Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the XVI Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Scotiabank Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Dates | October 17 (preliminaries) October 18 (final) | |||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 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 | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 Pan American Games took place on October 17 and 18 at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Chip Peterson of the United States.
This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.[2]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Sun Yang (CHN)
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14:34.14 | Shanghai, China | July 31, 2011 |
| Pan American Games record |  Chip Peterson (USA)
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15:12.33 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | July 18, 2007 |
Qualification[]
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:50.4) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:18.9) in the same qualifying period.[2]
Results[]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats[]
The first round was held on October 17.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | United States |
15:32.86 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Arthur Frayler | United States |
15:34.34 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Arturo Perez Vertti |  Mexico |
15:36.74 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Lucas Kanieski |  Brazil |
15:39.79 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Juan Martin Pereyra |  Argentina |
15:40.44 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Alejandro Gómez |  Venezuela |
15:40.75 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Martin Naidich | Argentina |
15:49.51 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela |
15:50.65 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Daniel Delgadillo | Mexico |
15:54.15 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Esteban Enderica |  Ecuador |
16:07.78 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Mateo de Angulo |  Colombia |
16:10.45 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Sebastian Jahnsen |  Peru |
16:16.90 | |
| 13 | 2 | 5 | Luiz Arapiraca | Brazil |
16:28.19 |
Final[]
The final was held on October 18.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Arthur Frayler | United States |
15:19.59 | |
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4 | United States |
15:22.19 | ||
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2 | Juan Pereyra | Argentina |
15:26.20 | |
| 4 | 3 | Arturo Perez Vertti | Mexico |
15:30.94 | |
| 5 | 6 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil |
15:31.23 | |
| 6 | 7 | Alejandro Gómez | Venezuela |
15:44.03 | |
| 7 | 1 | Martin Naidich | Argentina |
15:46.98 | |
| 8 | 8 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela |
16:05.64 |
References[]
- ^ Guadalajara 2011 sessions Archived 2011-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Swimming technical manual Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Swimming at the 2011 Pan American Games