| Event: | Women's 1500-metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2001 FINA World Championships |
| Dates: | 27 July 2001 (heats) 28 July 2001 (final) |
| Competitors: | 26 |
| Win Value: | 16 minutes 1.02 seconds |
| Gold: | Hannah Stockbauer |
| Goldnoc: | GER |
| Silver: | Flavia Rigamonti |
| Silvernoc: | SUI |
| Bronze: | Diana Munz |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Next: | 2003 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships.
The women's 1500-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 28 July. The heats[1] took place 27 July, and the final[2] was held on 28 July.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:
| World record | 15:52.10 | Orlando, United States | align=right | 26 March 1988 | ||
| Championship record | New event | |||||
The following record was established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2001 | Heats | 16:14.51 | CR | |||
| 28 July 2001 | Final | 16:01.02 | CR |
| Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16:14.51 | Q, CR | |||
| 2 | 16:17.08 | Q | |||
| 3 | 16:21.75 | Q | |||
| 4 | 16:21.80 | Q | |||
| 5 | 16:22.41 | Q | |||
| 6 | 16:27.91 | Q | |||
| 7 | 16:31.60 | Q | |||
| 8 | 16:32.18 | Q | |||
| 9 | 16:32.29 | ||||
| 10 | 16:34.22 | ||||
| 11 | 16:34.27 | ||||
| 12 | 16:36.02 | ||||
| 13 | 16:38.23 | ||||
| 14 | 16:41.43 | ||||
| 15 | 16:43.71 | ||||
| 16 | 16:45.60 | ||||
| 17 | 16:46.30 | ||||
| 18 | 16:49.52 | ||||
| 19 | 16:55.53 | ||||
| 20 | 16:56.10 | ||||
| 21 | 16:59.36 | ||||
| 22 | 17:10.35 | ||||
| 23 | 17:16.07 | ||||
| 24 | 17:23.01 | ||||
| 25 | 18:03.52 | ||||
| 26 | 18:49.15 |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:01.02 | CR | ||||
| 16:05.99 | |||||
| 16:07.05 | |||||
| 4 | 16:16.80 | ||||
| 5 | 16:20.15 | ||||
| 6 | 16:28.91 | ||||
| 7 | 16:34.43 | ||||
| 8 | 16:40.37 |
Key: WR = World record