Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | September 8, 1973 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:31.85 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 1973 FINA World Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 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 | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Tournament | men | |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.
Records[]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Stephen Holland (AUS) |
15:37.80 | Brisbane, Australia | 5 August 1973 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September | Timed Final | François Deley |  Belgium |
16:41.53 | CR |
| 8 September | Timed Final | Hakon Iverson |  Norway |
16:28.49 | CR |
| 8 September | Timed Final | Stephen Holland | Australia |
15:31.85 | WR |
Results[]
26 swimmers participated in 4 heats.[1] The event was a timed final. The first three heats were contested in the morning with the fourth and final heat contested in the evening.[2][3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | - | Stephen Holland | Australia |
15:31.85 | WR |
 |
4 | - | Rick DeMont |  United States |
15:35.44 | |
 |
4 | - | Brad Cooper | Australia |
15:45.04 | |
| 4 | 4 | - | John Kinsella | United States |
15:58.70 | |
| 5 | 4 | - | Bengt Gingsjö |  Sweden |
16:06.01 | |
| 6 | 4 | - | Mark Treffers |  |
16:09.33 | |
| 7 | 4 | - | Anders Bellbring | Sweden |
16:12.01 | |
| 8 | 4 | - | Valentin Parinov |  Soviet Union |
16:18.24 | |
| 9 | 2 | - | Hakon Iverson | Norway |
16:28.49 | CR |
| 10 | 3 | - |  East Germany |
16:28.78 | ||
| 11 | 3 | - | G. Castillo |  Mexico |
16:31.74 | |
| 12 | 3 | - | Klaus Dockhorn | East Germany |
16:32.00 | |
| 13 | 1 | - | François Deley | |
16:41.53 | CR |
| 14 | 2 | - |  Hungary |
16:44.36 | ||
| 15 | 3 | - | José Bas |  Spain |
16:55.70 | |
| 16 | 2 | - | Deane Buckboro |  Canada |
16:55.79 | |
| 17 | 3 | - | Michael Ker | Canada |
17:00.62 | |
| 18 | 2 | - | Hans-Joachim Geisler |  West Germany |
17:04.23 | |
| 19 | 3 | - | Marc Lazzaro |  France |
17:08.52 | |
| 20 | 3 | - | Dusan Grozaj | West Germany |
17:09.15 | |
| 21 | 2 | - | Soviet Union |
17:09.54 | ||
| 22 | 2 | - |  Brazil |
17:11.62 | ||
| 23 | 1 | - |  Bulgaria |
17:18.01 | ||
| 24 | 1 | - | Fernando Cañales |  |
17:43.21 | |
| 25 | 1 | - | |
17:53.29 | ||
| 26 | 2 | - | Eugen Almer |  Romania |
21:40.70 | |
| – | 1 | - | L. Díaz |  |
Did not start | |
| – | 1 | - |  Egypt |
Did not start | ||
| – | 3 | - | France |
Did not start |
References[]
- ^ Krastev, Todor. "Men 1500m Freestyle Swimming World Championship 1973 Belgrade (YUG)". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ "Aust second in swim relay". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. AAP. 9 September 1973. p. 91.
- ^ "Official results". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
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