Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2005 FINA World Championships |
||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dates | 30 July 2005 (heats) 31 July 2005 (final) |
|||||||||
Competitors | 34 | |||||||||
Winning time | 14 minutes 42.58 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
The men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships occurred on the morning of 30 July (heats) and in the evening of 31 July (final) in the Olympic pool at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Canada. 34 swimmers were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.
The existing records at the start of the event were:
The top-8 swimmers from the 5 preliminary heats qualified for the event final, the next evening. These eight "qualifiers" are denoted by a Q.