Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle Heats Heats

| Heat | Lane | Name_ | Nationality | Time_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 7 | Paul Palmer | Great Britain | 15:21.09 |
| 4 | 1 | Luiz Lima | Brazil | 15:23.15 |
| 6 | 3 | Emiliano Brembilla | Italy | 15:27.65 |
| 3 | 4 | Dmitry Koptur | Belarus | 15:29.62 |
| 3 | 3 | Spyridon Gianniotis | Greece | 15:29.69 |
| 4 | 7 | Alexey Kovrigin | Russia | 15:30.69 |
| 4 | 6 | Andrew Hurd | Canada | 15:30.98 |
| 5 | 8 | Teo Edo | Spain | 15:32.01 |
| 5 | 1 | Hannes Kalteis | Austria | 15:32.90 |
| 1 | 4 | Vlastimil Burda | Czech Republic | 15:33.25 |
| 4 | 8 | Tim Peterson | Canada | 15:34.94 |
| 3 | 8 | Torwai Sethsothorn | Thailand | 15:39.60 |
| 5 | 7 | Adam Faulkner | Great Britain | 15:39.86 |
| 3 | 1 | Petar Stoychev | Bulgaria | 15:42.76 |
| 3 | 2 | Jorge Carral Armella | Mexico | 15:43.03 |
| 3 | 7 | Jin Hao | China | 15:48.49 |
| 3 | 6 | Cho Sung-Mo | South Korea | 15:50.45 |