Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle; at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Venue	National Taiwan Sport University Arena
Location	Taipei, Taiwan
Dates	22 August (heats); 23 August (final)
Competitors	16 from 12 nations
Winning time	15:57.90
Medalists
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The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 22 and 23 August 2017.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:25.48	Kazan, Russia	4 August 2015
Universiade record	Stephanie Peacock (USA)	16:04.44	Kazan, Russia	13 July 2013

The following new records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
23 August	Final	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:57.90	UR

The heats were held on 22 August at 10:30.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	16:15.14	Q
2	2	5	Hannah Moore	United States	16:16.85	Q
3	1	4	Sarah Köhler	Germany	16:21.49	Q
4	2	6	Yukimi Moriyama	Japan	16:22.41	Q
5	1	5	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	16:24.42	Q
6	1	6	Kiah Melverton	Australia	16:24.95	Q
7	1	2	Vivian Eichelberger	Brazil	16:28.17	Q
8	2	3	Giulia Gabbrielleschi	Italy	16:32.36	Q
9	1	3	Sierra Schmidt	United States	16:33.36
10	2	2	Kareena Lee	Australia	16:46.63
11	2	7	Adeline Furst	France	16:49.83
12	1	1	Joanna Zachoszcz	Poland	17:03.64
13	2	1	Tereza Závadová	Czech Republic	17:07.04
14	1	7	Martina Elhenická	Czech Republic	17:27.24
15	2	8	Dóra Kiss	Hungary	17:28.34
16	1	8	Tseng Chieh-сhuan	Chinese Taipei	17:48.72

The final was held on 23 August at 19:02.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:57.90	UR
	3	Sarah Köhler	Germany	15:59.85
	5	Hannah Moore	United States	16:11.68
4	7	Kiah Melverton	Australia	16:15.83
5	2	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	16:22.12
6	1	Vivian Eichelberger	Brazil	16:22.48
7	6	Yukimi Moriyama	Japan	16:23.18
8	8	Giulia Gabbrielleschi	Italy	16:27.92