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

Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Medallists
Dates	3 August (heats) 4 August (final)
Competitors	25 from 21 nations
Winning time	15:25.48
Medalists
Katie Ledecky    United States   Lauren Boyle    New Zealand   Boglárka Kapás    Hungary
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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[]

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[]

Heats[]

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		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		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		United States	16:39.98
19	1	4	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	16:43.21
20	2	9		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		Faroe Islands	18:21.09
25	1	2		Curaçao	18:57.27

Final[]

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

Ledecky swims to gold and WR

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:25.48	WR
	2	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	15:40.14	OC
	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

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