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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Dates | 3 August (heats) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 15:25.48 WR | |||||||||
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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
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 15:28.36 | Gold Coast, Australia | 24 August 2014 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 15:36.53 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2013 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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3 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 15:27.71 | WR, CR |
4 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 15:25.48 | WR, CR |
Results
Heats
The Heats were held at 10:56.[2]
Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | 4 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 15:27.71 | Q, WR |
2 | 2 | 5 | Lotte Friis | ![]() | 15:54.23 | Q |
3 | 3 | 5 | Jessica Ashwood | ![]() | 15:56.52 | Q |
4 | 2 | 8 | Kristel Köbrich | ![]() | 16:01.63 | Q |
5 | 2 | 4 | Lauren Boyle | ![]() | 16:02.84 | Q |
6 | 3 | 3 | Boglárka Kapás | ![]() | 16:06.25 | Q |
7 | 2 | 3 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | ![]() | 16:09.12 | Q |
8 | 3 | 7 | Aurora Ponsele | ![]() | 16:12.01 | Q |
9 | 3 | 2 | Leonie Beck | ![]() | 16:13.73 | |
10 | 2 | 7 | Jessica Thielmann | ![]() | 16:21.21 | |
11 | 2 | 0 | Gaja Natlačen | ![]() | 16:24.83 | |
12 | 2 | 6 | Isabelle Härle | ![]() | 16:25.04 | |
13 | 3 | 6 | Martina Caramignoli | ![]() | 16:27.13 | |
14 | 3 | 0 | Wang Guoyue | ![]() | 16:28.18 | |
15 | 2 | 2 | Tjasa Oder | ![]() | 16:31.22 | |
16 | 2 | 1 | Julia Hassler | ![]() | 16:32.04 | |
17 | 1 | 5 | Valerie Gruest | ![]() | 16:34.81 | |
18 | 3 | 1 | Katy Campbell | ![]() | 16:39.98 | |
19 | 1 | 4 | Monique Olivier | ![]() | 16:43.21 | |
20 | 2 | 9 | Montserrat Ortuño | ![]() | 16:43.64 | |
21 | 3 | 8 | Samantha Arévalo | ![]() | 16:48.52 | |
22 | 3 | 9 | Martina Elhenická | ![]() | 16:50.22 | |
23 | 1 | 3 | Rachel Tseng | ![]() | 17:26.53 | |
24 | 1 | 6 | Lena Rannvaardottir | ![]() | 18:21.09 | |
25 | 1 | 2 | Bo-Anne Bos | ![]() | 18:57.27 |
Final
The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 15:25.48 | WR |
![]() | 2 | Lauren Boyle | ![]() | 15:40.14 | OC |
![]() | 7 | Boglárka Kapás | ![]() | 15:47.09 | NR |
4 | 5 | Lotte Friis | ![]() | 15:49.00 | |
5 | 3 | Jessica Ashwood | ![]() | 15:52.17 | NR |
6 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | ![]() | 16:03.74 | |
7 | 6 | Kristel Köbrich | ![]() | 16:06.55 | |
8 | 8 | Aurora Ponsele | ![]() | 16:09.57 |