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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
Medallists
Dates3 August (heats)
4 August (final)
Competitors25 from 21 nations
Winning time15:25.48 WR
Medalists
gold medal Katie Ledecky   United States
silver medal Lauren Boyle   New Zealand
bronze medal Boglárka Kapás   Hungary
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Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 mmixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
3 mmixed
10 mmenwomen
10 mmixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Team
5 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×100 mmixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×100 mmixed
Synchronised swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Technicalmixed
Freewomen
Freemixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen

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]

Records

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

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:28.36 Gold Coast, Australia 24 August 2014
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:36.53 Barcelona, Spain 30 July 2013

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
3 August Heats Katie Ledecky  United States 15:27.71 WR, CR
4 August Final Katie Ledecky  United States 15:25.48 WR, CR

Results

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Heats

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 15:27.71 Q, WR
2 2 5 Lotte Friis  Denmark 15:54.23 Q
3 3 5 Jessica Ashwood  Australia 15:56.52 Q
4 2 8 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 16:01.63 Q
5 2 4 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 16:02.84 Q
6 3 3 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 16:06.25 Q
7 2 3 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 16:09.12 Q
8 3 7 Aurora Ponsele  Italy 16:12.01 Q
9 3 2 Leonie Beck  Germany 16:13.73
10 2 7 Jessica Thielmann  Great Britain 16:21.21
11 2 0 Gaja Natlačen  Slovenia 16:24.83
12 2 6 Isabelle Härle  Germany 16:25.04
13 3 6 Martina Caramignoli  Italy 16:27.13
14 3 0 Wang Guoyue  China 16:28.18
15 2 2 Tjasa Oder  Slovenia 16:31.22
16 2 1 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 16:32.04
17 1 5 Valerie Gruest  Guatemala 16:34.81
18 3 1 Katy Campbell  United States 16:39.98
19 1 4 Monique Olivier  Luxembourg 16:43.21
20 2 9 Montserrat Ortuño  Mexico 16:43.64
21 3 8 Samantha Arévalo  Ecuador 16:48.52
22 3 9 Martina Elhenická  Czech Republic 16:50.22
23 1 3 Rachel Tseng  Singapore 17:26.53
24 1 6 Lena Rannvaardottir  Faroe Islands 18:21.09
25 1 2 Bo-Anne Bos  Curaçao 18:57.27

Final

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

Ledecky swims to gold and WR
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 15:25.48 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 15:40.14 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 15:47.09 NR
4 5 Lotte Friis  Denmark 15:49.00
5 3 Jessica Ashwood  Australia 15:52.17 NR
6 1 Sharon van Rouwendaal  Netherlands 16:03.74
7 6 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 16:06.55
8 8 Aurora Ponsele  Italy 16:09.57

References

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  1. ^ Start list
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ Final results
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