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
Gregorio Paltrinieri    Italy   Gergő Kis    Hungary   Gergely Gyurta    Hungary

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 record	Sun Yang	China	14:34.14	Shanghai	July 31, 2011
European record	Yury Prilukov	Russia	14:41.13	Beijing	August 15, 2008
Championship record	Yury Prilukov	Russia	14:50.40	Eindhoven	March 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
	2	8	Stefan Šorak	Serbia	DNS

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14:48.92	CR
	2	Gergő Kis	Hungary	14:58.15
	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

1. 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-21.
2. 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-22.
3. 2012 European Aquatics Championships: Men's 1500 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.