title: Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
  
  The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 European Aquatics Championships was held on 4 and 5 August 2018.
  
  ## Records
  
  Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
  
  | | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | World record | Sun Yang | China | 14:31.02 | London | 4 August 2012 |
  | European record Championship record | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:34.04 | London | 18 May 2016 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  The heats were started on 4 August at 10:49.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | 6 | Damien Joly | France | 14:53.52 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | 4 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:53.79 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 5 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 14:54.55 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 4 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:54.85 | Q |
  | 5 | 1 | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 14:58.03 | Q |
  | 6 | 1 | 6 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 14:58.94 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | 3 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 14:59.35 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | 3 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 15:02.93 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | 8 | Marin Mogić | Croatia | 15:04.45 | |
  | 10 | 1 | 1 | Anton Ipsen | Denmark | 15:05.86 | |
  | 11 | 1 | 7 | Ilya Druzhinin | Russia | 15:06.43 | |
  | 12 | 2 | 9 | Tom Derbyshire | United Kingdom | 15:11.45 | |
  | 13 | 2 | 0 | Vuk Čelić | Serbia | 15:11.52 | |
  | 14 | 1 | 2 | David Aubry | France | 15:15.61 | |
  | 15 | 2 | 1 | Victor Johansson | Sweden | 15:15.75 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 2 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 15:28.70 | |
  | 17 | 1 | 8 | Dávid Lakatos | Hungary | 15:33.96 | |
  | 18 | 1 | 0 | Guilherme Pina | Portugal | 15:39.89 | |
  | 19 | 2 | 7 | Andreas Georgakopoulos | Greece | 16:01.83 | |
  | 20 | 1 | 9 | Franc Aleksi | Albania | 16:29.27 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 5 August at 17:00.
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 3 | Florian Wellbrock | Germany | 14:36.15 |
  | | 5 | Mykhailo Romanchuk | Ukraine | 14:36.88 |
  | | 6 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:42.85 |
  | 4 | 1 | Domenico Acerenza | Italy | 14:51.88 |
  | 5 | 2 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 14:56.47 |
  | 6 | 4 | Damien Joly | France | 14:57.82 |
  | 7 | 8 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 14:58.46 |
  | 8 | 7 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 14:59.49 |
  