title: Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
  
  The Men's 1,500 m Freestyle event at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games took place on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at the S.U. Pedro de Heredia Aquatic Complex in Cartagena, Colombia. This was a timed-final event, meaning that the swimmers only swam the race once, and whatever time they obtained was used to rank them in the final rankings.
  
  ## Records
  
  | World Record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:34.56 | 2001-07-27 | Fukuoka |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | CAC Record | Alberto Guimarães (VEN) | 15:39.90 | 2002-11-29 | San Salvador |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Place | Swimmer | Country | Time | Note |
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  | 1 | Ricardo Monasterio | Venezuela | 15:38.99 | GR |
  | 2 | Iván López | Mexico | 15:39.80 | |
  | 3 | Erwin Maldonado | Venezuela | 15:56.55 | |
  | 4 | Evan Marcus | Guatemala | 16:09.58 | |
  | 5 | Mateo de Angulo | Colombia | 16:16.35 | |
  | 6 | Mario Montoya | Costa Rica | 16:25.59 | |
  | 7 | Luis Enrique González | Mexico | 16:25.60 | |
  | 8 | John Littlepage | Trinidad and Tobago | 16:43.86 | |
  | 9 | Micky van der Vaart | Aruba | 17:02.03 | |
  | 10 | Jack Patiño | Colombia | 17:05.34 | |
  | 11 | Omar Núñez | Nicaragua | 17:15.32 | |
  