title: Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.
  
  The race consisted of thirty length of the pool in freestyle.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Monday, 24 June 2013 | 10:10 | Heat 1 |
  | Monday, 24 June 2013 | 18:56 | Heat 2 |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
  
  | World record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | August 4, 2012 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mediterranean Games record | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | 14:38.01 | Pescara, Italy | July 1, 2009 |
  
  ## Results
  
  All times are in minutes and seconds.
  
  | KEY: | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DNS | Did not started |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 2 | 4 | Oussama Mellouli (TUN) | 15:12.36 |
  | | 2 | 5 | Luca Baggio (ITA) | 15:15.16 |
  | | 2 | 1 | Matteo Furlan (ITA) | 15:21.19 |
  | 4 | 2 | 3 | Ahmed Akram (EGY) | 15:28.92 |
  | 5 | 1 | 4 | Adonios Fokaidis (GRE) | 15:30.49 |
  | 6 | 2 | 7 | Ediz Yıldırımer (TUR) | 15:31.09 |
  | 7 | 2 | 6 | Antonio Arroyo (ESP) | 15:34.42 |
  | 8 | 2 | 2 | Lucas Vigoretto (FRA) | 15:46.01 |
  | 9 | 1 | 3 | Martin Bau (SLO) | 15:55.19 |
  | | 1 | 5 | Nezir Karap (TUR) | DNS |
  