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

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
Dates May 22, 2012 (heats)
May 23, 2012 (final)
Competitors 22 from 15 nations
Winning time 14:48.92
Medalists
    Italy
    Hungary
    Hungary
2012 LEN
European Championships

Eindhoven, Netherlands
Debrecen, Hungary
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Team team
Swimming
Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
Backstroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
50 m men women
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
Synchronised swimming
Individual Solo Duet
Team Team Combination

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 recordSun Yang China14:34.14ShanghaiJuly 31, 2011
European recordYury Prilukov Russia14:41.13BeijingAugust 15, 2008
Championship recordYury Prilukov Russia14:50.40EindhovenMarch 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 Evgeny Kulikov  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 Rocco Potenza  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 Anton Goncharov  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 Jovan Mitrovic   Switzerland 15:46.49
23 2 8 Stefan Šorak  Serbia DNS

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 5 Gregorio Paltrinieri  Italy 14:48.92 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 2 Gergő Kis  Hungary 14:58.15
3rd, 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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