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
2024 Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics - 2024-07-27 - 3.jpg
Paris La Défense Arena after it was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events
Venue 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
  2020
2028  

The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. [1] Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, each competitor had to swim 30 lengths of the pool.

Defending Olympic champion Katie Ledecky of the USA was the favourite for the event, while Italy's Simona Quadrella, Li Bingjie of China, Anastasiya Kirpichnikova of France, Australian Lani Pallister and the USA's Katie Grimes were also medal contenders. Pallister withdrew from the event in the heats due to testing positive for COVID-19, and Grimes did not qualify for the finals.

In the final, Ledecky led from beginning to end to win the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 15:30.02. Her win made her the first female swimmer to win gold at four Olympics, and gave her the top twenty fastest times ever in the event. Kirpichnikova finished second with 15:40.35 and Germany's Isabel Gose finished third with 15:53.27.

Background

The USA's defending Olympic champion Katie Ledecky held the 19 fastest times ever recorded in the event, which were topped by her 15:20.48 world record set in 2018. [2] She won the event at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and held the fastest Olympic qualifying time of 15:26.27. [2] [3] Italy's Simona Quadrella held the second fastest qualifying time of 15:43.31, and won the event at the 2019 and 2024 World Championships in Ledecky's absence. [2]

Other contenders included Li Bingjie of China, the 2023 World Championships bronze medallist and third fastest qualifier; Anastasiya Kirpichnikova of France, the fourth fastest qualifier; Australian Lani Pallister, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist; and the USA's Katie Grimes, the 2022 World Championships silver medallist. [2]

Both SwimSwam and Swimming World predicted Ledecky would take gold and Quadarella would take silver. [2] [4]

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). [5] 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. [5] [6] 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. [5] In total, 14 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, one athlete qualified through a universality place and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT. [6]

Top 10 fastest qualification times [6]
SwimmerCountryTimeCompetition
Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:26:27 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Simona Quadarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 15:43:31 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 15:45:71 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Flag of France.svg  France 15:48:53 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Lani Pallister Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:49:17 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Isabel Gose Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 15:52:02 2024 German Championships
Katie Grimes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 15:56:27 2023 Pro Swim Series Fort Lauderdale
Moesha Johnson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 15:57:85 2024 Australian Olympic Trials
Beatriz Dizotti Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 16:01:95 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Gao Weizhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 16:05:73 2022 Asian Games

Heats

Three heats took place on 30 July 2024, starting at 11:51. [a] [7] The swimmers with the best eight times in the heats advanced to the final. [8] Ledecky qualified with the fastest time of 15:47.43, and Quadarella qualified with the second fastest time of 15:51.19. Pallister withdrew from the event after testing positive for COVID-19, and Grimes did not swim fast enough to qualify for the final. [9] Singapore's Gan Ching Hwee set a new national record of 16:10.13 but did not qualify. [10] [7]

Results [7]
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

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The final took place at 21:13 on 31 July. [11] Ledecky led from beginning to end to win the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 15:30.02. [12] This was the eighth fastest swim of all time in the event, meaning Ledecky had swum the top 20 performances ever in the event's history. [13]

Kirpichnikova, Germany's Isabel Gose and Quadarella were close to each other for most the race. Kirpichnikova touched first to win the silver medal with a new French record of 15:40.35, while Gose finished with a new German record of 15:41.16 for the bronze. Quadarella finished fourth with 15:44.05. [12] It was Kirpichnikova and Gose's first Olympic medals. [14]

Ledecky's gold brought her to a total of 8 Olympic golds and 12 Olympic medals in her career. She was tied for the most decorated American female Olympic swimmer. [12] Her win also made her the first female swimmer to win gold at four Olympics. [15]

Results [11]
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
Statistics [16]
Name500 metre split1000 metre split1300 metre splitTimeStroke rate (strokes/min)
Katie Ledecky 05:06.7111:19.6913:27.4015:30.0244.9
Anastasiya Kirpichnikova 05:10.5710:25.8113:35.8715:40.3547.6
Isabel Gose 05:11.9710:27.7313:38.0415:41.1644.8
Simona Quadarella 05:11.7510:27.6318:37.8415:44.0548.6

Notes

  1. All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Further reading

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Penland, Spencer (26 July 2024). "2024 Olympic Previews: Ledecky To Continue Unparalleled Dominance In Women's 1500 Free". SwimSwam . Archived from the original on 14 September 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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