Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

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]

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Medallists
Dates3 August (heats)
4 August (final)
Competitors25 from 21 nations
Winning time15:25.48
Medalists
    United States
    New Zealand
    Hungary

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA)15:28.36Gold Coast, Australia24 August 2014
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA)15:36.53Barcelona, Spain30 July 2013

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
3 AugustHeatsKatie Ledecky United States15:27.71WR, CR
4 AugustFinalKatie Ledecky United States15:25.48WR, CR

Results

Heats

The Heats were held at 10:56.[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Katie Ledecky United States15:27.71Q, WR
225Lotte Friis Denmark15:54.23Q
335Jessica Ashwood Australia15:56.52Q
428Kristel Köbrich Chile16:01.63Q
524Lauren Boyle New Zealand16:02.84Q
633Boglárka Kapás Hungary16:06.25Q
723Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands16:09.12Q
837Aurora Ponsele Italy16:12.01Q
932Leonie Beck Germany16:13.73
1027Jessica Thielmann Great Britain16:21.21
1120Gaja Natlačen Slovenia16:24.83
1226Isabelle Härle Germany16:25.04
1336Martina Caramignoli Italy16:27.13
1430Wang Guoyue China16:28.18
1522Tjasa Oder Slovenia16:31.22
1621Julia Hassler Liechtenstein16:32.04
1715Valerie Gruest Guatemala16:34.81
1831Katy Campbell United States16:39.98
1914Monique Olivier Luxembourg16:43.21
2029Montserrat Ortuño Mexico16:43.64
2138Samantha Arévalo Ecuador16:48.52
2239Martina Elhenická Czech Republic16:50.22
2313Rachel Tseng Singapore17:26.53
2416Lena Rannvaardottir Faroe Islands18:21.09
2512Bo-Anne Bos Curaçao18:57.27

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.[3]

Ledecky swims to gold and WR
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Katie Ledecky United States15:25.48WR
2Lauren Boyle New Zealand15:40.14OC
7Boglárka Kapás Hungary15:47.09NR
45Lotte Friis Denmark15:49.00
53Jessica Ashwood Australia15:52.17NR
61Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands16:03.74
76Kristel Köbrich Chile16:06.55
88Aurora Ponsele Italy16:09.57

References

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