| Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center | |||||||||
| Location | Gwangju, South Korea | |||||||||
| Dates | 22 July (heats) 23 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 15:40.89 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 2019 FINA World Championships | ||
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| Artistic swimming | ||
| Solo | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Duet | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Technical | mixed | |
| Free | women | |
| Free | mixed | |
| Team | ||
| Technical | women | |
| Free | women | |
| Combination | women | |
| Highlight | women | |
| 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 |
| Relay | ||
| 4×1.25 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 |
| mixed | ||
| 4×200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4×100 m | men | women |
| mixed | ||
| Water polo | ||
| Tournament | men | women |
| Rosters | men | women |
The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 22 and 23 July 2019. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky, but she was forced to withdraw due to illness.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:20.48 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 May 2018 |
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| Competition record | Katie Ledecky (USA) |
15:25.48 | Kazan, Russia | 4 August 2015 |
Results
Heats
The heats were started on 22 July at 11:23.
Final
The final was held on 23 July at 20:10.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Simona Quadarella |  Italy |
15:40.89 | NR |
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5 | Sarah Köhler |  Germany |
15:48.83 | NR |
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7 | Wang Jianjiahe |  China |
15:51.00 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ashley Twichell | United States |
15:54.19 | |
| 5 | 1 | Maddy Gough |  Australia |
15:59.40 | |
| 6 | 3 | Ajna Késely |  Hungary |
16:01.35 | |
| 7 | 2 | Kiah Melverton | Australia |
16:01.38 | |
| 8 | 8 | Mireia Belmonte |  Spain |
16:02.10 |
References
- "Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- "Start list" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- Savage, Claire; Staff • •, NBC Washington (22 July 2019). "Katie Ledecky Drops Out of 2 World Championship Races Due to Illness".
- World Championships Olympic Channel
- "Heats results" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- "Final results" (PDF). Retrieved 11 March 2023.
| World long-course champions in women's 1500 m freestyle | |
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