Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the Olympiad
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| Venue | Tokyo Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 26 July 2021 (heats) 28 July 2021 (final) |
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| Competitors | 33 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 15:37.34 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics |
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4×100 m | men | women | |
| 4×200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4×100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held in 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.[1] These Games marked the first time to feature women swimming in the pool longer than 800 metres.
The medals for the competition were presented by David Haggerty, United States; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Dale Neuburger, United States; FINA Treasurer.
Contents
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:20.48 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 May 2018 | [2] |
| Olympic record | Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:35.35 | Tokyo, Japan | 26 July 2021 | — |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Record |
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| 26 July | Heat 5 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:35.35 | OR |
Qualification
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The Olympic Qualifying Time for the event is 16:32.04. Up to two swimmers per National Olympic Committee (NOC) can automatically qualify by swimming that time at an approved qualification event. The Olympic Selection Time is 17:01.80. Up to one swimmer per NOC meeting that time is eligible for selection, allocated by world ranking until the maximum quota for all swimming events is reached. NOCs without a female swimmer qualified in any event can also use their universality place.[3]
Competition format
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.[4]
Schedule
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 26 July | 20:32 | Heats |
| 28 July | 11:54 | Final |
Results
Heats
The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advance to the final.[5]
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:37.34 | |
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3 | Erica Sullivan | United States |
15:41.41 | |
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7 | Sarah Köhler |  Germany |
15:42.91 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Wang Jianjiahe |  China |
15:46.37 | |
| 5 | 6 | Simona Quadarella |  Italy |
15:53.97 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kiah Melverton |  Australia |
16:00.36 | |
| 7 | 2 | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova |  Republic of China |
16:00.38 | |
| 8 | 1 | Maddy Gough | Australia |
16:05.81 |
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