Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The women's 1500-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 28 July. The heats[1] took place 27 July, and the final[2] was held on 28 July.

Women's 1500-metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates27 July 2001 (heats)
28 July 2001 (final)
Competitors26
Winning time16 minutes 1.02 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal     Switzerland
bronze medal    United States
2003 →

Records edit

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

World record   Janet Evans (USA) 15:52.10 Orlando, United States 26 March 1988
Championship record New event

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nation Time Record
27 July 2001 Heats Hannah Stockbauer   Germany 16:14.51 CR
28 July 2001 Final Hannah Stockbauer   Germany 16:01.02 CR

Results edit

Heats edit

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Hannah Stockbauer   Germany 16:14.51 Q, CR
2 Diana Munz   United States 16:17.08 Q
3 Amanda Pascoe   Australia 16:21.75 Q
4 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 16:21.80 Q
5 Rebecca Cooke   United Kingdom 16:22.41 Q
6 Flavia Rigamonti   Switzerland 16:27.91 Q
7 Sachiko Yamada   Japan 16:31.60 Q
8 Nayara Ribeiro   Brazil 16:32.18 Q
9 Nathalie Brown   United Kingdom 16:32.29
10 Chen Hua   China 16:34.22
11 Irina Oufimtseva   Russia 16:34.27
12 Jana Pechanová   Czech Republic 16:36.02
13 Peggy Buchse   Germany 16:38.23
14 Hayley Lewis   Australia 16:41.43
15 Hana Netrefová   Czech Republic 16:43.71
16 Chantal Strasser   Switzerland 16:45.60
17 Yumi Kida   Japan 16:46.30
18 Alexandra Malanina   Russia 16:49.52
19 Ivanka Moralieva   Bulgaria 16:55.53
20 Patricia Villareal   Mexico 16:56.10
21 Marianna Lymperta   Greece 16:59.36
22 Fabiana Susini   Italy 17:10.35
23 Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina 17:16.07
24 Lin Chi-Chan   Chinese Taipei 17:23.01
25 Kuan Chia-Hsien   Chinese Taipei 18:03.52
26 Shun Kwan Andrea Chum   Macau 18:49.15

Final edit

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Hannah Stockbauer   Germany 16:01.02 CR
  Flavia Rigamonti   Switzerland 16:05.99
  Diana Munz   United States 16:07.05
4 Amanda Pascoe   Australia 16:16.80
5 Rebecca Cooke   United Kingdom 16:20.15
6 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 16:28.91
7 Sachiko Yamada   Japan 16:34.43
8 Nayara Ribeiro   Brazil 16:40.37

Key: WR = World record

References edit

  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Retrieved 7 August 2023.