15:04.90
6 8 Jay Lelliott  England 15:05.83
7 7 Daniel Fogg  England 15:13.72
8 2 Devon Brown  South Africa 15:17.89

References

  1. ^ Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. ^ Auerbach, Nicole (4 August 2012). "China's Sun crushes world record by 3 seconds in 1,500". USA Today. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  3. ^ Poirier-Leroy, Olivier (15 July 2014). "Commonwealth Games Flashback: Kieren Perkins Rocks the 800 & 1500m Freestyle World Records". swimswam.com. Retrieved 23 July 2014.