Swimming European Championships 1997 at Sevilla (spa) Men: 1500 m Freestyle August 24: 1. Emiliano Brembilla (ita) 14:58.65 2. Igor Snitko (ukr) 15:07.85 3. Denis Zavgorodniy (ukr) 15:19.28 4. Graeme Smith (gbr) 15:22.11 5. Frederik Hviid (spa) 15:22.20 6. Ian Wilson (gbr) 15:23.54 7. Marco Formentini (ita) 15:31.71 -. Jörg Hoffmann (ger) disqualified