The women's 1500-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 28 July. The heats took place 27 July, and the final was held on 28 July.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 15:52.10 Orlando, United States 26 March 1988Championship recordNew event
The following record was established during the competition: DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord 27 July 2001 Heats Hannah Stockbauer 16:14.51 CR 28 July 2001 Final Hannah Stockbauer 16:01.02 CR
Results
Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Hannah Stockbauer 16:14.51 Q, CR 2 Diana Munz 16:17.08 Q 3 Amanda Pascoe 16:21.75 Q 4 Kaitlin Sandeno 16:21.80 Q 5 Rebecca Cooke 16:22.41 Q 6 Flavia Rigamonti 16:27.91 Q 7 Sachiko Yamada 16:31.60 Q 8 Nayara Ribeiro 16:32.18 Q 9 Nathalie Brown 16:32.29 10 Chen Hua 16:34.22 11 Irina Oufimtseva 16:34.27 12 Jana Pechanová 16:36.02 13 Peggy Buchse 16:38.23 14 Hayley Lewis 16:41.43 15 Hana Netrefová 16:43.71 16 Chantal Strasser 16:45.60 17 Yumi Kida 16:46.30 18 Alexandra Malanina 16:49.52 19 Ivanka Moralieva 16:55.53 20 Patricia Villareal 16:56.10 21 Marianna Lymperta 16:59.36 22 Fabiana Susini 17:10.35 23 Cecilia Biagioli 17:16.07 24 Lin Chi-Chan 17:23.01 25 Kuan Chia-Hsien 18:03.52 26 Shun Kwan Andrea Chum 18:49.15
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hannah Stockbauer 16:01.02 CR Flavia Rigamonti 16:05.99 Diana Munz 16:07.05 4 Amanda Pascoe 16:16.80 5 Rebecca Cooke 16:20.15 6 Kaitlin Sandeno 16:28.91 7 Sachiko Yamada 16:34.43 8 Nayara Ribeiro 16:40.37
Key: WR = World record
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