2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Connor Jaeger of United States.

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

| World record | Sun Yang (CHN) | 14:31.02 | London, United Kingdom | 4 August 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:41.65 | Yokohama, Japan | 28 August 2002 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

The timed final was held on 9 August from 10:00 to the slowest heat and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.

### Total ranking

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Jordan Wilimovsky | United States | 14:46.93 |
| 2 | 1 | Zane Grothe | United States | 14:48.40 |
| 3 | 2 | Robert Finke | United States | 14:48.70 |
| 4 | 2 | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 14:55.92 |
| 5 | 2 | Guilherme Costa | Brazil | 15:03.40 |
| 6 | 2 | Shogo Takeda | Japan | 15:05.81 |
| 7 | 1 | Michael Brinegar | United States | 15:07.04 |
| 8 | 2 | Eric Hedlin | Canada | 15:07.18 |
| 9 | 1 | Kohei Yamamoto | Japan | 15:18.71 |
| 10 | 1 | David Heron | United States | 15:22.98 |
| 11 | 2 | Ayatsugu Hirai | Japan | 15:23.43 |
| 12 | 1 | Taylor Abbott | United States | 15:33.64 |
| 13 | 2 | Peter Brothers | Canada | 15:41.63 |
| 14 | 1 | Noel Keane | Palau | 17:59.30 |
| 15 | 1 | Mark Imazu | Guam | 19:35.60 |

### Award ranking

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Jordan Wilimovsky | United States | 14:46.93 |
| | Zane Grothe | United States | 14:48.40 |
| | Jack McLoughlin | Australia | 14:55.92 |
| 4 | Guilherme Costa | Brazil | 15:03.40 |
| 5 | Shogo Takeda | Japan | 15:05.81 |
| 6 | Eric Hedlin | Canada | 15:07.18 |
| 7 | Kohei Yamamoto | Japan | 15:18.71 |
| 8 | Peter Brothers | Canada | 15:41.63 |
