Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle


The Women's 1500 Freestyle event at the 2011 FINA World Championships was held on July 25 and 26, 2011 in Shanghai, China. Preliminary heats were swum July 25, with the top-8 swimmers advancing to swim again in the final on July 26.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordKate Ziegler15:42.54Mission ViejoJune 17, 2007
Championship recordAlessia Filippi15:44.93RomeJuly 28, 2009

Results

Heats

26 swimmer participated in 4 heats.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Lotte Friis16:00.47Q
237Shao Yiwen16:01.72Q
345Kate Ziegler16:02.53Q
436Kristel Köbrich16:03.50Q
547Wendy Trott16:05.63Q, AF, NR
643Li Xuanxu16:05.82Q
734Melissa Gorman16:07.39Q
835Erika Villaécija García16:12.45Q
946Chloe Sutton16:13.20
1024Gráinne Murphy16:14.81
1133Éva Risztov16:22.60
1225Keri-Anne Payne16:23.11
1332Martina Rita Caramignoli16:23.75
1442Andreina Pinto16:23.96
1523Jessica Ashwood16:25.85
1648Patricia Castañeda16:26.36NR
1726Camelia Potec16:29.79
1828Julia Hassler16:34.74NR
1922Marianna Lymperta16:35.16
2031Savannah King16:35.67
2127Nina Dittrich16:37.15
2221Charetzeni Escobar16:40.09
2314Han Na-Kyeong17:06.37
2438Maja Cesar17:22.42
2515Yesim Giresunlu17:23.60
2613Simona Marinova17:44.99
–41Cecilia BiagioliDNS

Final

The final was held at 18:35.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Lotte Friis15:49.59
3Kate Ziegler15:55.60
7Li Xuanxu15:58.02AS, NR
46Kristel Köbrich16:05.11
51Melissa Gorman16:05.98
62Wendy Trott16:06.02
78Erika Villaécija García16:09.71
85Shao Yiwen16:12.01