Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle


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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following new records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
3 AugustHeatsKatie Ledecky15:27.71, CR
4 AugustFinalKatie Ledecky15:25.48, CR

Results

Heats

The Heats were held at 10:56.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Katie Ledecky15:27.71Q,
225Lotte Friis15:54.23Q
335Jessica Ashwood15:56.52Q
428Kristel Köbrich16:01.63Q
524Lauren Boyle16:02.84Q
633Boglárka Kapás16:06.25Q
72316:09.12Q
837Aurora Ponsele16:12.01Q
932Leonie Beck16:13.73
1027Jessica Thielmann16:21.21
1120Gaja Natlačen16:24.83
1226Isabelle Härle16:25.04
1336Martina Caramignoli16:27.13
1430Wang Guoyue16:28.18
1522Tjasa Oder16:31.22
1621Julia Hassler16:32.04
1715Valerie Gruest16:34.81
1831Katy Campbell16:39.98
1914Monique Olivier16:43.21
2029Montserrat Ortuño16:43.64
2138Samantha Arévalo16:48.52
2239Martina Elhenická16:50.22
2313Rachel Tseng17:26.53
2416Lena Rannvaardottir18:21.09
2512Bo-Anne Bos18:57.27

Final

The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Katie Ledecky15:25.48
2Lauren Boyle15:40.14OC
7Boglárka Kapás15:47.09NR
45Lotte Friis15:49.00
53Jessica Ashwood15:52.17NR
61Sharon van Rouwendaal16:03.74
76Kristel Köbrich16:06.55
88Aurora Ponsele16:09.57