Swimming at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 1500 metre freestyle
Competition:	2022 European Aquatics Championships
Venue:	Foro Italico
Dates:	14 August (heats) 15 August (final)
Competitors:	22
Nations:	14
Win Value:	15:54.15
Gold:	Simona Quadarella
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
Silver Nation:	HUN
Bronze:	Martina Caramignoli
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2020
Next:	2024

The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 and 15 August 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

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

	Name	Nationality	Time	Location	Date
World record			15:20.48		16 May 2018
European record			15:38.88		30 July 2013
Championship record			15:50.22		21 May 2016

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 14 August at 10:18.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			16:05.61	Q
2	3	5			16:09.87	Q
3	3	3			16:24.03	Q
4	2	5			16:24.84	Q
5	2	6			16:25.19	Q
6	2	7			16:26.20	Q, NR
7	3	2			16:29.03	Q
8	3	6			16:30.78	Q
9	3	1			16:31.59
10	2	2			16:39.39
11	2	8			16:40.11
12	2	4			16:44.16
13	3	8			16:48.42
14	2	3			16:48.97
15	3	7			16:50.26
16	3	0			16:53.51
17	2	0			16:53.87
18	2	1			16:55.85
19	1	3			17:03.51
20	1	5			17:06.81
21	3	9			17:07.87
22	1	4			17:25.04

Final

The final was held on 15 August at 19:29.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			15:54.15
	5			16:02.15
	6			16:12.39
4	8			16:18.27
5	3			16:18.64
6	2			16:22.37
7	1			16:26.53
8	7			16:37.34

Notes and References

1. https://www.roma2022.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Timing-SWIMMING-elite-1.5.pdf Schedule
2. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW1500MFR-----------HEAT--------_51A1%201.0.pdf?x=11:36:45 Start list
3. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW1500MFR-----------HEAT--------_74A%201.0.pdf Heats results
4. https://roma2022.microplustimingservices.com/export/NU_ROMA2022/NU/pdf/SWMW1500MFR-----------FNL---------_73A2%201.0.pdf Final results