| Men's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 29 July 2001 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:34.56 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2001 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| Open water swimming | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | women | |
| Duet | women | |
| Team | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships took place 29 July. The heats took place 28 July,[1] while the final was held on 29 July.[2]
In the final, Australian swimmer Grant Hackett broke the world record with a time of 14:34.56, bettering the previous record held by his compatriot Kieren Perkins by seven seconds.[3] This record would stand for a decade until Chinese swimmer Sun Yang broke it at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships and at the time, it was the oldest world record in swimming.[4]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| World record |  Kieren Perkins (AUS) |
14:41.66 | Victoria, Canada | 24 August 1994 |
| Championship record |  Jörg Hoffmann (GER) |
14:50.36 | Perth, Australia | 13 January 1991 |
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
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| 22 July | Final | Grant Hackett | Australia |
14:34.56 | WR |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Grant Hackett | Australia |
14:34.56 | WR |
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Graeme Smith |  United Kingdom |
14:58.94 | |
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Alexey Filipets |  Russia |
15:01.43 | |
| 4 | Ihor Chevrynskyi |  Ukraine |
15:06.13 | |
| 5 | Chris Thompson |  United States |
15:07.67 | |
| 6 | Massimiliano Rosolino |  Italy |
15:10.54 | |
| 7 | Craig Stevens | Australia |
15:15.02 | |
| 8 | Nicolas Rostoucher |  France |
15:18.89 |
Key: WR = World record
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 Tim Shaw (USA) Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Vladimir Salnikov (URS) Rainer Henkel (FRG) Jörg Hoffmann (GER) Kieren Perkins (AUS) Grant Hackett (AUS) Grant Hackett (AUS) Grant Hackett (AUS) Grant Hackett (AUS) Mateusz Sawrymowicz (POL) Oussama Mellouli (TUN) Sun Yang (CHN) Sun Yang (CHN) Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) Florian Wellbrock (GER) Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA) Ahmed Hafnaoui (TUN) Daniel Wiffen (IRL) |
