Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Medallists | ||||||||||
| Dates |
3 August (heats) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:25.48 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 FINA World Championships Kazan, Russia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diving | |||||
| Individual | |||||
| 1 m | men | women | |||
| 3 m | men | women | |||
| 10 m | men | women | |||
| Synchronised | |||||
| 3 m | men | women | |||
| 10 m | men | women | |||
| Mixed | 3 m | 10 m | |||
| Team | |||||
| High diving | |||||
| Open water swimming | |||||
| 5 km | men | women | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |||
| 25 km | men | women | |||
| Team | team | ||||
| Swimming | |||||
| Freestyle | |||||
| 50 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| 400 m | men | women | |||
| 800 m | men | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | women | |||
| Backstroke | |||||
| 50 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| Breaststroke | |||||
| 50 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| Butterfly | |||||
| 50 m | men | women | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| Individual medley | |||||
| 200 m | men | women | |||
| 400 m | men | women | |||
| Freestyle relay | |||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | |||
| 4×200 m | men | women | |||
| Medley relay | |||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | |||
| Mixed relay | |||||
| 4×100 m | freestyle | medley | |||
| Synchronised swimming | |||||
| Solo | technical | free | |||
| Duet | technical | free | |||
| Team | technical | free | |||
| combination | |||||
| Mixed duet | technical | free | |||
| Water polo | |||||
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) | 15:28.36 | Gold Coast, Australia | 24 August 2014 |
| Championship 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Heats
The Heats were held at 10:56.[2]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 15:27.71 | Q, WR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Lotte Friis |  Denmark | 15:54.23 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Jessica Ashwood |  Australia | 15:56.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile | 16:01.63 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Lauren Boyle |  New Zealand | 16:02.84 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Boglárka Kapás |  Hungary | 16:06.25 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands | 16:09.12 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Aurora Ponsele |  Italy | 16:12.01 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Leonie Beck |  Germany | 16:13.73 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Jessica Thielmann |  Great Britain | 16:21.21 | |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Gaja Natlačen |  Slovenia | 16:24.83 | |
| 12 | 2 | 6 | Isabelle Härle | Germany | 16:25.04 | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Martina Caramignoli | Italy | 16:27.13 | |
| 14 | 3 | 0 | Wang Guoyue |  China | 16:28.18 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Tjasa Oder | Slovenia | 16:31.22 | |
| 16 | 2 | 1 | Julia Hassler |  Liechtenstein | 16:32.04 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Valerie Gruest |  Guatemala | 16:34.81 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Katy Campbell | United States | 16:39.98 | |
| 19 | 1 | 4 | Monique Olivier |  Luxembourg | 16:43.21 | |
| 20 | 2 | 9 | Montserrat Ortuño |  Mexico | 16:43.64 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Samantha Arévalo |  Ecuador | 16:48.52 | |
| 22 | 3 | 9 | Martina Elhenická |  Czech Republic | 16:50.22 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Rachel Tseng |  Singapore | 17:26.53 | |
| 24 | 1 | 6 | Lena Rannvaardottir |  Faroe Islands | 18:21.09 | |
| 25 | 1 | 2 | Bo-Anne Bos |  Curaçao | 18:57.27 |
Final
The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.[3]
Ledecky swims to gold and WR
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
References
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