Swimming at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	2020 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Danube Arena
Dates:	20 May 2021 (heats) 21 May 2021 (final)
Competitors:	23
Nations:	13
Win Value:	15:53.59
Gold:	Simona Quadarella
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova
Silver Nation:	RUS
Bronze:	Martina Caramignoli
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20 and 21 May 2021.^[1] ^[2]

Records

Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

The heats were started on 20 May at 11:29.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	3	4	16:05.60	Q
2	3	7	16:14.12	Q
3	3	2	16:15.50	Q
4	3	6	16:16.21	Q
5	2	4	16:19.06	Q
6	3	5	16:20.25	Q
7	2	5	16:20.31	Q
8	3	3	16:22.37	Q
9	2	6	16:24.50
10	2	2	16:28.66
11	2	3	16:31.97
12	1	4	16:44.64
13	2	7	16:44.69
14	2	0	16:46.96
15	3	8	16:48.87
16	2	1	16:49.86
17	3	0	16:52.66
18	2	9	16:54.19
19	1	5	16:54.20
20	3	9	16:55.60
21	1	6	17:03.31
22	1	3	17:10.43
23	1	2	17:18.67
	2	8	Did not start
	3	1

The final was held on 21 May at 18:00.^[4]