Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Long Course World Record & Splits

Updated August 2026

Current Records

Record	Athlete	Time
World Record	Johannes Liebmann	14:26.79
Olympic Record	Bobby Finke	14:30.67
World Junior Record	Kuzey Tunçelli	14:41.22
Commonwealth Record	Sam Short	14:33.97

Top 10 All-Time Performers

#	Athlete	Time
1	Johannes Liebmann	14:26.79
2	Bobby Finke	14:30.67
3	Sun Yang	14:31.02
4	Ahmed Hafnaoui	14:31.54
5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	14:32.80
6	Sam Short	14:33.97
6	Daniel Wiffen	14:34.07
7	Ahmed Jaouadi	14:34.41
8	Grant Hackett	14:34.56
9	Florian Wellbrock	14:34.89
10	Sven Schwarz	14:35.69

Tied times listed on separate rows. Detailed race splits are in the analysis table below.

Split Analysis & Comparison

The table below compares elite 1500m freestyle long-course performances.
Use it to review splits, stroke counts, and race patterns. Data is collected
from official results and race footage where available.

Men’s 1500m Freestyle – Long Course
	Bobby Finke	Sun Yang	Ahmed Hafnaoui	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Daniel Wiffen	Grant Hackett	Florian Wellbrock	Mykhailo Romanchuk	Samuel Short	Ous Mellouli
Height:	6 ft 1 in 185cm	6 ft 7 in 200cm	6 ft 4 in 195cm	6 ft 3 in 191cm	6ft 4in 194cm	6 ft 6 in 197cm	6 ft 4 in 192cm	6 ft 3 in 191cm		6 ft 4 in 192cm
Weight:	172lb 78kg	196Ib 89kg	185lb 84kg	159Ib 72kg	176lb 80kg	212Ib 96kg	154Ib 70kg	174Ib 79kg		185Ib 84kg
Country:	USA	CHN	TUN	ITA	IRE	AUS	GER	UKR	AUS	TUN
DOB:	1999-11-06	1991-12-01	2002-12-04	1994-09-05	2001-07-14	1980-05-09	1997-08-19	1996-08-07	2003-09-17	1984-02-19
Meet:	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Olympic Games London 2012	World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023	19th FINA World Championships Budapest 2022	World Aquatics Championships – Doha 2024	9th FINA World Championships 2001	Berlin Swim Open 2023	European Aquatic Championships 2022	World Aquatics Championships – Fukuoka 2023	13th FINA World Championships 2009

50m Split	26.79	27.09	27.37	27.00	27.20		27.16	27.49	26.61	27.42
Strokes		26				30		24
Split Time:	26.79	27.09	27.37	27.00			27.16	27.49		27.42
50m PB:		24.68	26.58	26.68		24.99	25.69	26.51
Time off 50m PB:		2.41	0.79	0.31			1.47	0.98
Percentage of 50m PB:		109.765%	102.972%	101.162%			105.722%	103.697%

100m Split	28.68	28.71	28.94	28.57	28.93		29.13	28.86	28.51	29.47
Strokes		28		37		31		27
Split Time:	55.47	55.80	56.31	55.57	56.13	54.19	56.29	56.35	55.12	56.89

150m Split	29.25	29.46	29.35	28.96	29.13		29.11	29.32	28.88	29.27
Strokes		29		38		32		28
Split Time:	1:24.72	1:25.26	1:25.66	1:24.53	1:25.26		1:25.40	1:25.67	1:24.00	1:26.16

200m Split	28.87	29.05	29.04	29.14	29.36		29.38	29.01	28.94	29.65
Strokes		26		38		34		28
Split Time:	1:53.59	1:54.31	1:54.70	1:53.67	1:54.62	1:52.45	1:54.78	1:54.68	1:52.94	1:55.81

250m Split	29.10	29.35	29.41	29.33	29.07		29.37	29.30	29.24	29.54
Strokes		27		39		33		28
Split Time:	2:22.69	2:23.66	2:24.11	2:23.00	2:23.69		2:24.15	2:23.98	2:22.18	2:25.35

300m Split	29.00	28.97	29.10	29.32	29.29		29.27	28.78	29.08	29.92
Strokes		27		39		33		28
Split Time:	2:51.69	2:52.63	2:53.21	2:53.25	2:52.98	2:51.29	2:53.42	2:52.78	2:51.26	2:55.30

350m Split	29.43	29.53	29.24,	29.37	29.15		29.08	29.30	29.29	29.68
Strokes		28		39		33		28
Split Time:	3:21.12	3:22.16	3:22.45	3:21.69	3:22.13		3:22.50	3:22.06	3:20.55	3:24.98

400m Split	29.26	29.34	29.02	29.35	29.14		29.59	28.95	29.22	29.47
Strokes		26		40		33		28
Split Time:	3:50.38	3:51.50	3:51.47	3:51.04	3:51.27	3:50.18	3:52.09	3:51.01	3:49.77	3:54.45

450m Split	29.43	29.23	29.35	29.20	29.29		29.48	29.40	29.32	29.54
Strokes		27		39		33		28
Split Time:	4:19.10	4:20.73	4:20.82	4:20.24	4:20.56		4:21.57	4:20.41	4:19.09	4:23.99

500m Split	29.29	28.89	29.35	29.20	29.30		29.51	29.12	29.37	29.82
Strokes		26		40?		34		28
Split Time:	4:49.10	4:49.62	4:50.16	4:49.44	4:49.86	4:48.82	4:51.08	4:49.53	4:48.46	4:53.81

550m Split	29.49	29.26	29.61	29.11	29.30		29.40	29.42	29.38	29.36
Strokes		27		39		33		28
Split Time:	5:18.59	5:18.88	5:19.77	5:18.55	5:19.16		5:20.48	5:18.95	5:17.84	5:23.17

600m Split	29.27	29.27	29.22	29.33	29.32		29.52	29.11	29.37	29.49
Strokes		28				34		28
Split Time:	5:47.86	5:48.15	5.48.99	5:47.88	5:48.48	5:47.45	5:50.00	5:48.06	5:47.21	5:52.66

650m Split	29.44	29.25	29.33	28.97	29.35		29.34	29.29	29.65	29.28
Strokes		29		39		33		28
Split Time:	6:17.30	6:17.40	6:18.32	6:16.85	6:17.83		6:19.34	6:17.35	6:16.86	6:21.94

700m Split	29.21	29.34	29.30	29.17	29.26		29.47	29.23	29.42	29.40
Strokes		27		39		33		28
Split Time:	6:46.51	6:46.74	6:47.62	6:46.02	6:47.09	6:45.96	6:48.91	6:46.58	6:46.28	6:51.34

750m Split	29.37	29.41	29.44	28.92	29.40		29.42	29.25	29.35	29.03
Strokes		28		39		32		28
Split Time:	7:15.88	7:16.15	7:17.06	7:14.94	7:16.49		7:18.23	7:15.83	7:15.63	7:20.37

800m Split	29.30	29.30	29.31	29.25	29.30		29.52	29.19	29.49	29.31
Strokes		28		39		34		28
Split Time:	7:45.18	7:45.45	7:46.37	7:44.19	7:45.79	7:44.47	7:47.75	7:45.02	7:45.12	7:49.68

850m Split	29.25	29.49	29.10	29.25	29.37		29.25	29.43	29.50	28.98
Strokes		28				34		28
Split Time:	8:14.43	8:14.94	8:15.47	8:13.44	8:15.16		8:17.00	8:14.45	8:14.62	8:18.66

900m Split	29.28	29.38	29.26	29.24	29.31		29.40	29.27	29.47	29.65
Strokes		27		39		34		28
Split Time:	8:43.37	8:44.32	8:44.73	8:42.68	8:44.47	8:43.05	8:46.40	8:43.72	8:44.09	8:48.31

950m Split	29.28	29.46	29.55	29.22	29.54		29.22	29.39	29.71	29.28
Strokes		28		39		34		28
Split Time:	9:12.65	9:13.78	9:14.28	9:11.90	9:14.01		9:15.62	9:13.11	9:13.80	9:17.59

1000m Split	29.07	29.32	29.23	29.24	29.40		29.47	29.22	29.58	29.27
Strokes		28		39		33		28
Split Time:	9:41.72	9:43.10	9:43.51	9:41.14	9:43.41	9:41.78	9:45.09	9:42.33	9:43.38	9:46.86

1050m Split	29.13	29.42	29.11	29.13	29.46		29.27	29.41	29.59	29.41
Strokes		27		39		33		29?
Split Time:	10:10.85	10:12.52	10:12.62	10:10.27	10:12.87		10:14.36	10:11.74	10:12.97	10:16.27

1100m Split	29.16	29.21	29.06	29.29	29.32		29.15	29.05	29.46	29.46
Strokes		28				33		29?
Split Time:	10:40.01	10:41.73	10:41.68	10:39.56	10:42.19	10:40.56	10:43.51	10:40.79	10:42.43	10:45.73

1150m Split	29.20	29.54	29.24	29.28	29.47		29.17	29.21	29.53	29.16
Strokes		28		39		33		29?
Split Time:	11:09.21	11:11.27	11:10.92	11:08.84	11:11.66		11:12.68	11:10.00	11:11.96	11:14.89

1200m Split	29.20	29.37	28.97	29.11	29.34		29.39	29.15	29.54	29.43
Strokes		28				34		29?
Split Time:	11:38.41	11:40.64	11:40.08	11:37.95	11:41.00	11:39.51	11:42.07	11:39.15	11:41.50	11:44.32

1250m Split	29.08	29.17	28.97	28.98	29.63		29.28	29.44	29.75	29.25
Strokes		28		38?		33		30?
Split Time:	12:07.49	12:09.81	12:09.05	12:06.93	12:10.63		12:11.35	12:08.59	12:11.25	12:13.57

1300m Split	29.20	29.19	28.94	29.28	29.44		29.35	29.42	29.63	29.15
Strokes		28		38?		34		30?
Split Time:	12:36.69	12:39.00	12:37.99	12:36.21	12:40.07	12:38.51	12:40.70	12:38.01	12:40.88	12:42.72

1350m Split	29.33	29.39	29.08	29.14	29.31		29.22	29.68	29.76	28.95
Strokes		28		39		34		30?
Split Time:	13:35.33	13:08.39	13:07.99	13:05.35	13:09.38		13:09.92	13:07.69	13:10.64	13:11.67

1400m Split	29.07	29.14	29.09	29.37	29.08		29.18	29.63	29.37	29.39
Strokes		29				35		31
Split Time:	13:35.33	13:37.53	13:36.16	13:34.72	13:38.46	13:37.89	13:39.10	13:37.32	13:40.01	13:41.06

1450m Split	29.07	27.81	29.15	29.39	28.47		28.59	30.09	29.22	28.99
Strokes		30		39		34		31
Split Time:	14:04.40	14:05.34	14:05.31	14:04.11	14:06.93		14:07.69	14:07.41	14:09.23	14:10.05

1500m Split	26.27	25.68	26.23	28.69	27.14		27.20	28.69	28.05	27.23
Strokes		33		39		35		32?

Total Time:	14:30.67	14:31.02	14:31.54	14:32.80	14:34.07	14:34.56	14:34.89	14:36.10	14:37.28	14:37.28

Race Videos

Sun Yang – 1500m freestyle (former World Record era)

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