The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the
swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
events at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...
was held on 8 August with the heats and 9 August with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 10:48.
Final
The final was held on 9 August at 18:20.
![Kazan 2015 - 1500m men finish](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Kazan_2015_-_1500m_men_finish.JPG)
*Sun Yang did not swim the final, and he did not tell anyone that he had no intention of swimming. The next man on the list who would have taken his place in the final, was
Pál Joensen
Pál Joensen (born 10 December 1990) is a Faroese elite swimmer. He was born in Vágur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. He has won World and European Championship medals. His bronze medal in the men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2012 FINA World Swim ...
from the Faroe Islands, but he did not get any message that he could swim in the final, and therefore lane 3 was empty during the final. Sun Yang said after the event that he had felt chest pain after winning the 800 m freestyle. He felt it again shortly before the final of 1500 m free, but he could not say at what time it was.
swimmingworldmagazine.com - Sun Yang Answers Questions About 1500 Free Withdrawal
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References
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Men's 1500 metre freestyle