Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	3 August 2002 (2002-08-03) (heats) 4 August 2002 (2002-08-04) (final)
Competitors	9 from 6 nations
Winning time	14:54.29
Medalists
Grant Hackett    Australia   Graeme Smith    Scotland   Craig Stevens    Australia

The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 3 and 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:34.56	Fukuoka, Japan	29 August 2001	[1]
Commonwealth record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:34.56	Fukuoka, Japan	29 August 2001	[1]
Games record	Kieren Perkins (AUS)	14:41.66	Victoria, Canada	18 August 1994	[2]

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Grant Hackett	Australia	15:20.63	Q
2	1	4	Graeme Smith	Scotland	15:21.51	Q
3	1	5	Craig Stevens	Australia	15:26.92	Q
4	1	6	David Davies	Wales	15:33.60	Q
5	2	6	Andrew Hurd	Canada	15:41.73	Q
6	2	3	Andrew Jameson	Scotland	15:42.29	Q
7	2	5	Adam Faulkner	England	15:42.44	Q
8	1	3	Stuart Trees	England	15:52.79	Q
9	2	2	Colin Bensadon	Gibraltar	17:34.69

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Grant Hackett	Australia	14:54.29
	5	Graeme Smith	Scotland	15:07.19
	3	Craig Stevens	Australia	15:09.24
4	1	Adam Faulkner	England	15:13.34
5	2	Andrew Hurd	Canada	15:14.37
6	6	David Davies	Wales	15:17.87
7	7	Andrew Jameson	Scotland	15:31.78
8	8	Stuart Trees	England	15:34.83

References

1. "Swimming – Men's 1500 m freestyle – final". Commonwealth Games. 4 August 2002. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
2. 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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