The women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany was held from 18 to 19 July 2025. Kate Hurst from the United States won the gold medal, Genevieve Jorgenson from the United States took the silver medal and Niko Aoki from Japan earned the bronze medal.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round 20 July 09:00 Heats 21 July 19:14 Final
Records Prior to the competition, the world and Universiade records were as follows. Category Swimmer Record Date Place Event World record Katie Ledecky 15:20.48 16 May 2018 Indianapolis, United States TYR Pro Swim Series Universiade record Simona Quadarella 15:57.90 23 August 2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade
Results Heats All entered athletes competed across multiple seeded heats in the morning session. Swimmers with the top 8 fastest times advanced, regardless of which individual heat they swam.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 1 4 16:23.82 2 2 4 16:26.26 3 1 3 16:29.18 4 2 5 16:33.79 5 2 3 16:35.85 6 2 6 16:40.49 7 1 5 16:41.65 8 1 2 16:46.80 9 1 6 17:03.33 10 1 7 17:15.01 11 2 7 17:46.26
Final The fastest 8 swimmers competed in a single race to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 5 16:15.40 4 16:15.44 2 16:19.81 4 7 16:25.71 5 6 16:26.54 6 1 16:31.98 7 8 16:39.72 8 3 16:41.67
External links Swimming Rhine Ruhr 2025
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