2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Men's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Men's 1500 metre freestyle ; at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates	9 August (timed finals)
Competitors	15 from 7 nations
Winning time	14:46.93
Medalists
	← 2014 2022 →

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Connor Jaeger of United States.^[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Sun Yang (CHN)	14:31.02	London, United Kingdom	4 August 2012
Pan Pacific Championships record	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:41.65	Yokohama, Japan	28 August 2002

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:	CR	Championships record	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

The timed final was held on 9 August from 10:00 to the slowest heat and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.^[4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.^[3]

Total ranking

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time
1	2	Jordan Wilimovsky	United States	14:46.93
2	1	Zane Grothe	United States	14:48.40
3	2	Robert Finke	United States	14:48.70
4	2	Jack McLoughlin	Australia	14:55.92
5	2	Guilherme Costa	Brazil	15:03.40
6	2	Shogo Takeda	Japan	15:05.81
7	1	Michael Brinegar	United States	15:07.04
8	2	Eric Hedlin	Canada	15:07.18
9	1	Kohei Yamamoto	Japan	15:18.71
10	1	David Heron	United States	15:22.98
11	2	Ayatsugu Hirai	Japan	15:23.43
12	1	Taylor Abbott	United States	15:33.64
13	2	Peter Brothers	Canada	15:41.63
14	1	Noel Keane	Palau	17:59.30
15	1	Mark Imazu	Guam	19:35.60

Award ranking

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Jordan Wilimovsky	United States	14:46.93
	Zane Grothe	United States	14:48.40
	Jack McLoughlin	Australia	14:55.92
4	Guilherme Costa	Brazil	15:03.40
5	Shogo Takeda	Japan	15:05.81
6	Eric Hedlin	Canada	15:07.18
7	Kohei Yamamoto	Japan	15:18.71
8	Peter Brothers	Canada	15:41.63

References

^ "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
^ "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 1500m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[1] "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[2] "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[bulletin-3] "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[4] "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Men 1500m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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