2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates:August 24, 2014 (heats &<br>finals)
Competitors:8
Win Value:15:28.36
Gold:Katie Ledecky
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Lauren Boyle
Silvernoc:NZL
Bronze:Brittany MacLean
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:2010
Next:2018

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Melissa Gorman of Australia.[2]

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.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record15:34.23Shenandoah, United StatesJune 19, 2014
Pan Pacific Championships record15:55.01Victoria, CanadaAugust 17, 2006

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

The first and final round were held on August 24, at 19:31.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
15:28.36 WR
15:55.69
15:57.15
4 16:04.48
5 16:30.74
6 16:34.09
7 16:39.26
8 16:44.88

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . August 23, 2014 . October 9, 2014 . October 16, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016123551/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F032.htm . dead .
  2. Web site: Results of the 800-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific . OmegaTiming . August 20, 2010 . October 9, 2014.