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Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Aquatics Centre. Paris La Défense Arena
Dates	30 July 2024 (heats) 31 July 2024 (final)
Competitors	17 from 12 nations
Winning time	15:30.02 OR
Medalists
Katie Ledecky  United States Anastasiya Kirpichnikova  France Isabel Gose  Germany
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Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m	men		women
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200 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
800 m	men		women
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Backstroke
100 m	men		women
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Breaststroke
100 m	men		women
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Butterfly
100 m	men		women
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Individual medley
200 m	men		women
400 m	men		women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men		women
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4 × 100 m	men	mixed	women
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10 km	men		women
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The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at the Paris La Défense Arena. This was the event's second consecutive appearance, first appearing in 2020.

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
Olympic record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:35.35	Tokyo, Japan	26 July 2021

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
31 July	Final	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:30.02	OR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). For this event, the OQT was 16:09.09. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT. Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 16:13.94 for this event. In total, 14 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, one athlete qualified through a universality place and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT.

Australia

Lani Pallister and Moesha Johnson qualified to represent Australia during the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials. Pallister won the final with a time of 15:53.79, and Johnson with a 15:57.85. Both swimmers will make their debut in the event.

Brazil

Beatriz Dizotti qualified to represent Brazil during the 2024 Brazilian Swimming Championships. Dizotti won the competition with a time of 16:14.02, which would not have met the OCT, however, she swam a time of 16:01.95 at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. This will be her second consecutive appearance in the event.

Germany

Isabel Gose and Leonie Märtens qualified to represent Germany during the 2024 German Swimming Championships. Gose won the competition with a time of 15:52.02, and Märtens qualified as the second-highest German swimmer, finishing in third with a 16:12.48.

New Zealand

Eve Thomas qualified as the representative for New Zealand for a second consecutive time following her win at the 2024 New Zealand Swimming Championships. She qualified with a time of 16:07.46, finishing over 20 seconds ahead of Deans Caitlin in second place. She was officially named on the squad on 30 April 2024.

Singapore

Gan Ching Hwee was invited to the Olympics by the Singapore National Olympic Council following her time of 16:10.61 in early June. The time was enough to meet the OCT, and broke the Singaporean records.

United States

Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes qualified to represent the United States during the 2024 United States Olympic trials. Ledecky won the final with a time of 15:37.35, followed by Grimes in second with a 15:57.77. Ledecky will make her second consecutive appearance in the event, while Grimes will make her debut.

Other athletes

OQT

Other athletes that have qualified through the OQT are: Gao Weizhong and Li Bingjie of China, Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France, Vivien Jackl of Hungary, and Simona Quadarella and Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy.

OCT

One other athlete has qualified through the OCT: Kristel Köbrich of Chile.

Universality Places

Sasha Gatt was selected by Malta for a universality place on 5 July 2024.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Results

Heats

The heats took place on 30 July. The top 8 fastest swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.

Results

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:47.43	Q
2	2	2	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:51.19	Q
3	2	5	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	France	15:52.46	Q
4	2	3	Isabel Gose	Germany	15:53.27	Q
5	2	6	Moesha Johnson	Australia	16:04.02	Q
6	3	5	Li Bingjie	China	16:05.26	Q
7	3	2	Beatriz Dizotti	Brazil	16:05.40	Q
8	3	1	Leonie Märtens	Germany	16:08.69	Q
9	1	5	Gan Ching Hwee	Singapore	16:10.13	NR
10	3	6	Katie Grimes	United States	16:12.11
11	2	1	Ginevra Taddeucci	Italy	16:12.45
12	2	7	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	16:13.74
13	2	2	Gao Weizhong	China	16:27.11
14	1	4	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	16:27.18
15	3	7	Vivien Jackl	Hungary	16:31.25
16	1	3	Sasha Gatt	Malta	17:00.54
	3	3	Lani Pallister	Australia	DNS

Final

Results

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	15:30.02	OR
	3	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	France	15:40.35	NR
	6	Isabel Gose	Germany	15:41.16	NR
4	5	Simona Quadarella	Italy	15:44.05
5	7	Li Bingjie	China	16:01.03
6	2	Moesha Johnson	Australia	16:02.70
7	1	Beatriz Dizotti	Brazil	16:02.86
8	8	Leonie Märtens	Germany	16:12.57

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