Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
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The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and July 26 with the final.
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...
was held on July 25 with the preliminary round and July 26 with the final.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | Kate Ziegler Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle .... |
15:42.54 | Mission Viejo | June 17, 2007 | |
| Championship record | Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle .... |
15:44.93 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
July 28, 2009 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Heats
26 swimmer participated in 4 heats.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Lotte Friis Lotte Friis Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition... |
16:00.47 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | Shao Yiwen | 16:01.72 | Q | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Kate Ziegler Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle .... |
16:02.53 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games.... |
16:03.50 | Q | |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Wendy Trott | 16:05.63 | Q, AF, NR | |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2462... |
16:05.82 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | 4 | Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.... |
16:07.39 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | Erika Villaécija García Erika Villaecija Garcia Erika Villaécija García is a two-time Spanish Catalan Olympic swimmer from Barcelona. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
16:12.45 | Q | |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American... |
16:13.20 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Gráinne Murphy Gráinne Murphy Gráinne Murphy from Ballinaboola, New Ross, Co. Wexford is an Irish swimmer representing Ireland at international level. She was a triple gold medallist at the 2009 European Junior Swimming Championships and was awarded Texaco Young Sportstar Award 2009... |
16:14.81 | ||
| 11 | 3 | 3 | Éva Risztov Éva Risztov Éva Risztov is a Hungarian female swimmer.She won four silver medals at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships and three silver medals at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships... |
16:22.60 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne Keri-Anne Payne is a British swimmer, specialising in marathon open water swimming, and long-distance freestyle swimming in the pool. She is a two-time World 10 km Open Water champion, and an Olympic silver medallist.Payne was born in South Africa to British parents... |
16:23.11 | ||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Martina Rita Caramignoli | 16:23.75 | ||
| 14 | 4 | 2 | Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:*2007 World Championships*2007 Pan American Games... |
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 Camelia Potec Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *... |
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 Savannah King Savannah King is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle events. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.... |
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 Biagoli | DNS |
Final
The final was held at 18:35.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lotte Friis Lotte Friis Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition... |
15:49.59 | |||
| 3 | Kate Ziegler Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle .... |
15:55.60 | |||
| 7 | Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2462... |
15:58.02 | AS, NR | ||
| 4 | 6 | Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games.... |
16:05.11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle.... |
16:05.98 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Wendy Trott | 16:06.02 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Erika Villaécija García Erika Villaecija Garcia Erika Villaécija García is a two-time Spanish Catalan Olympic swimmer from Barcelona. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
16:09.71 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Shao Yiwen | 16:12.01 |
External links
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 1500 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.