Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Medallists | ||||||||||
| Dates | 3 August (heats) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:25.48 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August with the heats and 4 August with the final.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:28.36 | Gold Coast, Australia | 24 August 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record | Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:36.53 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2013 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:27.71 | WR, CR |
| 4 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:25.48 | WR, CR |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]The Heats were held at 10:56.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:27.71 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Lotte Friis |  Denmark |
15:54.23 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Jessica Ashwood |  Australia |
15:56.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
16:01.63 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Lauren Boyle |  New Zealand |
16:02.84 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Boglárka Kapás |  Hungary |
16:06.25 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands |
16:09.12 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Aurora Ponsele |  Italy |
16:12.01 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Leonie Beck |  Germany |
16:13.73 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Jessica Thielmann |  Great Britain |
16:21.21 | |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Gaja Natlačen |  Slovenia |
16:24.83 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Isabelle Härle | Germany |
16:25.04 | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Martina Caramignoli | Italy |
16:27.13 | |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Wang Guoyue |  China |
16:28.18 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Tjasa Oder | Slovenia |
16:31.22 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Julia Hassler |  Liechtenstein |
16:32.04 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Valerie Gruest |  Guatemala |
16:34.81 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Katy Campbell | United States |
16:39.98 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Monique Olivier |  Luxembourg |
16:43.21 | |
| 20 | 2 | 9 | Montserrat Ortuño |  Mexico |
16:43.64 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Samantha Arévalo |  Ecuador |
16:48.52 | |
| 22 | 3 | 9 | Martina Elhenická |  Czech Republic |
16:50.22 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Rachel Tseng |  Singapore |
17:26.53 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Lena Rannvaardottir |  Faroe Islands |
18:21.09 | |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Bo-Anne Bos |  Curaçao |
18:57.27 |
Final
[edit]The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.[3]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:25.48 | WR |
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2 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand |
15:40.14 | OC |
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7 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary |
15:47.09 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Lotte Friis | Denmark |
15:49.00 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jessica Ashwood | Australia |
15:52.17 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands |
16:03.74 | |
| 7 | 6 | Kristel Köbrich | Chile |
16:06.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aurora Ponsele | Italy |
16:09.57 |
References
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