Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 1998 FINA World Championships
Dates	17 January 1998 (heats) 18 January 1998 (final)
Competitors	20 from 14 nations
Winning time	14 minutes 51.70 seconds
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Emiliano Brembilla    Italy   Daniel Kowalski    Australia

The final of the men's 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships was held on Sunday 18 January in Perth, Western Australia.

Finals

Rank	Athlete	Time
	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:51.70
	Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)	15:00.59
	Daniel Kowalski (AUS)	15:03.94
4	Igor Snitko (UKR)	15:04.30
5	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	15:12.50
6	Luiz Lima (BRA)	15:17.55
7	Denys Zavhorodnyy (UKR)	15:22.43
8	Tyler Painter (USA)	15:23.40

Qualifying heats

• Held on Saturday 17 January 1998

Rank	Athlete	Time
1	Ryk Neethling (RSA)	15:11.52
2	Denys Zavhorodnyy (UKR)	15:11.86
3	Igor Snitko (UKR)	15:11.90
4	Daniel Kowalski (AUS)	15:19.31
5	Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)	15:19.36
6	Grant Hackett (AUS)	15:19.38
	Luiz Lima (BRA)
8	Tyler Painter (USA)	15:20.18
9	Ian Wilson (GBR)	15:23.72
10	Masato Hirano (JPN)	15:28.79
11	Marco Formentini (ITA)	15:29.22
12	Graeme Smith (GBR)	15:35.71
13	Sergi Roure (ESP)	15:41.36
14	Torlarp Sethsothorn (THA)	15:42.78
15	Frederik Hviid (ESP)	15:43.80
16	Tim Siciliano (USA)	15:49.09
17	Yevgeni Bezruchenko (RUS)	15:57.75
18	Scott Cameron (NZL)	15:57.90
19	Jure Bučar (SLO)	16:03.77
20	Mark Kwok (HKG)	16:03.96

See also

• 1996 Men's Olympic Games 1,500m Freestyle (Atlanta)
• 1997 Men's World SC Championships 1,500m Freestyle (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's European LC Championships 1,500m Freestyle (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic Games 1,500m Freestyle (Sydney)

References

• "8th FINA World Swimming Championships". SwimNews.com.
• "1998 FINA World Championships (LCM)". USA Swimming.