Swimming at the 2022 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
Location	Bir El Djir, Algeria
Dates	2 July (heats) 3 July (final)
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Winning time	15:10.11
Medalists
Joris Bouchaut    France   Dimitrios Markos    Greece   Mert Kılavuz    Turkey

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 2 and 3 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record	Sun Yang (CHN)	14:31.02	London, Great Britain	4 August 2012
Mediterranean Games record	Oussama Mellouli (TUN)	14:38.01	Pescara, Italy	1 July 2009

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 2 July at 11:39.[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Batuhan Filiz	Turkey	15:18.99	Q
2	1	3	Albert Escrits	Spain	15:20.51	Q
3	2	5	Joris Bouchaut	France	15:29.48	Q
4	2	4	Luca De Tullio	Italy	15:29.61	Q
5	1	4	Mert Kılavuz	Turkey	15:30.50	Q
6	2	3	Ahmed Jouadi	Tunisia	15:35.04	Q
7	2	6	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	15:35.08	Q
8	1	5	Fabio Dalu	Italy	15:35.90	Q
9	2	6	Loris Bianchi	San Marino	16:03.32
10	2	2	Mohamed Anisse Djaballah	Algeria	16:11.93
11	1	2	Théo Druenne	Monaco	16:33.07
12	1	7	Christos Manoli	Cyprus	16:41.18

Final

The final was held on 3 July at 18:58.[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Joris Bouchaut	France	15:10.11
	1	Dimitrios Markos	Greece	15:11.47
	2	Mert Kılavuz	Turkey	15:15.41
4	6	Luca De Tullio	Italy	15:16.31
5	5	Albert Escrits	Spain	15:20.55
6	8	Fabio Dalu	Italy	15:28.41
7	4	Batuhan Filiz	Turkey	15:29.05
8	7	Ahmed Jouadi	Tunisia	15:41.75

References

1. "Swimming – 1500m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Start List" (PDF). Oran 2022. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. "Swimming – 1500m Freestyle Men – Preliminary – Results" (PDF). Oran 2022. 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
3. "Swimming – 1500m Freestyle Men – Final – Results" (PDF). Oran 2022. 3 July 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.