| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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 Medallists | ||||||||||
| Dates | 3 August (heats) 4 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 21 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:25.48 WR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2015 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Diving | ||
| Individual | ||
| 1 m | men | women |
| 3 m | men | women |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 3 m & 10 m | mixed team | |
| Synchronised | ||
| 3 m | men | women |
| 3 m | mixed | |
| 10 m | men | women |
| 10 m | mixed | |
| High diving | ||
| 20 m | women | |
| 27 m | men | |
| Open water swimming | ||
| Single | ||
| 5 km | men | women |
| 10 km | men | women |
| 25 km | men | women |
| Team | ||
| 5 km | mixed | |
| Swimming | ||
| 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 | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 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 |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| 4×100 m | mixed | |
| Synchronised swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 3 August with the heats and 4 August with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:28.36 | Gold Coast, Australia | 24 August 2014 |
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| Competition record | Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:36.53 | Barcelona, Spain | 30 July 2013 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| 3 August | Heats | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:27.71 | WR, CR |
| 4 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:25.48 | WR, CR |
Results
Heats
The Heats were held at 10:56.
Final
The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
15:25.48 | WR |
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2 | Lauren Boyle |  New Zealand |
15:40.14 | OC |
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7 | Boglárka Kapás |  Hungary |
15:47.09 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Lotte Friis |  Denmark |
15:49.00 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jessica Ashwood |  Australia |
15:52.17 | NR |
| 6 | 1 | Sharon van Rouwendaal |  Netherlands |
16:03.74 | |
| 7 | 6 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
16:06.55 | |
| 8 | 8 | Aurora Ponsele |  Italy |
16:09.57 |
References
| World long-course champions in women's 1500 m freestyle | |
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