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

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

Medallists
Dates 3 August (heats)
4 August (final)
Competitors 25 from 21 nations
Winning time 15:25.48
Medalists
    United States
    New Zealand
    Hungary
2015 FINA
World Championships

Kazan, Russia
Diving
Individual
1 m men women
3 m men women
10 m men women
Synchronised
3 m men women
10 m men women
Mixed 3 m 10 m
Team
High diving
Open water swimming
5 km men women
10 km men women
25 km men women
Team team
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
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women
Mixed relay
4×100 m freestyle medley
Synchronised swimming
Solo technical free
Duet technical free
Team technical free
combination
Mixed duet technical free
Water polo

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  Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:28.36 Gold Coast, Australia 24 August 2014
Championship 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

Heats

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

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

Ledecky swims to gold and WR
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 15:25.48WR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 2 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 15:40.14 OC
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 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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