title: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
text: # Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
  
  The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 28 and 29 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.
  
  The medals were presented by Peter Sirett, Chairman of the Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association and the quaichs were presented by Jon Doig, Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Games Scotland.
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.
  
  | World record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Commonwealth record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | 29 July 2001 |
  | Games record | Kieren Perkins (AUS) | 14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 18 August 1994 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  | Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 15:03.29 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | 2 | Stephen Milne | Scotland | 15:03.38 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | 2 | Daniel Jervis | Wales | 15:06.60 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | 4 | Mack Horton | Australia | 15:08.43 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | 6 | Devon Brown | South Africa | 15:10.87 | Q |
  | =6 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Fogg | England | 15:10.88 | Q |
  | =6 | 3 | 5 | Jordan Harrison | Australia | 15:10.88 | Q |
  | 8 | 2 | 3 | Jay Lelliott | England | 15:11.89 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | 3 | Matthew Levings | Australia | 15:13.53 | |
  | 10 | 2 | 6 | Will Brothers | Canada | 15:22.92 | |
  | 11 | 2 | 7 | Martin Cremin | Scotland | 15:27.30 | |
  | 12 | 1 | 3 | Max Litchfield | England | 15:33.87 | |
  | 13 | 3 | 1 | Kevin Yeap | Malaysia | 15:35.50 | |
  | 14 | 3 | 7 | Craig Hamilton | Scotland | 15:35.60 | |
  | 15 | 3 | 8 | Vernon Lee | Malaysia | 16:10.53 | |
  | 16 | 2 | 8 | Geoffrey Butler | Cayman Islands | 16:14.39 | |
  | 17 | 2 | 1 | Welson Sim | Malaysia | 16:18.24 | |
  | 18 | 1 | 4 | Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou | Cyprus | 16:41:00 | |
  | 19 | 1 | 5 | Dominic Walter | Jamaica | 16:56.28 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 14:44.03 |
  | | 6 | Mack Horton | Australia | 14:48.76 |
  | | 3 | Daniel Jervis | Wales | 14:55.33 |
  | 4 | 1 | Jordan Harrison | Australia | 14:55.71 |
  | 5 | 5 | Stephen Milne | Scotland | 15:04.90 |
  | 6 | 8 | Jay Lelliott | England | 15:05.83 |
  | 7 | 7 | Daniel Fogg | England | 15:13.72 |
  | 8 | 2 | Devon Brown | South Africa | 15:17.89 |
  