Swimming at the 1971 Pan American Games – Men's 1500 metre freestyle

The men's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1971 Pan American Games took place on 10 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Mike Burton of US.

This race consisted of thirty lengths of the pool, all lengths being in freestyle.

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final
The final was held on August 10.