2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The Women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 16 December 2022.^[1]

Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2022 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Dates	16 December
Competitors	17 from 15 nations
Winning time	15:21.43 CR
Medalists
Lani Pallister    Australia   Miyu Namba    Japan   Kensey McMahon    United States
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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:08.24	Toronto, Canda	29 October 2022
Competition record		'

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
17 December	Final	Lani Pallister	Australia	15:21.43	CR

Results

The slowest heats were started at 12:55, and the fastest heat at 21:16.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	4	Lani Pallister	Australia	15:21.43	OC, CR
	3	8	Miyu Namba	Japan	15:46.76	AS
	2	5	Kensey McMahon	United States	15:49.15
4	3	6	Zhang Ke	China	15:51.64
5	3	1	Caitlin Deans	New Zealand	15:51.98
6	3	3	Deniz Ertan	Turkey	15:53.73
7	3	5	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	15:58.05
8	2	6	Jillian Cox	United States	16:09.72
9	2	4	Katja Fain	Slovenia	16:12.06
10	2	3	Imani de Jong	Netherlands	16:15.61
11	3	7	Alexa Reyna	France	16:23.32
12	3	2	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	16:33.31
13	2	7	Stephanie Houtman	South Africa	16:35.55
14	2	1	Klara Bošnjak	Croatia	16:51.02
15	1	3	Ng Lai Wa	Hong Kong	17:01.32
16	1	4	Kuo Jui-an	Chinese Taipei	17:16.69
17	1	5	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	17:20.28
	2	2	Gan Ching Hwee	Singapore	Did not start

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
2. "Women's 1500m Freestyle – Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.