2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue:	Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates:	12 August (timed finals)
Competitors:	18
Nations:	8
Win Value:	15:38.97
Gold:	Katie Ledecky
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Kiah Melverton
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Leah Smith
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.^[1] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.^[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.^[3]

Records

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

World record		15:20.48	Indianapolis, United States	16 May 2018
Pan Pacific Championships record		15:28.36	Gold Coast, Australia	24 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.^[4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.^[3]

Total ranking

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			15:38.97
2	3			16:00.08
3	2			16:00.82
4	3			16:03.26
5	2			16:04.26
6	2			16:04.62
7	3			16:07.49
8	3			16:14.22
9	2			16:16.07
10	2			16:17.29
11	3			16:18.55
12	3			16:20.46
13	2			16:33.16
14	2			17:06.99
15	1			17:32.25
16	1			20:06.36
17	1			20:54.89
	2

Award ranking

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			15:38.97
			16:00.08
			16:00.82
4			16:03.26
5			16:14.22
6			16:18.55
7			16:20.46
8			16:33.16

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule Pan Pacs 2018 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 13 August 2018.
2. Web site: Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 13 August 2018.
3. Web site: Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2 . Pan Pacs 2018 . 12 April 2018 . 13 August 2018.
4. Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 1500m Freestyle Timed-Finals . Seiko.co.jp . 12 August 2018 . 13 August 2018.