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

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.

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
VenueTollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (heats)
29 July 2014 (2014-07-29) (final)
Competitors19 from 10 nations
Winning time14:44.03
Medalists
 Ryan Cochrane   Canada
 Mack Horton   Australia
 Daniel Jervis   Wales
Swimming at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m S8women
100 m S8men
200 mmenwomen
200 m S14men
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
100 m SB9women
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
200 m SM8men
200 m SM8women
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

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)14:31.02London, United Kingdom4 August 2012[1][2]
Commonwealth record
Games record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:41.66Victoria, Canada18 August 1994[3]

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Ryan Cochrane Canada15:03.29Q
232Stephen Milne Scotland15:03.38Q
322Daniel Jervis Wales15:06.60Q
424Mack Horton Australia15:08.43Q
536Devon Brown South Africa15:10.87Q
=625Daniel Fogg England15:10.88Q
35Jordan Harrison Australia
823Jay Lelliott England15:11.89Q
933Matthew Levings Australia15:13.53
1026Will Brothers Canada15:22.92
1127Martin Cremin Scotland15:27.30
1213Max Litchfield England15:33.87
1331Kevin Yeap Malaysia15:35.50
1437Craig Hamilton Scotland15:35.60
1538Vernon Lee Malaysia16:10.53
1628Geoffrey Butler Cayman Islands16:14.39
1721Welson Sim Malaysia16:18.24
1814Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou Cyprus16:41:00
1915Dominic Walter Jamaica16:56.28

Final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Ryan Cochrane Canada14:44.03
6Mack Horton Australia14:48.76
3Daniel Jervis Wales14:55.33
41Jordan Harrison Australia14:55.71
55Stephen Milne Scotland15:04.90
68Jay Lelliott England15:05.83
77Daniel Fogg England15:13.72
82Devon Brown South Africa15:17.89

References
  1. Tucker, Jim (5 August 2012). "Sun Yang smashes 1500m freestyle world record at London Olympics". The Daily Telegraph (Sydney). 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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