| Event: | Men's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) |
| Venue: | WFCU Centre |
| Dates: | 10 December (heats) 11 December (final) |
| Competitors: | 42 |
| Nations: | 34 |
| Win Value: | 14:15.51 CR |
| Gold: | Park Tae-hwan |
| Goldnoc: | KOR |
| Silver: | Gregorio Paltrinieri |
| Silvernoc: | ITA |
| Bronze: | Wojciech Wojdak |
| Bronzenoc: | POL |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 8 and 9 December 2016.[1]
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left rowspan=2 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | align=left rowspan=2 | 14:08.06 | Netanya | 4 December 2015 | |
| Championship record | 14:16.10 | Doha | 7 December 2014 |
The following records were established during the competition:
The heats were held at 12:31.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 14:24.39 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 7 | 14:30.14 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 14:30.92 | Q | |||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | 14:31.06 | Q | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 14:33.13 | Q | |||
| 6 | 4 | 7 | 14:34.05 | Q | |||
| 7 | 4 | 4 | 14:34.11 | Q | |||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 14:38.07 | Q | |||
| 9 | 4 | 3 | 14:42.28 | ||||
| 10 | 5 | 2 | 14:43.30 | ||||
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 14:43.43 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 4 | 14:43.51 | ||||
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 14:47.13 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | 5 | 14:47.85 | ||||
| 15 | 4 | 0 | 14:47.94 | ||||
| 16 | 4 | 6 | 14:49.29 | ||||
| 17 | 5 | 6 | 14:52.00 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 9 | 14:52.90 | NR | |||
| 19 | 5 | 9 | 14:55.68 | ||||
| 20 | 5 | 0 | 14:56.55 | ||||
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 15:00.27 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | 15:00.36 | ||||
| 23 | 4 | 8 | 15:02.12 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 9 | 15:03.43 | ||||
| 25 | 2 | 4 | 15:04.92 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 1 | 15:05.10 | ||||
| 27 | 5 | 7 | 15:05.46 | ||||
| 28 | 3 | 3 | 15:07.46 | ||||
| 29 | 3 | 0 | 15:09.34 | ||||
| 30 | 5 | 1 | 15:13.84 | ||||
| 31 | 3 | 8 | 15:24.57 | ||||
| 32 | 3 | 2 | 15:27.61 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 2 | 15:33.52 | ||||
| 34 | 2 | 3 | 15:36.13 | NR | |||
| 35 | 2 | 5 | 15:36.79 | NR | |||
| 36 | 2 | 9 | 15:57.90 | NR | |||
| 37 | 2 | 7 | 16:10.47 | NR | |||
| 38 | 2 | 8 | 16:10.91 | NR | |||
| 39 | 1 | 5 | 16:32.62 | NR | |||
| 40 | 2 | 0 | 16:37.69 | NR | |||
| 41 | 1 | 4 | 16:37.77 | NR | |||
| 42 | 1 | 3 | 18:03.62 | ||||
| 1 | 6 | ||||||
| 2 | 6 |
The final was held at 18:37.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 14:15.51 | CR, AS | ||||
| 4 | 14:21.94 | |||||
| 6 | 14:25.37 | |||||
| 4 | 3 | 14:31.53 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 14:33.56 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 14:35.51 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | 14:39.01 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 14:39.34 |