# 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 December.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| | Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date |
| World record | Grant Hackett | Australia | 14:10.10 | Perth | 7 August 2001 |
| Championship record | Yury Prilukov | Russia | 14:22.98 | Manchester | 13 April 2008 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
| 7 December | Final | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:16.10 | CR |

## Results
### Final

The final was held at 19:36.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | 7 | Gregorio Paltrinieri | Italy | 14:16.10 | CR |
| | 6 | 1 | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | 14:18.79 | |
| | 6 | 6 | Ryan Cochrane | Canada | 14:23.35 | |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | Pál Joensen | Faroe Islands | 14:26.54 | |
| 5 | 6 | 3 | Gabriele Detti | Italy | 14:29.94 | |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Jordan Harrison | Australia | 14:33.10 | |
| 7 | 4* | 1 | Michael McBroom | United States | 14:34.31 | |
| 8 | 5* | 5 | Richárd Nagy | Slovakia | 14:35.50 | |
| 9 | 4* | 6 | Qiu Ziao | China | 14:39.41 | |
| 10 | 5* | 6 | Jan Micka | Czech Republic | 14:41.54 | |
| 11 | 6 | 5 | Gergely Gyurta | Hungary | 14:42.39 | |
| 12 | 4* | 3 | Kohei Yamamoto | Japan | 14:42.55 | |
| 13 | 5* | 2 | Mads Glæsner | Denmark | 14:43.02 | |
| 14 | 5* | 7 | Shogo Takeda | Japan | 14:46.37 | |
| 15 | 4* | 4 | Vuk Čelić | Serbia | 14:48.10 | |
| 16 | 6 | 8 | Serhiy Frolov | Ukraine | 14:49.65 | |
| 17 | 5* | 4 | Florian Vogel | Germany | 14:49.68 | |
| 18 | 4* | 5 | Henrik Christiansen | Norway | 14:50.61 | |
| 19 | 5* | 3 | Nathan Capp | New Zealand | 14:50.82 | |
| 20 | 4* | 8 | Esteban Enderica | Ecuador | 14:51.93 | |
| 21 | 4* | 0 | Martin Bau | Slovenia | 14:52.56 | |
| 22 | 5* | 8 | Dániel Dudás | Hungary | 14:53.36 | |
| 23 | 5* | 0 | Sören Meissner | Germany | 14:54.82 | |
| 24 | 5* | 1 | Michael Klueh | United States | 14:54.90 | |
| 25 | 3* | 3 | Martín Naidich | Argentina | 14:54.91 | |
| 26 | 3* | 2 | Marcelo Acosta | El Salvador | 14:54.92 | |
| 27 | 3* | 6 | Sven Saemundsson | Croatia | 15:02.24 | |
| 28 | 3* | 0 | Cho Cheng-chi | Chinese Taipei | 15:09.07 | |
| 29 | 3* | 7 | Oli Mortensen | Faroe Islands | 15:10.09 | |
| 30 | 4* | 2 | Felix Auboeck | Austria | 15:10.25 | |
| 31 | 3* | 1 | Christoph Meier | Liechtenstein | 15:11.38 | |
| 32 | 3* | 4 | Jan Kutník | Czech Republic | 15:12.04 | |
| 33 | 5* | 9 | Filip Zaborowski | Poland | 15:18.42 | |
| 34 | 4* | 7 | Wei Haobo | China | 15:20.21 | |
| 35 | 3* | 5 | Nezır Karap | Turkey | 15:21.28 | |
| 36 | 3* | 8 | Pedro Pinotes | Angola | 15:32.16 | |
| 37 | 2* | 2 | Pol Dourdet | Andorra | 15:45.56 | |
| 38 | 2* | 6 | Eric Culver | Puerto Rico | 15:48.42 | |
| 39 | 2* | 3 | Khader Baqlah | Jordan | 15:48.57 | |
| 40 | 2* | 4 | Imadeddine Tchouar | Algeria | 15:54.72 | |
| 41 | 2* | 5 | Geoffrey Butler | Cayman Islands | 16:03.27 | |
| 42 | 2* | 8 | Fahad Alkhaldi | Philippines | 16:03.72 | |
| 43 | 2* | 7 | Sanu Debnath | India | 16:05.63 | |
| 44 | 3* | 9 | Jesús Monge | Peru | 16:10.92 | |
| 45 | 2* | 1 | Yousef Allowghani | Kuwait | 16:14.99 | |
| 46 | 2* | 9 | Mark Burnley | Curaçao | 16:21.88 | |
| 47 | 2* | 0 | Arian Oliaei | Iran | 16:40.76 | |
| 48 | 1* | 5 | Ahnt Khaung Htut | Myanmar | 17:56.04 | |
| 49 | 1* | 4 | Tommy Imazu | Guam | 18:30.42 | |
| — | 4* | 9 | Ahmed Mathlouthi | Tunisia | | DNS |
*Raced in slower heats.