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.
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | July 25, 2011 (heats) July 26, 2011 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:49.59 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Kate Ziegler |  United States |
15:42.54 | Mission Viejo | June 17, 2007 |
| Championship record | Alessia Filippi |  Italy |
15:44.93 | Rome | July 28, 2009 |
Results edit
Heats edit
26 swimmer participated in 4 heats.[1]
Final edit
The final was held at 18:35.[2]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
4 | Lotte Friis |  Denmark |
15:49.59 | |
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3 | Kate Ziegler |  United States |
15:55.60 | |
 |
7 | Li Xuanxu |  China |
15:58.02 | AS |
| 4 | 6 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
16:05.11 | |
| 5 | 1 | Melissa Gorman |  Australia |
16:05.98 | |
| 6 | 2 | Wendy Trott |  South Africa |
16:06.02 | |
| 7 | 8 | Erika Villaécija García |  Spain |
16:09.71 | |
| 8 | 5 | Shao Yiwen | China |
16:12.01 |
References edit
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-26.[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 1500 metre freestyle start list[permanent dead link], from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.