Records

Heat 1

1. Charnvudth Saengsri, – 15:54.46
2. Giancarlo Zolezzi, – 16:00.52
3. Yi-Khy Saw, – 16:06.38

Heat 2

1. Oussama Mellouli
   Oussama Mellouli
   Oussama "Ous" Mellouli is a Tunisian swimmer who competes in the freestyle and medley events. He currently is an African Record holder, and trains with the USA club based at the University of Southern California, where he went to school and swam, collegiately....
   
   , – 15:18.98
2. Petar Stoychev
   Petar Stoychev
   Petar Stoychev is a Bulgarian swimmer who is the most successful long distance marathon swimmer of the last decade. He is one of the greatest marathon swimmers of all time and an honor swimmer in the...
   
   , – 15:28.32
3. Juan Martin Pereyra, – 15:53.29
4. Moss Burmester
   Moss Burmester
   Moss James Burmester is a New Zealand swimmer. His specialist event is the 200m butterfly in which he holds the Commonwealth record of 1:54.35 set at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
   
   , – 15:56.42
5. Nenad Buljan
   Nenad Buljan
   Nenad Buljan is a freestyle swimmer from Croatia, who made his Olympic debut for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he competed in the 400 m and 1500 m Freestyle, but was eliminated in the heats of both events.-External links:*...
   
   , – 15:56.54
6. Xin Tong
   Xin Tong
   Xin Tong is a Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Major achievements:*2003/2004 National Champions Tournament - 1st 4×200 m freestyle relay...
   
   , – 16:10.43
7. Miguel Mendoza, – 16:26.52

Heat 3

1. David Davies
   David Davies (swimmer)
   David Davies is a Welsh Commonwealth Games and Olympic distance swimmer. Born in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Davies swam for Wales at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics...
   
   , – 14:57.03 -Q
2. Dragoş Coman
   Dragos Coman
   Dragoş Coman is an international freestyle swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia....
   
   , – 15:06.33 -Q
3. Graeme Smith
   Graeme Smith (swimmer)
   Graeme Smith is a former British freestyle swimmer.He won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Three years later, at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1999 in Lisbon, he captured the golden medal in the same event...
   
   , – 15:07.45 -Q
4. Takeshi Matsuda
   Takeshi Matsuda
   is a Japanese Olympic and Asian and National Record holding swimmer. He swam for Japan at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. At the latter event, he won a bronze medal in the men's 200m long course butterfly in an Asian Record of 1:52.97; in doing so, he also set the Japanese Record in the event...
   
   , – 15:16.42
5. Erik Vendt
   Erik Vendt
   Erik Vendt is a retired American swimmer. He won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics...
   
   , – 15:22.00
6. Andrew Hurd
   Andrew Hurd
   Andrew Hurd is a Canadian freestyle swimmer. He began swimming at age eight and was a student at the University of Michigan. He won a gold medal on the world cup circuit in 2000 in Edmonton, Alberta in the 1500 m freestyle event...
   
   , – 15:28.71
7. Alexey Filipets, – 15:30.05
8. Sung-Mo Cho, – 15:43.43

Heat 4

1. Larsen Jensen
   Larsen Jensen
   Larsen Alan Jensen is a former American freestyle swimmer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist.-Career:...
   
   , – 15:03.75 -Q
2. Igor Chervynskyi
   Igor Chervynskyi
   Igor Chervynskyi is a Ukrainian swimmer who competes in the freestyle events. At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships he won a bronze medal in the 800 metres, and a silver medal in the 1500 metres.-References:*...
   
   , – 15:12.58
3. Nicolas Rostoucher
   Nicolas Rostoucher
   Nicolas Rostoucher is a freestyle and medley swimmer from France, who is on the French National Swimming Team since 2000. He has competed for his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000...
   
   , – 15:13.56
4. Bojan Zdešar
   Bojan Zdešar
   Bojan Zdešar is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Slovenia, who competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He swam in the long-distance swimming events.-References:*...
   
   , – 15:31.57
5. Thomas Lurz
   Thomas Lurz
   Thomas Lurz is a German swimmer who specializes is long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming...
   
   , – 15:33.81
6. Gergő Kis
   Gergo Kis
   Gergő Kis is a Hungarian freestyle swimmer.Kis participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 1500 m freestyle, ranking 23rd in the heats...
   
   , – 15:38.06
7. Christian Minotti
   Christian Minotti
   Christian Minotti is a long-distance freestyle swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the men's individual 1500 metres freestyle event at the 2002 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.- References...
   
   , – 15:39.31
8. Georgios Diamantidis, – 16:06.31

Heat 5

1. Yuri Prilukov, – 15:01.02 -Q
2. Grant Hackett
   Grant Hackett
   Grant Hackett OAM is an Australian former swimmer most famous for winning the men's 1500 metres freestyle race at both the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This achievement has led him to be regarded as one of the greatest distance swimmers in history...
   
   , – 15:01.89 -Q
3. Spyridon Gianniotis
   Spyridon Gianniotis
   Spyridon "Spyros" Gianniotis is a freestyle swimmer from Greece, who was born in England. He won three individual medals at the 2005 Mediterranean Games, and represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. In 2011 he became world champion in the 10 km open...
   
   , – 15:03.87 -Q
4. Craig Stevens
   Craig Stevens (swimmer)
   Craig Stevens is an Australian freestyle swimmer specialising in the 400 m. 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events....
   
   , – 15:09.54 -Q
5. Paweł Korzeniowski, – 15:11.62
6. Christian Hein, – 15:15.42
7. Ricardo Monasterio
   Ricardo Monasterio
   Ricardo Andrés Monasterio Guimaraes is a Venezuelan international swimmer who represented his native country in the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.Monasterio was born in Caracas, Venezuela...
   
   , – 15:20.89
8. Fernando Costa, – 15:32.55

Heats rankings

1.  United Kingdom David Davies, Great Britain 14:57.03 -Q
2.  Russia Yuri Prilukov, Russia 15:01.02 -Q
3.  Australia Grant Hackett, Australia 15:01.89 -Q
4.  United States Larsen Jensen, United States 15:03.75 -Q
5.  Greece Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece 15:03.87 -Q
6.  Romania Dragos Coman, Romania 15:06.33 -Q
7.  United Kingdom Graeme Smith, Great Britain 15:07.45 -Q
8.  Australia Craig Stevens, Australia 15:09.54 -Q
9.  Poland Pawel Korzeniowski, Poland 15:11.62
10.  Ukraine Igor Chervynskiy, Ukraine 15:12.58
11.  France Nicolas Rostoucher, France 15:13.56
12.  Germany Christian Hein, Germany 15:15.42
13.  Japan Takeshi Matsuda, Japan 15:16.42
14.  Tunisia Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia 15:18.98
15.  Venezuela Ricardo Monasterio, Venezuela 15:20.89
16.  United States Erik Vendt, United States 15:22.00
17.  Bulgaria Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria 15:28.32
18.  Canada Andrew Hurd, Canada 15:28.71
19.  Russia Alexey Filipets, Russia 15:30.05
20.  Slovenia Bojan Zdesar, Slovenia 15:31.57
21.  Portugal Fernando Costa, Portugal 15:32.55
22.  Germany Thomas Lurz, Germany 15:33.81
23.  Hungary Gergo Kis, Hungary 15:38.06
24.  Italy Christian Minotti, Italy 15:39.31
25.  South Korea Sung-Mo Cho, Korea 15:43.43
26.  Argentina Juan Martin Pereyra, Argentina 15:53.29
27.  Thailand Charnvudth Saengsri, Thailand 15:54.46
28.  New Zealand Moss Burmester, New Zealand 15:56.42
29.  Croatia Nenad Buljan, Croatia 15:56.54
30.  Chile Giancarlo Zolezzi, Chile 16:00.52
31.  Greece Georgios Diamantidis, Greece 16:06.31
32.  Malaysia Yi-Khy Saw, Malaysia 16:06.38
33.  People's Republic of China Xin Tong, China 16:10.43
34.  Philippines Juan Carlos Miguel Mendoza, Philippines 16:26.52

Final

1.  Australia Grant Hackett, Australia 14:43.40   OR
2.  United States Larsen Jensen, United States 14:45.29
3.  United Kingdom David Davies, Great Britain 14:45.95
4.  Russia Yuri Prilukov, Russia 14:52.48
5.  Greece Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece 15:03.69
6.  United Kingdom Graeme Smith, Great Britain 15:09.71
7.  Romania Dragos Coman, Romania 15:10.21
8.  Australia Craig Stevens, Australia 15:13.66