Women's 1500 metre freestyle
The women's 1500 metre freestyle of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 26-28 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre . With 33 athletes competing, the event was won by Kathleen Ledecky from United States , with Erica Sullivan from United States taking the silver medal and Sarah Kohler from Germany taking bronze.
Format [ ] The competition exists out of two rounds, each with races of up to nine athletes. In the first round, the eight fastest athletes qualify for the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.
Preview [ ] Thirty-three athletes qualified for the inaugural edition of the longest long course event in women's swimming with world record holder Kathleen Ledecky as absolute favorite for the title. The American had set the eleven fastest times ever in the event though didn't defend her world title in 2019. World champion Simona Quadarella seemed to lead the open competition for the remaining medals, with Wang Jianjiahe , Maddy Gough , silver medalist of the world championships Sarah Kohler , Erica Sullivan , and Delfina Pignatiello as main opponents.
Current Records [ ]
Record
Date
Nat.
Name
Time
WR
18 May 2018
Katie Ledecky
15:20.48
Summary [ ] Round 1 [ ]
Heat 1 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Katrina Bellio
16:24.37
OR
2
Arianna Valloni
16:54.64
3
Sasha Gatt
16:57.47
Heat 2 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Marlene Kahler
16:20.05
OR
2
Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti
16:29.37
3
Helena Bach
16:29.56
4
Eve Thomas
16:29.99
5
Han Da-kyung
16:33.59
6
Hayley McIntosh
16:44.43
Heat 3 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas
16:02.26
OR
2
Julia Hassler
16:12.55
NR
3
Deniz Ertan
16:13.22
PR
4
Viviane Jungblut
16:21.29
5
Tamila Holub
16:25.16
6
Diana Duraes
16:29.15
7
Celine Rieder
16:32.57
8
Katja Fain
16:35.92
Heat 4 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Erica Sullivan
15:46.67
Q , OR
2
Simona Quadarella
15:47.34
Q
3
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
15:50.22
Q , PR
4
Maddy Gough
15:56.81
Q
5
Li Bingjie
15:59.92
6
Merve Tuncel
16:00.51
7
Martina Rita Caramignoli
16:02.43
8
Jimena Perez Blanco
16:15.99
Heat 5 Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Kathleen Ledecky
15:35.35
Q , OR
2
Wang Jianjiahe
15:41.49
Q , AR
3
Sarah Kohler
15:52.67
Q
4
Kiah Melverton
15:58.96
Q
5
Ajna Kesely
15:59.80
6
Kristel Kobrich
16:09.09
7
Mireia Belmonte
16:11.68
8
Delfina Pignatiello
16:33.69
Final [ ]
Final Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
Time
Info
1
Kathleen Ledecky
15:37.34
2
Erica Sullivan
15:41.41
PR
3
Sarah Kohler
15:42.91
NR
4
Wang Jianjiahe
15:46.37
5
Simona Quadarella
15:53.97
6
Kiah Melverton
16:00.36
7
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
16:00.38
8
Maddy Gough
16:05.81
Results [ ]
Result
Athlete
Nationality
Kathleen Ledecky
United States
Erica Sullivan
United States
Sarah Kohler
Germany
4
Wang Jianjiahe
China
5
Simona Quadarella
Italy
6
Kiah Melverton
Australia
7
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova
ROC
8
Maddy Gough
Australia
9
Ajna Kesely
Hungary
10
Li Bingjie
China
11
Merve Tuncel
Turkey
12
Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas
Hungary
13
Martain Rita Caramignoli
Italy
14
Kristel Kobrich
Chile
15
Mireia Belmonte
Spain
16
Julia Hassler
Liechtenstein
17
Deniz Ertan
Turkey
18
Jimena Perez Blanco
Spain
19
Marlene Kahler
Austria
20
Viviane Jungblut
Brazil
21
Katrina Bellio
Canada
22
Tamila Holub
Portugal
23
Diana Duraes
Portugal
24
Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti
Brazil
25
Helena Bach
Denmark
26
Eve Thomas
New Zealand
27
Celine Rieder
Germany
28
Han Da-kyung
South Korea
29
Delfina Pignatiello
Argentina
30
Katja Fain
Slovenia
31
Hayley McIntosh
New Zealand
32
Arianna Valloni
San Marino
33
Sasha Gatt
Malta
