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Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 29 July. The heats took place 28 July,[1] while the final was held on 29 July.[2]

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In the final, Australian swimmer Grant Hackett broke the world record with a time of 14:34.56, bettering the previous record held by his compatriot Kieren Perkins by seven seconds.[3] This record would stand for a decade until Chinese swimmer Sun Yang broke it at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships and at the time, it was the oldest world record in swimming.[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World record Kieren Perkins (AUS)14:41.66Victoria, Canada24 August 1994
Championship record Jörg Hoffmann (GER)14:50.36Perth, Australia13 January 1991

The following record was established during the competition:

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Results

Heats

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Final

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Key: WR = World record

References

  1. [1]
    "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 19 October 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Hackett shatters world record". BBC Sport. 29 July 2001. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Sun Yang Downs Grant Hackett's 1500 Free World Record". Swimming World Magazine. 31 July 2011. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
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