Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

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The Women's 1500 Freestyle at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships took place on the morning of March 26 (prelims) and the evening of March 27 (finals) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia.

The existing records when the event started were:

• World Record (WR)

15:52.10, Janet Evans (USA), March 26, 1998, in Orlando, FL, USA.

• Championship Record (CR)

16:00.18, Hannah Stockbauer (Germany), Barcelona 2003 (Jul.22.2003)

Results

Finals

Place	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1st			15:53.05	CR
2nd			15:55.38	ER
3rd			15:58.55	AS
4th			16:05.83
5th			16:12.84
6th			16:20.82
7th			16:27.13
8th			16:42.17

Preliminaries

Rank	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Note
1			16:02.82	Q
2			16:05.92	Q
3			16:07.71	Q
4			16:09.39	Q
5			16:09.40	Q
6			16:12.16	Q
7			16:19.33	Q
8			16:22.18	Q
9			16:24.02
10			16:26.83
11			16:26.95
12			16:30.43
13			16:36.92
14			16:41.81
15			16:46.97
16			17:02.99
17			17:17.04
18			17:17.68
19			17:26.12
20			17:28.28
21			17:48.07
22			18:11.27
23			18:13.98
24			19:23.12

References

• Women's 1500m Freestyle Preliminary results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.
• Women's 1500m Freestyle Final results from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.