2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 18 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center. The previous champion was Park Tae-Hwan of South Korea.

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.

## Records

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

| World record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:34.56 | Fukuoka, Japan | July 29, 2001 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Grant Hackett (AUS) | 14:41.65 | Yokohama, Japan | August 28, 2002 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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The first round was held on August 18, at 11:34, and the final was held on August 18, at 18:00.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
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| | 4 | 6 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 14:49.47 |
| | 4 | 3 | Chad La Tourette | United States | 14:54.48 |
| | 4 | 2 | Zhang Lin | China | 14:58.90 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Sean Ryan | United States | 15:06.34 |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Andrew Gemmell | United States | 15:07.51 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Michael Klueh | United States | 15:12.04 |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | Arthur Frayler | United States | 15:12.89 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | Park Tae-Hwan | South Korea | 15:13.91 |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Ryan Napoleon | Australia | 15:14.91 |
| 10 | 4 | 7 | Robert Hurley | Australia | 15:16.74 |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Mark Randall | South Africa | 15:18.95 |
| 12 | 4 | 8 | Junpei Higashi | Japan | 15:19.49 |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Yohsuke Miyamoto | Japan | 15:20.25 |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Sean Penhale | Canada | 15:21.50 |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | Alex Meyer | United States | 15:23.64 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 15:24.74 |
| 17 | 1 | 7 | Luiz Arapiraca | Brazil | 15:27.81 |
| 18 | 1 | 8 | Lucas Kanieski | Brazil | 15:28.37 |
| 19 | 2 | 5 | Kier Maitland | Canada | 15:29.93 |
| 20 | 3 | 4 | Juan Martin Pereyra | Argentina | 15:37.30 |
| 21 | 2 | 5 | Esteban Paz | Argentina | 15:39.71 |
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Aimeson King | Canada | 15:53.29 |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Jang Sangjin | South Korea | 15:53.64 |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Richard Weinberger | Canada | 16:02.12 |
| 25 | 2 | 4 | Christopher Ashwood | Australia | 16:14.75 |
| - | 2 | 7 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | DNS |
