The Women's 1500 Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on the morning of March 26 (prelims) and the evening of March 27 (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
The existing records when the event started were:
- World Record (WR): 15:52.10, Janet Evans (USA), March 26, 1998, in Orlando, FL, USA.
- Championship Record (CR): 16:00.18, Hannah Stockbauer (Germany), Barcelona 2003 (Jul.22.2003)
Results edit
Finals edit
| Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kate Ziegler |  USA |
15:53.05 | CR |
| 2nd | Flavia Rigamonti |  Switzerland |
15:55.38 | ER |
| 3rd | Ai Shibata |  Japan |
15:58.55 | AS |
| 4th | Erika Villaécija García |  Spain |
16:05.83 | |
| 5th | Hayley Peirsol | USA |
16:12.84 | |
| 6th | Lotte Friis |  Denmark |
16:20.82 | |
| 7th | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
16:27.13 | |
| 8th | Laure Manaudou |  France |
16:42.17 |
Preliminaries edit
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hayley Peirsol | USA |
16:02.82 | Q |
| 2 | Ai Shibata | Japan |
16:05.92 | Q |
| 3 | Kate Ziegler | USA |
16:07.71 | Q |
| 4 | Lotte Friis | Denmark |
16:09.39 | Q |
| 5 | Erika Villaécija García | Spain |
16:09.40 | Q |
| 6 | Laure Manaudou | France |
16:12.16 | Q |
| 7 | Flavia Rigamonti | Switzerland |
16:19.33 | Q |
| 8 | Kristel Köbrich | Chile |
16:22.18 | Q |
| 9 | Tan Miao |  China |
16:24.02 | |
| 10 | Rebecca Cooke |  Great Britain |
16:26.83 | |
| 11 | Tanya Hunks |  Canada |
16:26.95 | |
| 12 | Brittany Reimer | Canada |
16:30.43 | |
| 13 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan |
16:36.92 | |
| 14 | Yu Rui | China |
16:41.81 | |
| 15 | Evelyn Verrasztó |  Hungary |
16:46.97 | |
| 16 | Monika Mocnik |  Slovenia |
17:02.99 | |
| 17 | Golda Marcus |  El Salvador |
17:17.04 | |
| 18 | Carmen Nam |  Hong Kong |
17:17.68 | |
| 19 | Ting Wen Quah |  Singapore |
17:26.12 | |
| 20 | Lynette Lim | Singapore |
17:28.28 | |
| 21 | Shrone Austin |  Seychelles |
17:48.07 | |
| 22 | Marja Alejandra Torres |  Peru |
18:11.27 | |
| 23 | Fiorella Gomez-Sanchez | Peru |
18:13.98 | |
| 24 | Noufissa Chbihi |  Morocco |
19:23.12 | |
References edit
- Women's 1500m Freestyle Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.
- Women's 1500m Freestyle Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.