Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Women's 1500 metre freestyle; at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates	26 July 2021 (heats); 28 July 2021 (final)
Competitors	33 from 22 nations
Winning time	15:37.34
Medalists
	2024 →

Last updated April 21, 2024

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:20.48	Indianapolis, United States	16 May 2018	^[2]
Olympic record	Inaugural event	—	—	—	—

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Record
26 July	Heat 5	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:35.35	OR

Qualification

The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 16:32.04. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 17:01.80. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.^[3]

Competition format

The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.^[4]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)^[1]

Date	Time	Round
26 July	20:32	Heats
28 July	11:54	Final

Results

Heats

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:35.35	Q, OR
2	5	5	Wang Jianjiahe	China	15:41.49	Q, AS
3	4	3	Erica Sullivan	United States	15:46.67	Q
4	4	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:47.34	Q
5	4	6	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	ROC	15:50.22	Q, NR
6	5	3	Sarah Köhler	Germany	15:52.67	Q
7	4	5	Maddy Gough	Australia	15:56.81	Q
8	5	7	Kiah Melverton	Australia	15:58.96	Q
9	5	2	Ajna Késely	Hungary	15:59.80
10	4	7	Li Bingjie	China	15:59.92
11	4	1	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	16:00.51
12	3	6	Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	Hungary	16:02.26
13	4	2	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	16:02.43
14	5	8	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	16:09.09
15	5	1	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	16:11.68
16	3	5	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	16:12.55	NR
17	3	1	Deniz Ertan	Turkey	16:13.22
18	4	8	Jimena Pérez	Spain	16:15.99
19	2	4	Marlene Kahler	Austria	16:20.05	NR
20	3	3	Viviane Jungblut	Brazil	16:21.29
21	1	4	Katrina Bellio	Canada	16:24.37
22	3	7	Tamila Holub	Portugal	16:25.16
23	3	2	Diana Durães	Portugal	16:29.15
24	2	5	Beatriz Dizotti	Brazil	16:29.37
25	2	6	Helena Rosendahl Bach	Denmark	16:29.56
26	2	3	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	16:29.66
27	3	4	Celine Rieder	Germany	16:32.57
28	2	2	Han Da-kyung	South Korea	16:33.59
29	5	6	Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina	16:33.69
30	3	8	Katja Fain	Slovenia	16:35.92
31	2	7	Hayley McIntosh	New Zealand	16:44.43
32	1	5	Arianna Valloni	San Marino	16:54.64
33	1	3	Sasha Gatt	Malta	16:57.47

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:37.34
	3	Erica Sullivan	United States	15:41.41
	7	Sarah Köhler	Germany	15:42.91	NR
4	5	Wang Jianjiahe	China	15:46.37
5	6	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:53.97
6	8	Kiah Melverton	Australia	16:00.36
7	2	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	ROC	16:00.38
8	1	Maddy Gough	Australia	16:05.81

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References

1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020.
↑ Ross, Andy (16 May 2018). "Katie Ledecky Smashes 1500 Free World Record on First Night of TYR Indianapolis Pro Swim Series". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 1 February 2020.
↑ "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020 . FINA . Retrieved 29 January 2020.
↑ "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
↑ "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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[schedule-1] 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Swimming Schedule". Tokyo 2020 . Retrieved 30 January 2020.

[2] Ross, Andy (16 May 2018). "Katie Ledecky Smashes 1500 Free World Record on First Night of TYR Indianapolis Pro Swim Series". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[3] "Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (pdf). Tokyo 2020 . FINA . Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[FINARules-4] "FINA Swimming Rulebook, 2017–21" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[5] "Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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