The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows: World record15:20.48Indianapolis, United States16 May 2018Pan Pacific Championships record15:28.36Gold Coast, Australia24 August 2014
Results All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:CRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.
Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.
Total ranking Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Katie Ledecky 15:38.97 2 3 Kiah Melverton 16:00.08 3 2 Leah Smith 16:00.82 4 3 Kareena Lee 16:03.26 5 2 Haley Anderson 16:04.26 6 2 Madeleine Gough 16:04.62 7 3 Ashley Twichell 16:07.49 8 3 Waka Kobori 16:14.22 9 2 Erica Sullivan 16:16.07 10 2 Allyson McHugh 16:17.29 11 3 Zhang Ke 16:18.55 12 3 Yukimi Moriyama 16:20.46 13 2 Kate Sanderson 16:33.16 14 2 Nicole Oliva 17:06.99 15 1 Rosalee Santa Ana 17:32.25 16 1 Osisang Chilton 20:06.36 17 1 Mineri Gomez 20:54.89 2 Hannah Moore
Award ranking Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Katie Ledecky 15:38.97 Kiah Melverton 16:00.08 Leah Smith 16:00.82 4 Kareena Lee 16:03.26 5 Waka Kobori 16:14.22 6 Zhang Ke 16:18.55 7 Yukimi Moriyama 16:20.46 8 Kate Sanderson 16:33.16
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