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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates 28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors 19 from 10 nations
Winning time 14:44.03
Medalists
 Ryan Cochrane  Canada
 Mack Horton  Australia
 Daniel Jervis  Wales
Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 m   men   women
100 m men women
100 m S8 women
100 m S9 men
200 m men women
200 m S14 men
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
100 m SB9 women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
200 m SM8 men
200 m SM10 women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

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]
Games record  Kieren Perkins (AUS) 14:41.66 Victoria, Canada 18 August 1994 [3]
Commonwealth record '

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane Canada 15:03.29 Q
2 3 2 Milne, StephenStephen Milne Scotland 15:03.38 Q
3 2 2 Jervis, DanielDaniel Jervis Wales 15:06.60 Q
4 2 4 Horton, MackMack Horton Australia 15:08.43 Q
5 3 6 Brown, DevonDevon Brown South Africa 15:10.87 Q
=6 2 5 Fogg, DanielDaniel Fogg England 15:10.88 Q
3 5 Harrison, JordanJordan Harrison Australia
8 2 3 Lelliott, JayJay Lelliott England 15:11.89 Q
9 3 3 Levings, MatthewMatthew Levings Australia 15:13.53
10 2 6 Brothers, WillWill Brothers Canada 15:22.92
11 2 7 Cremin, MartinMartin Cremin Scotland 15:27.30
12 1 3 Litchfield, MaxMax Litchfield England 15:33.87
13 3 1 Yeap, KevinKevin Yeap Malaysia 15:35.50
14 3 7 Hamilton, CraigCraig Hamilton Scotland 15:35.60
15 3 8 Lee, VernonVernon Lee Malaysia 16:10.53
16 2 8 Butler, GeoffreyGeoffrey Butler Cayman Islands 16:14.39
17 2 1 Sim, WelsonWelson Sim Malaysia 16:18.24
18 1 4 Hadjiconstantinou, IacovosIacovos Hadjiconstantinou Cyprus 16:41:00
19 1 5 Walter, DominicDominic Walter Jamaica 16:56.28

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Cochrane, RyanRyan Cochrane Canada 14:44.03
2nd, silver medalist(s) 6 Horton, MackMack Horton Australia 14:48.76
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jervis, DanielDaniel Jervis Wales 14:55.33
4 1 Harrison, JordanJordan Harrison Australia 14:55.71
5 5 Milne, StephenStephen Milne Scotland 15:04.90
6 8 Lelliott, JayJay Lelliott England 15:05.83
7 7 Fogg, DanielDaniel Fogg England 15:13.72
8 2 Brown, DevonDevon 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 (Australia). 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.
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