Swimming at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Women's 1500 metre freestyle ; at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Danube Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	24 July (heats); 25 July (final)
Competitors	22 from 18 nations
Winning time	15:31.82
Medalists
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The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2017.^[1]^[2]

Records[]

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

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:25.48	Kazan, Russia	4 August 2015
Competition record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:25.48	Kazan, Russia	4 August 2015

The heats were held on 24 July at 10:48.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:47.54	Q
2	3	5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	16:05.37	Q
3	2	6	Hou Yawen	China	16:05.87	Q
4	2	5	Simona Quadarella	Italy	16:07.08	Q
5	2	4	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	16:09.60	Q
6	3	6	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	16:17.28	Q
7	3	1	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	16:19.16	Q, NR
8	2	3	Ajna Késely	Hungary	16:20.98	Q
9	3	2	Jimena Pérez	Spain	16:21.45
10	3	7	Tamila Holub	Portugal	16:24.05
11	3	8	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	16:25.78
12	2	7	Celine Rieder	Germany	16:25.99
13	2	1	Gaja Natlačen	Slovenia	16:32.45
14	2	8	Olivia Anderson	Canada	16:34.50
15	3	3	Tjaša Oder	Slovenia	16:34.86
16	2	2	Chen Yejie	China	16:53.74
17	2	0	María Bramont-Arias	Peru	17:01.85
18	3	0	Martina Elhenická	Czech Republic	17:04.63
19	1	3	Alicia Mancilla	Guatemala	17:15.04
20	1	5	Ho Nam Wai	Hong Kong	17:17.64
21	1	4	Samantha Randle	South Africa	17:22.42
22	3	9	Souad Cherouati	Algeria	17:25.00

The final was held on 25 July at 17:40.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:31.82
	5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	15:50.89	NR
	6	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:53.86
4	2	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	16:06.27
5	3	Hou Yawen	China	16:08.10
6	7	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	16:13.46
7	1	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	16:14.86	NR
8	8	Ajna Késely	Hungary	16:22.87