Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships took place on September 8.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

| World record | Stephen Holland (AUS) | 15:37.80 | Brisbane, Australia | 5 August 1973 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition record | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 September | Timed Final | François Deley | Belgium | 16:41.53 | CR |
| 8 September | Timed Final | Hakon Iverson | Norway | 16:28.49 | CR |
| 8 September | Timed Final | Stephen Holland | Australia | 15:31.85 | WR |

## Results

26 swimmers participated in 4 heats. The event was a timed final. The first three heats were contested in the morning with the fourth and final heat contested in the evening.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | - | Stephen Holland | Australia | 15:31.85 | WR |
| | 4 | - | Rick DeMont | United States | 15:35.44 | |
| | 4 | - | Brad Cooper | Australia | 15:45.04 | |
| 4 | 4 | - | John Kinsella | United States | 15:58.70 | |
| 5 | 4 | - | Bengt Gingsjö | Sweden | 16:06.01 | |
| 6 | 4 | - | Mark Treffers | New Zealand | 16:09.33 | |
| 7 | 4 | - | Anders Bellbring | Sweden | 16:12.01 | |
| 8 | 4 | - | Valentin Parinov | Soviet Union | 16:18.24 | |
| 9 | 2 | - | Hakon Iverson | Norway | 16:28.49 | CR |
| 10 | 3 | - | Andreas Meier | East Germany | 16:28.78 | |
| 11 | 3 | - | G. Castillo | Mexico | 16:31.74 | |
| 12 | 3 | - | Klaus Dockhorn | East Germany | 16:32.00 | |
| 13 | 1 | - | François Deley | Belgium | 16:41.53 | CR |
| 14 | 2 | - | Csaba Tóth | Hungary | 16:44.36 | |
| 15 | 3 | - | José Bas | Spain | 16:55.70 | |
| 16 | 2 | - | Deane Buckboro | Canada | 16:55.79 | |
| 17 | 3 | - | Michael Ker | Canada | 17:00.62 | |
| 18 | 2 | - | Hans-Joachim Geisler | West Germany | 17:04.23 | |
| 19 | 3 | - | Marc Lazzaro | France | 17:08.52 | |
| 20 | 3 | - | Dusan Grozaj | West Germany | 17:09.15 | |
| 21 | 2 | - | Vladimir Kobelev | Soviet Union | 17:09.54 | |
| 22 | 2 | - | Luis Reinaldo Fleck | Brazil | 17:11.62 | |
| 23 | 1 | - | Krasimir Enchev | Bulgaria | 17:18.01 | |
| 24 | 1 | - | Fernando Cañales | Puerto Rico | 17:43.21 | |
| 25 | 1 | - | Alberto Vivoni | Puerto Rico | 17:53.29 | |
| 26 | 2 | - | Eugen Almer | Romania | 21:40.70 | |
| – | 1 | - | L. Díaz | Argentina | Did not start | |
| – | 1 | - | Ali Kinawi | Egypt | Did not start | |
| – | 3 | - | Thierry Lalot | France | Did not start | |
