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 WR
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    New Zealand
bronze medal    Hungary

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)15:28.36Gold 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Katie Ledecky United States15:25.48WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)2Lauren Boyle New Zealand15:40.14OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)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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