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.World Championships Olympic Channel
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were started on 22 July at 11:23.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 4 Katie Ledecky 15:48.90 Q, 2 2 4 Simona Quadarella 15:51.59 Q 3 3 6 Sarah Köhler 15:54.08 Q, NR 4 2 6 Ajna Késely 15:54.48 Q 5 2 5 Ashley Twichell 15:56.22 Q 6 2 3 Kiah Melverton 15:59.92 Q 7 3 5 Wang Jianjiahe 16:00.17 Q 8 3 3 Maddy Gough 16:02.75 Q 9 3 3 Mireia Belmonte 16:08.37 Q 10 3 7 Tjaša Oder 16:10.14 11 2 2 Giulia Gabbrielleschi 16:16.01 12 2 7 Kristel Köbrich 16:16.26 13 3 1 Jimena Pérez 16:19.61 14 3 8 Julia Hassler 16:25.59 15 3 0 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova 16:27.59 16 2 0 Tamila Holub 16:29.57 17 2 9 Emma O'Croinin 16:30.46 18 2 8 Diana Durães 16:30.67 19 1 4 Marlene Kahler 16:32.00 20 3 9 Viviane Jungblut 16:36.25 21 1 3 Gan Ching Hwee 16:44.65 22 1 5 Han Da-kyung 16:49.13 23 2 1 Zhang Ke 16:50.55 24 1 7 Arianna Valloni 16:56.98 25 1 2 Ho Nam Wai 16:59.13 26 1 6 Matea Sumajstorčić 17:02.01 27 1 8 Julia Arino 17:17.99 28 1 1 Souad Cherouati 17:25.12 29 1 0 Eva Petrovska 17:35.18
Final The final was held on 23 July at 20:10.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Simona Quadarella 15:40.89 NR 5 Sarah Köhler 15:48.83 NR 7 Wang Jianjiahe 15:51.00 4 6 Ashley Twichell 15:54.19 5 1 Maddy Gough 15:59.40 6 3 Ajna Késely 16:01.35 7 2 Kiah Melverton 16:01.38 8 8 Mireia Belmonte 16:02.10
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