List of European swimming records over 1500 meters freestyle

The European swimming records for 1500 m freestyle are the best times swimmed by Europeans in the 1500 m freestyle swimming discipline . They are recognized by the European swimming federation LEN . European records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. The following shows the development of the European record since the first recognized European record.

Long course European records men

Men's European records over 1500 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Henry Taylor	United Kingdom	22: 48.4	July 25, 1908	London
2	Arne Borg	Sweden	21: 35.3	0July 8, 1923	Gothenburg
3	Arne Borg	Sweden	21: 15.0	January 30, 1924	Sydney
4th	Arne Borg	Sweden	21: 11.4	July 13, 1924	Paris
5	Arne Borg	Sweden	20: 04.4	August 18, 1926	Budapest
6th	Arne Borg	Sweden	19: 07.2	0September 2, 1927	Bologna
7th	Sándor Záborszky	Hungary	18: 36.9	0May 6, 1956	Budapest
8th	Sándor Záborszky	Hungary	18: 28.4	0June 2, 1956	Budapest
9	Jean Boiteux	France	18: 25.2	August 10, 1956	Paris
10	Guy Montserret	France	18: 12.0	04th September 1957	Cannes
11	Ian Black	United Kingdom	18: 06.2	July 31, 1958	New Brighton
12	Ian Black	United Kingdom	18: 05.8	0September 6, 1958	Budapest
13	József Katona	Hungary	17: 55.2	June 18, 1960	East Berlin
14th	József Katona	Hungary	17: 53.5	02nd September 1960	Rome
15th	József Katona	Hungary	17: 43.7	0September 3, 1960	Rome
16	Gerhard Hetz	BR Germany	17: 31.7	05th August 1962	Wurzburg
17th	József Katona	Hungary	17: 30.0	0August 9, 1964	Budapest
18th	József Katona	Hungary	17: 27.0	September 13, 1964	Budapest
19th	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	17: 01.9	0August 1, 1965	Krakow
20th	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	16: 58.5	August 27, 1966	Utrecht
21st	Semion Belitz-Geiman	Soviet Union	16: 52.7	03rd August 1967	Moscow
22nd	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	16: 46.7	18th August 1968	Wuppertal
23	Hans Fassnacht	BR Germany	16: 36.8	July 13, 1969	Santa Clara
24	Werner lamp	BR Germany	16: 23.9	07th August 1970	Würselen
25th	Bengt Gingsjö	Sweden	16: 16.01	04th September 1972	Munich
26th	Bellbring is different	Sweden	16: 10.38	05th August 1973	Norrkoping
27	Bengt Gingsjö	Sweden	16: 06.10	0September 8, 1973	Belgrade
28	Frank puddle	GDR	15: 54.57	August 25, 1974	Vienna
29	Rainer Strohbach	GDR	15: 42.70	August 25, 1974	Tallinn
30th	Valentin Parinov	Soviet Union	15: 33.49	04th June 1976	Kiev
31	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15: 29.45	July 20, 1976	Montreal
32	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15: 27.04	March 27, 1977	Leningrad
33	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15: 16.45	20th August 1977	Jonkoping
34	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	15: 03.99	August 26, 1978	West Berlin
35	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	14: 58.27	July 22, 1980	Moscow
36	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	14: 56.35	March 13, 1982	Moscow
37	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	14: 54.76	February 22, 1983	Moscow
38	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	14: 50.35	January 13, 1991	Perth
39	David Davies	United Kingdom	14: 45.95	August 21, 2004	Athens
40	Mateusz Sawrymowicz	Poland	14: 45.94	0April 1, 2007	Melbourne
41	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	14: 43.21	August 17, 2008	Beijing
42	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 39.93	20th August 2014	Berlin
43	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 39.67	0August 9, 2015	Kazan
44	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 34.04	May 18, 2016	London
45	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 33.10	August 13, 2020	Rome

(This list is not yet complete)

Long course European records for women

European records for women over 1500 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Edith Mayne	United Kingdom	24: 00.2	September 15, 1926	Exmouth
2	Yvonne Godard	France	23: 32.4	July 23, 1931	Paris
3	Grete Frederiksen	Denmark	22: 36.7	June 26, 1936	Copenhagen
4th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	21: 45.7	0July 3, 1938	Elsinore
5	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	21: 10.1	August 11, 1940	Elsinore
6th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	20: 57.0	August 20, 1941	Copenhagen
7th	Lenie de Nijs	Netherlands	20: 46.5	July 23, 1955	Utrecht
8th	Corrie Schimmel	Netherlands	19: 46.4	July 15, 1959	Utrecht
9	Margareta Rylander	Sweden	19: 02.8	June 27, 1961	Uppsala
10	Margareta Rylander	Sweden	19: 02.8	June 27, 1961	Uppsala
11	Elisabeth Ljunggren	Sweden	18: 49.9	17th September 1967	Stockholm
12	Marie-José Kersaudy	France	18: 46.6	0March 8, 1969	Nouméa
13	Novella Calligaris	Italy	18: 11.6	September 10, 1969	Rome
14th	Henriette de Boer	Netherlands	18: 03.0	June 24, 1971	Utrecht
15th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	17: 51.1	July 10, 1971	Syracuse
16	Hansje Bunschoten	Netherlands	17: 46.3	17th June 1972	Bussum
17th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	17: 29.3	0July 6, 1972	Syracuse
18th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	17: 18.43	June 25, 1973	Santa Clara
19th	Novella Calligaris	Italy	17: 04.20	0July 1, 1974	Santa Clara
20th	Annelies Maas	Netherlands	16: 47.11	July 11, 1977	Santa Clara
21st	Roberta Felotti	Italy	16: 33.56	August 26, 1979	Florence
22nd	Ines Diers	GDR	16: 27.89	August 27, 1981	East Berlin
23	Astrid Strauss	GDR	16: 13.55	05th January 1984	Austin
24	Hannah Stockbauer	Germany	16: 01.02	July 28, 2001	Fukuoka
25th	Hannah Stockbauer	Germany	16:00, 18	July 22, 2003	Barcelona
26th	Flavia Rigamonti	Switzerland	15: 55.38	March 27, 2007	Melbourne
27	Alessia Filippi	Italy	15: 52.84	July 16, 2008	Treviso
28	Camelia Potec	Romania	15: 52.37	April 26, 2009	Montpellier
29	Alessia Filippi	Italy	15: 44.93	July 28, 2009	Rome
30th	Lotte Friis	Denmark	15: 38.88	July 30, 2013	Barcelona

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course European records for men

Men's European records over 1500 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Massimiliano Rosolino	Italy	14: 36.93	December 16, 2000	Valencia
2	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	14: 35.06	December 14, 2002	Riesa
3	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	14: 32.82	December 13, 2003	Dublin
4th	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	14: 27.12	December 10, 2005	Trieste
5	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	14: 23.92	0April 9, 2006	Shanghai
6th	Yuri Prilukov	Russia	14: 16.13	0December 9, 2006	Helsinki
7th	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 16.10	0December 7, 2014	Doha
8th	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 08.06	04th December 2015	Netanya

(This list is not yet complete)

European short course records women

European records for women in the 1500 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Petra Schneider	GDR	15: 43.31	January 12, 1982	Gainesville
2	Laure Manaudou	France	15: 42.39	November 20, 2004	La Roche
3	Erika Villaécija	Spain	15: 37.78	November 26, 2009	Castellon
4th	Lotte Friis	Denmark	15: 28.65	November 28, 2009	Birkerod
5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	15: 26.95	November 29, 2013	Castellón de la Plana
6th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	15: 19.71	December 12, 2014	Sabadell

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of European swimming records
• List of swimming world records
• List of swimming world records over 1500 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

Web links

• Official list of the European swimming records on the long course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official list of European swimming records on the short course (LEN) (PDF file; 22 kB)
• Official rankings of the LEN and other national associations in Europe
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.agendadiana.com (Italian)
• Historical development of the European swimming records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)