Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Dates	20 May 2021 (heats) 21 May 2021 (final)
Competitors	23 from 13 nations
Winning time	15:53.59
Medalists
Simona Quadarella    Italy   Anastasiya Kirpichnikova    Russia   Martina Caramignoli    Italy
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The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:20.48	Indianapolis	16 May 2018
European record	Lotte Friis	Denmark	15:38.88	Barcelona	30 July 2013
Championship record	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	15:50.22	London	21 May 2016

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 20 May at 11:29. ^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	16:05.60	Q
2	3	7	Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	Hungary	16:14.12	Q
3	3	2	Tamila Holub	Portugal	16:15.50	Q
4	3	6	María de Valdés	Spain	16:16.21	Q
5	2	4	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Russia	16:19.06	Q
6	3	5	Ajna Késely	Hungary	16:20.25	Q
7	2	5	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	16:20.31	Q
8	3	3	Jimena Pérez	Spain	16:22.37	Q
9	2	6	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	16:24.50
10	2	2	Katja Fain	Slovenia	16:28.66
11	2	3	Diana Durães	Portugal	16:31.97
12	1	4	Lia Csulák	Hungary	16:44.64
13	2	7	Marlene Kahler	Austria	16:44.69
14	2	0	Marina Heller Hansen	Denmark	16:46.96
15	3	8	Anna Olasz	Hungary	16:48.87
16	2	1	Paulina Piechota	Poland	16:49.86
17	3	0	Daša Tušek	Slovenia	16:52.66
18	2	9	Matea Sumajstorčić	Croatia	16:54.19
19	1	5	Klara Bošnjak	Croatia	16:54.20
20	3	9	Arianna Valloni	San Marino	16:55.60
21	1	6	Johanna Enkner	Austria	17:03.31
22	1	3	Sasha Gatt	Malta	17:10.43
23	1	2	Nika Špehar	Croatia	17:18.67
	2	8	Malene Rypestøl	Norway	Did not start
	3	1	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark

Final

The final was held on 21 May at 18:00. ^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:53.59
	2	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Russia	16:01.06
	1	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	16:05.81
4	7	Ajna Késely	Hungary	16:10.50
5	6	María de Valdés	Spain	16:14.77
6	5	Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	Hungary	16:17.27
7	8	Jimena Pérez	Spain	16:19.11
8	3	Tamila Holub	Portugal	16:32.20

References

1. Schedule
2. Start list
3. Heats results
4. Final results