| Event: | Women's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships |
| Venue: | William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center |
| Dates: | August 21, 2010 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Win Value: | 16:01.53 |
| Gold: | Melissa Gorman |
| Goldnoc: | AUS |
| Silver: | Kate Ziegler |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Kristel Kobrich |
| Bronzenoc: | CHI |
| Prev: | 2006 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center.[1] [2] The last champion was Kate Ziegler of US.[3] [4]
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.[5] [6]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 15:42.54 | Mission Viejo, United States | June 17, 2007 | ||
| Pan Pacific Championships record | 15:55.01 | Victoria, Canada | August 17, 2006 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on August 21, at 11:19, and the final was held on August 21, at 20:09.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 5 | Melissa Gorman | 16:01.53 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | Kate Ziegler | 16:03.26 | ||||
| 2 | 4 | Kristel Kobrich | 16:06.57 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Haley Anderson | 16:18.10 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Maiko Fujino | 16:19.15 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Chika Yonenaga | 16:24.71 | |||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Yumi Kida | 16:35.47 | |||
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Yurie Yano | 16:41.22 | |||
| 9 | 2 | 1 | Danielle Defrancesco | 16:47.33 | |||
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Savannah King | 16:48.49 |