Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1983 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1983 Pan American Games took place on 22 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Brian Goodell of US.

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### Final

The final was held on August 22.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jeff Kostoff | United States | 15:30.67 | |
| | Marcelo Jucá | Brazil | 15:33.01 | |
| | Carlos Scanavino | Uruguay | 15:36.07 | NR |
| 4 | Mike O'Brien | United States | 15:36.18 | |
| 5 | Alejandro Lecot | Argentina | 15:41.74 | |
| 6 | Dave Shemilt | Canada | 15:50.06 | |
| 7 | Bruce Berger | Canada | 15:53.82 | |
| 8 | Roger Madruga | Brazil | 16:26.91 | |
