Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates24 July (heats)
25 July (final)
Competitors31 from 23 nations
Winning time15:26.27
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Italy
bronze medal    China
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record   Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:20.48 Indianapolis, United States 16 May 2018
Competition record   Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:25.48 Kazan, Russia 4 August 2015

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were started on 24 July at 11:55.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Katie Ledecky   United States 15:41.22 Q
2 4 3 Simona Quadarella   Italy 15:55.05 Q
3 4 5 Lani Pallister   Australia 15:58.11 Q
4 3 5 Li Bingjie   China 15:58.81 Q
5 3 2 Isabel Gose   Germany 15:59.67 Q
6 4 6 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova   France 16:00.40 Q
7 3 4 Katie Grimes   United States 16:01.47 Q
8 4 7 Beatriz Dizotti   Brazil 16:01.95 Q, NR
9 3 3 Moesha Johnson   Australia 16:05.01
10 4 1 Kristel Köbrich   Chile 16:11.25
11 3 6 Gao Weizhong   China 16:12.94
12 3 9 Emma Finlin   Canada 16:15.77
13 4 0 Yukimi Moriyama   Japan 16:18.66
14 2 1 Gan Ching Hwee   Singapore 16:20.88 NR
15 4 9 Ángela Martínez   Spain 16:24.38
16 2 4 Caitlin Deans   New Zealand 16:24.56
17 3 1 Eve Thomas   New Zealand 16:24.88
18 2 5 Alisee Pisane   Belgium 16:25.15
19 4 2 Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas   Hungary 16:25.16
20 3 0 Tamila Holub   Portugal 16:30.39
21 3 7 Viviane Jungblut   Brazil 16:30.99
22 2 6 Nora Fluck   Hungary 16:34.63
23 3 8 Paula Otero   Spain 16:38.73
24 4 8 Merve Tuncel   Turkey 16:39.30
25 2 2 Imani de Jong   Netherlands 16:51.22
26 2 7 Han Da-kyung   South Korea 17:01.57
27 1 4 María Bramont-Arias   Peru 17:04.19
28 2 3 Diana Durães   Portugal 17:05.18
29 1 5 Diana Taszhanova   Kazakhstan 17:09.98 NR
30 2 8 Võ Thị Mỹ Thiện   Vietnam 17:25.13
31 1 3 Malak Meqdar   Morocco 17:46.69

Final edit

The final was held on 25 July at 20:10.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Katie Ledecky   United States 15:26.27
  5 Simona Quadarella   Italy 15:43.31
  6 Li Bingjie   China 15:45.71
4 7 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova   France 15:48.53 NR
5 3 Lani Pallister   Australia 15:49.17
6 2 Isabel Gose   Germany 15:54.58
7 8 Beatriz Dizotti   Brazil 16:03.70
8 1 Katie Grimes   United States 16:04.21

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 23 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 25 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2023.