The Women's 1500 Freestyle event at the 2011 FINA World Championships was held on July 25 and 26, 2011 in Shanghai, China. Preliminary heats were swum July 25, with the top-8 swimmers advancing to swim again in the final on July 26.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 15:42.54 Mission Viejo, United States 27 June 2007Championship record 15:44.93 Rome, Italy 28 July 2009
Results
Heats 26 swimmer participated in 4 heats.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Lotte Friis 16:00.47 Q 2 3 7 Shao Yiwen 16:01.72 Q 3 4 5 Kate Ziegler 16:02.53 Q 4 3 6 Kristel Köbrich 16:03.50 Q 5 4 7 Wendy Trott 16:05.63 Q, AF 6 4 3 Li Xuanxu 16:05.82 Q 7 3 4 Melissa Gorman 16:07.39 Q 8 3 5 Erika Villaécija García 16:12.45 Q 9 4 6 Chloe Sutton 16:13.20 10 2 4 Gráinne Murphy 16:14.81 11 3 3 Éva Risztov 16:22.60 12 2 5 Keri-Anne Payne 16:23.11 13 3 2 Martina Rita Caramignoli 16:23.75 14 4 2 Andreina Pinto 16:23.96 15 2 3 Jessica Ashwood 16:25.85 16 4 8 Patricia Castañeda 16:26.36 NR 17 2 6 Camelia Potec 16:29.79 18 2 8 Julia Hassler 16:34.74 NR 19 2 2 Marianna Lymperta 16:35.16 20 3 1 Savannah King 16:35.67 21 2 7 Nina Dittrich 16:37.15 22 2 1 Charetzeni Escobar 16:40.09 23 1 4 Han Na-Kyeong 17:06.37 24 3 8 Maja Cesar 17:22.42 25 1 5 Yesim Giresunlu 17:23.60 26 1 3 Simona Marinova 17:44.99 – 4 1 Cecilia Biagioli DNS
Final The final was held at 18:35.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Lotte Friis 15:49.59 3 Kate Ziegler 15:55.60 7 Li Xuanxu 15:58.02 AS 4 6 Kristel Köbrich 16:05.11 5 1 Melissa Gorman 16:05.98 6 2 Wendy Trott 16:06.02 7 8 Erika Villaécija García 16:09.71 8 5 Shao Yiwen 16:12.01
References
External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 1500 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.