2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
Timed finals
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The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 16 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome. 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.
| Men's 1500m Freestyle at the 2012 Short Course Worlds | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 16 December | |||||||||
| Winning time | 14:30.01 | |||||||||
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In June 2013, Danish swimmer Mads Glæsner was stripped of the gold medal after testing positive for levomethamphetamine following the 400 m freestyle final.[1]
However, upon appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Glaesner's gold medal was reinstated as a separate test after the race did not contain the prohibited substance.[2]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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| World record | Grant Hackett |  Australia | 14:10.10 | Perth | 7 August 2001 |
| Championship record | Yury Prilukov |  Russia | 14:22.98 | Manchester | 13 April 2008 |
No new records were set during this competition.
