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]
Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 3 August (heats) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 21 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 15:25.48 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
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 |
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Competition 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 |
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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 edit
Heats edit
The Heats were held at 10:56.[2]
Final edit
The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 15:25.48 | WR | |
2 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 15:40.14 | OC | |
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 |