| Event: | Women's 1500 metre freestyle |
| Championship: | 2016 European Aquatics Championships |
| Dates: | 20–21 May |
| Competitors: | 15 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Win Value: | 15:50.22 |
| Gold: | Boglárka Kapás |
| Goldnoc: | HUN |
| Silver: | Mireia Belmonte |
| Silvernoc: | ESP |
| Bronze: | María Vilas |
| Bronzenoc: | ESP |
| Prev: | 2014 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2016.[1] [2]
Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | align=left | Katie Ledecky | align=left | align=left | 15:25.48 | Kazan | 4 August 2015 | |||
| European record | align=left | Lotte Friis | align=left | align=left | 15:38.88 | Barcelona | 30 July 2013 | |||
| Championship record | Mireia Belmonte | 15:57.29 | Berlin | 23 August 2014 |
The heats were held on 20 May at 11:29.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 16:14.43 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 5 | 16:14.74 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 16:15.50 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 16:19.95 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 16:26.45 | Q | |||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 16:28.05 | Q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 16:30.82 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 16:31.56 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 16:38.84 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 16:51.68 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 16:51.71 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 8 | 16:52.84 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | 16:59.79 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 7 | 17:08.01 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 8 | 17:43.58 | ||||
| 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | ||||||
The final was held on 21 May at 16:02.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 15:50.22 | CR | ||||
| 5 | 16:00.20 | |||||
| 3 | 16:01.25 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 16:08.67 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 16:22.64 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 16:22.69 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 16:25.83 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 16:26.08 |