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

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]

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates22 July (heats)
23 July (final)
Competitors29 from 23 nations
Winning time15:40.89
Medalists
gold medal Simona Quadarella   Italy
silver medal Sarah Köhler   Germany
bronze medal Wang Jianjiahe   China
2019 FINA
World Championships
Artistic swimming
Solo
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Duet
Technicalwomen
Technicalmixed
Freewomen
Freemixed
Team
Technicalwomen
Freewomen
Combinationwomen
Highlightwomen
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
3 m & 10 mmixed team
Synchronised
3 mmenwomen
3 mmixed
10 mmenwomen
10 mmixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Single
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
25 kmmenwomen
Relay
4×1.25 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

Records

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

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA)15:20.48Indianapolis, United States16 May 2018
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA)15:25.48Kazan, Russia4 August 2015

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Katie Ledecky United States15:48.90Q, WD
224Simona Quadarella Italy15:51.59Q
336Sarah Köhler Germany15:54.08Q, NR
426Ajna Késely Hungary15:54.48Q
525Ashley Twichell United States15:56.22Q
623Kiah Melverton Australia15:59.92Q
735Wang Jianjiahe China16:00.17Q
833Maddy Gough Australia16:02.75Q
933Mireia Belmonte Spain16:08.37Q
1037Tjaša Oder Slovenia16:10.14
1122Giulia Gabbrielleschi Italy16:16.01
1227Kristel Köbrich Chile16:16.26
1331Jimena Pérez Spain16:19.61
1438Julia Hassler Liechtenstein16:25.59
1530Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Russia16:27.59
1620Tamila Holub Portugal16:29.57
1729Emma O'Croinin Canada16:30.46
1828Diana Durães Portugal16:30.67
1914Marlene Kahler Austria16:32.00
2039Viviane Jungblut Brazil16:36.25
2113Gan Ching Hwee Singapore16:44.65
2215Han Da-kyung South Korea16:49.13
2321Zhang Ke China16:50.55
2417Arianna Valloni San Marino16:56.98
2512Ho Nam Wai Hong Kong16:59.13
2616Matea Sumajstorčić Croatia17:02.01
2718Julia Arino Argentina17:17.99
2811Souad Cherouati Algeria17:25.12
2910Eva Petrovska North Macedonia17:35.18

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Simona Quadarella Italy15:40.89NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5Sarah Köhler Germany15:48.83NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7Wang Jianjiahe China15:51.00
46Ashley Twichell United States15:54.19
51Maddy Gough Australia15:59.40
63Ajna Késely Hungary16:01.35
72Kiah Melverton Australia16:01.38
88Mireia Belmonte Spain16:02.10

References
  1. "Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. "Start list" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. Savage, Claire; Staff • •, NBC Washington (22 July 2019). "Katie Ledecky Drops Out of 2 World Championship Races Due to Illness".
  4. World Championships Olympic Channel
  5. "Heats results" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  6. "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
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