Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 22, 2012 (heats)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Winning time14:48.92
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Hungary
bronze medal    Hungary

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 22 and 23. The heats took place on May 22, the final on May 23.[1]

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Sun Yang  China 14:34.14 Shanghai July 31, 2011
European record Yury Prilukov  Russia 14:41.13 Beijing August 15, 2008
Championship record Yury Prilukov  Russia 14:50.40 Eindhoven March 22, 2008

Results[]

Heats[]

23 swimmers participated in 3 heats.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Samuel Pizzetti  Italy 15:10.26 Q
2 2 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 15:11.06 Q
3 1 3 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 15:15.01 Q
4 2 6 Jan Wolfgarten  Germany 15:18.39 Q
5 3 4 Gergő Kis  Hungary 15:20.66 Q
6 3 3 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 15:21.49 Q
7 3 5 Anthony Pannier  France 15:24.11 Q
8 3 2 Sören Meissner  Germany 15:24.18 Q
9 1 5 Damien Joly  France 15:25.81
10 3 6  Russia 15:26.52
11 3 8 David Brandl  Austria 15:28.99
12 1 1 Richárd Nagy  Slovakia 15:30.77 NR
13 2 2 Ediz Yildirimer  Turkey 15:31.78
14 1 4  Italy 15:32.69
15 2 3 Federico Colbertaldo  Italy 15:34.53
16 1 7 Jan Micka  Czech Republic 15:36.81
17 1 6 Antonio Arroyo Perez  Spain 15:37.59
18 2 1  Ukraine 15:37.78
19 1 2 Ventsislav Aydarski  Bulgaria 15:38.45
20 3 7 Anton Sveinn McKee  Iceland 15:39.63 NR
21 2 7 Uladzimir Zhyharau  Belarus 15:42.85
22 3 1   Switzerland 15:46.49
2 8 Stefan Šorak  Serbia DNS

Final[]

The final was held at 17:02.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:48.92 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Gergő Kis  Hungary 14:58.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Gergely Gyurta  Hungary 15:04.38
4 4 Samuel Pizzetti  Italy 15:09.83
5 1 Anthony Pannier  France 15:12.02
6 6 Jan Wolfgarten  Germany 15:13.68
7 7 Sergiy Frolov  Ukraine 15:13.99
8 8 Sören Meissner  Germany 15:19.50

References[]

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