Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

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Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Aquatics Centre.
Paris La Défense Arena
Dates30 July 2024 (heats)
31 July 2024 (final)
Competitors17 from 12 nations
Winning time15:30.02 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Isabel Gose Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at the Paris La Défense Arena. [1] This was the event's second consecutive appearance, first appearing in 2020.

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)15:20.48 Indianapolis, United States 16 May 2018 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)15:35.35 Tokyo, Japan 26 July 2021

The following record was established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityTimeRecord
31 JulyFinal Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:30.02 OR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). [3] For this event, the OQT was 16:09.09. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT. [3] [4] Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 16:13.94 for this event. [3] In total, 14 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, one athlete qualified through a universality place and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT. [4]

Australia

Lani Pallister and Moesha Johnson qualified to represent Australia during the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials. Pallister won the final with a time of 15:53.79, and Johnson with a 15:57.85. [5] Both swimmers will make their debut in the event.

Brazil

Beatriz Dizotti qualified to represent Brazil during the 2024 Brazilian Swimming Championships. Dizotti won the competition with a time of 16:14.02, which would not have met the OCT, however, she swam a time of 16:01.95 at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. [6] This will be her second consecutive appearance in the event.

Germany

Isabel Gose and Leonie Märtens qualified to represent Germany during the 2024 German Swimming Championships. Gose won the competition with a time of 15:52.02, and Märtens qualified as the second-highest German swimmer, finishing in third with a 16:12.48. [7]

New Zealand

Eve Thomas qualified as the representative for New Zealand for a second consecutive time following her win at the 2024 New Zealand Swimming Championships. She qualified with a time of 16:07.46, finishing over 20 seconds ahead of Deans Caitlin in second place. [8] [9] She was officially named on the squad on 30 April 2024. [10]

Singapore

Gan Ching Hwee was invited to the Olympics by the Singapore National Olympic Council following her time of 16:10.61 in early June. The time was enough to meet the OCT, and broke the Singaporean records. [11]

United States

Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes qualified to represent the United States during the 2024 United States Olympic trials. Ledecky won the final with a time of 15:37.35, followed by Grimes in second with a 15:57.77. [12] Ledecky will make her second consecutive appearance in the event, while Grimes will make her debut.

Other athletes

OQT

Other athletes that have qualified through the OQT are: Gao Weizhong and Li Bingjie of China, Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France, Vivien Jackl of Hungary, and Simona Quadarella and Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy.

OCT

One other athlete has qualified through the OCT: Kristel Köbrich of Chile. [13]

Universality Places

Sasha Gatt was selected by Malta for a universality place on 5 July 2024. [14]

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) [15]

DateTimeRound
30 July11:51Heats
31 July21:13Final

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 30 July. The top 8 fastest swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.

Results [16]
RankHeatLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
134 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:47.43Q
222 Simona Quadarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:51.19Q
325 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Flag of France.svg  France 15:52.46Q
423 Isabel Gose Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:53.27Q
526 Moesha Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16:04.02Q
635 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16:05.26Q
732 Beatriz Dizotti Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16:05.40Q
831 Leonie Märtens Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16:08.69Q
915 Gan Ching Hwee Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 16:10.13 NR
1036 Katie Grimes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 16:12.11
1121 Ginevra Taddeucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 16:12.45
1227 Eve Thomas Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 16:13.74
1322 Gao Weizhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16:27.11
1414 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 16:27.18
1537 Vivien Jackl Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16:31.25
1613 Sasha Gatt Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 17:00.54
33 Lani Pallister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS

Final

Results [17]
RankLaneNameNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:30.02 OR
Silver medal icon.svg3 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Flag of France.svg  France 15:40.35 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Isabel Gose Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:41.16 NR
45 Simona Quadarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:44.05
57 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16:01.03
62 Moesha Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 16:02.70
71 Beatriz Dizotti Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16:02.86
88 Leonie Märtens Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 16:12.57

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