The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Melissa Gorman of Australia.[2]
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Gold Coast Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Dates | August 24, 2014 (heats & finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 8 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:28.36 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA)
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15:34.23 | Shenandoah, United States | June 19, 2014 |
| Pan Pacific Championships record | Kate Ziegler (USA)
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15:55.01 | Victoria, Canada | August 17, 2006 |
Results edit
All times are in minutes and seconds.
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The first and final round were held on August 24, at 19:31.[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:28.36 | WR |
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Lauren Boyle |  New Zealand |
15:55.69 | |
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Brittany MacLean |  Canada |
15:57.15 | |
| 4 | Cierra Runge | United States |
16:04.48 | |
| 5 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
16:30.74 | |
| 6 | Chihi Igarashi |  Japan |
16:34.09 | |
| 7 | Miho Takahashi | Japan |
16:39.26 | |
| 8 | Emma Robinson | New Zealand |
16:44.88 |
References edit
- ^ a b "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
- ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2014.