Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
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{{Infobox swimming event
| event = Men's 1500 metre freestyle
| competition = 2013 Mediterranean Games
| dates = June 24, 2013
| competitors = 10
| nations = 8
| venue = Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
| win_value = 15:12.36
| gold = Oussama Mellouli
| goldNOC = TUN
| silver = Luca Baggio
| silverNOC = ITA
| bronze = Matteo Furlan
| bronzeNOC = ITA
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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.{{cite web|title=Sessions|url=http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx|publisher=Mersin 2013|accessdate=20 June 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023520/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx|archivedate=22 June 2013}}
The race consisted of thirty length of the pool in freestyle.
Schedule
All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)
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| rowspan=2|Monday, 24 June 2013 | 10:10 | Heat 1 |
| 18:56 | bgcolor=ffffcc|Heat 2 |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:
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| World record
|{{flagathlete|Sun Yang|CHN}} |14:31.02 |August 4, 2012 |
| Mediterranean Games record
|{{flagathlete|Oussama Mellouli|TUN}} |14:38.01 |July 1, 2009 |
Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.
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| KEY:
|align=center|GR | Games record
|align=center|NR | National record
|align=center|PB | Personal best
|align=center|SB | Seasonal best
|align=center|DNS | Did not started |
= Final =
[http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWM015302..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 2 (Official)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135137/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWM015302..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf |date=2014-09-03 }}[http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWM015301..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Men's 1500m Freestyle Final 1 (Official)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903135238/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWM015301..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf|date=2014-09-03 }}
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| {{Gold1}} | 2 | 4 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Oussama Mellouli|TUN|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:12.36 | |
| {{Silver2}} | 2 | 5 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Luca Baggio|ITA|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:15.16 | |
| {{Bronze3}} | 2 | 1 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Matteo Furlan|ITA|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:21.19 | |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Ahmed Akram|EGY|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:28.92 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Adonios Fokaidis|GRE|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:30.49 | |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Ediz Yıldırımer|TUR|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:31.09 | |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Antonio Arroyo|ESP|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:34.42 | |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Lucas Vigoretto|FRA|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:46.01 | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Martin Bau|SLO|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | 15:55.19 | |
| 1 | 5 | align=left| {{flagIOC2athlete|Nezir Karap|TUR|2013 Mediterranean Games}} | DNS |
References
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