Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metre freestyle
Championship:	2019 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	22 July (heats) 23 July (final)
Venue:	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location:	Gwangju, South Korea
Competitors:	29
Nations:	23
Win Value:	15:40.89
Gold:	Simona Quadarella
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Sarah Köhler
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Wang Jianjiahe
Bronze Nation:	CHN
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019.^[1] ^[2] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky, but she was forced to withdraw due to illness.^[3] ^[4]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 22 July at 11:23.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	15:48.90	Q,
2	2	4	15:51.59	Q
3	3	6	15:54.08	Q, NR
4	2	6	15:54.48	Q
5	2	5	15:56.22	Q
6	2	3	15:59.92	Q
7	3	5	16:00.17	Q
8	3	3	16:02.75	Q
9	3	3	16:08.37	Q
10	3	7	16:10.14
11	2	2	16:16.01
12	2	7	16:16.26
13	3	1	16:19.61
14	3	8	16:25.59
15	3	0	16:27.59
16	2	0	16:29.57
17	2	9	16:30.46
18	2	8	16:30.67
19	1	4	16:32.00
20	3	9	16:36.25
21	1	3	16:44.65
22	1	5	16:49.13
23	2	1	16:50.55
24	1	7	16:56.98
25	1	2	16:59.13
26	1	6	17:02.01
27	1	8	17:17.99
28	1	1	17:25.12
29	1	0	17:35.18

Final

The final was held on 23 July at 20:10.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Time	Notes
	4	15:40.89	NR
	5	15:48.83	NR
	7	15:51.00
4	6	15:54.19
5	1	15:59.40
6	3	16:01.35
7	2	16:01.38
8	8	16:02.10

Notes and References

Web site: Schedule. 11 March 2023.
Web site: Start list. 11 March 2023.
Web site: Katie Ledecky Drops Out of 2 World Championship Races Due to Illness. Claire. Savage. NBC Washington. Staff • •. 22 July 2019 .
https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/fina-world-championships-2019-live-23-july/ World Championships
Web site: Heats results. 11 March 2023.
Web site: Final results. 11 March 2023.