The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming

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 will take place on the 17 of October and 18 of October at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center

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 champion is Chip Peterson

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 of the United States

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This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle

Freestyle swimming

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		14:34.14	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	July 31, 2011
Pan American Games record		15:12.33	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... , Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...	July 18, 2007

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee

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 (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (15:50.4) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2010 to September 4, 2011). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (16:18.9) in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in seconds/minutes.

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

The first round will be held on October 17.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Ryan Feeley		15:32.86	Q
2	1	4	Arthur Frayler		15:34.34	Q
3	2	6	Arturo Perez Vertti		15:36.74	Q
4	1	5	Lucas Kanieski		15:39.79	Q
5	2	3	Juan Martin Pereyra		15:40.44	Q
6	1	3	Alejandro Gomez Alejandro Gómez Alejandro Darío Gómez is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.-Arsenal de Sarandí:...		15:40.75	Q
7	1	6	Martin Naidich		15:49.51	Q
8	1	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...		15:50.65	Q
9	2	2	Daniel Delgadillo		15:54.15
10	2	7	Esteban Enderica		16:07.78
11	1	2	Mateo de Angulo		16:10.45
12	2	1	Sebastian Jahnsen		16:16.90
13	2	5	Luiz Arapiraca		16:28.19

Final

The final was held on October 18.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Arthur Frayler		15:19.59
	4	Joseph Feely		15:22.19
	2	Juan Pereyra		15:26.20
4	3	Arturo Perez Vertti		15:30.94
5	6	Lucas Kanieski		15:31.23
6	7	Alejandro Gomez Alejandro Gómez Alejandro Darío Gómez is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for Calcio Catania in the Italian Serie A.-Arsenal de Sarandí:...		15:44.03
7	1	Martin Naidich		15:46.98
8	8	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...		16:05.64