Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

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Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 1500m freestyle W.JPG
Medallists
Dates3 August (heats)
4 August (final)
Competitors25 from 21 nations
Winning time15:25.48 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Katie Ledecky  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Lauren Boyle  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Boglárka Kapás  Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
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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]

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Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)15:28.36 Gold Coast, Australia 24 August 2014
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)15:36.53 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 2013

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
3 AugustHeats Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:27.71 WR
4 AugustFinal Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:25.48 WR

Results

Heats

The Heats were held at 10:56. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:27.71Q, WR
225 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:54.23Q
335 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15:56.52Q, NR
428 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16:01.63Q
524 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16:02.84Q
633 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16:06.25Q
723 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16:09.12Q
837 Aurora Ponsele Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16:12.01Q
932 Leonie Beck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16:13.73
1027 Jessica Thielmann Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 16:21.21
1120 Gaja Natlačen Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 16:24.83
1226 Isabelle Härle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16:25.04
1336 Martina Caramignoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16:27.13
1430 Wang Guoyue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16:28.18
1522 Tjasa Oder Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 16:31.22
1621 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 16:32.04
1715 Valerie Gruest Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 16:34.81
1831 Katy Campbell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:39.98
1914 Monique Olivier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 16:43.21
2029 Montserrat Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 16:43.64
2138 Samantha Arévalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 16:48.52
2239 Martina Elhenická Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 16:50.22
2313 Rachel Tseng Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 17:26.53
2416 Lena Rannvaardottir Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 18:21.09
2512 Bo-Anne Bos Flag of Curacao.svg  Curaçao 18:57.27

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:05. [3]

Ledecky swims to gold and WR Kazan 2015 - Katie Ledecky swims to 1500m gold.JPG
Ledecky swims to gold and WR
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:25.48 WR
Silver medal icon.svg2 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15:40.14 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 15:47.09 NR
45 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 15:49.00
53 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15:52.17 NR
61 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16:03.74
76 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16:06.55
88 Aurora Ponsele Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16:09.57

References

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