Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 24, 2014 (heats &
finals)
Competitors8
Winning time15:28.36
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    New Zealand
bronze medal    Canada

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Melissa Gorman of Australia.[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:34.23 Shenandoah, United States June 19, 2014
Pan Pacific Championships record  Kate Ziegler (USA) 15:55.01 Victoria, Canada August 17, 2006

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

The first and final round were held on August 24, at 19:31.[1]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s)Katie Ledecky United States15:28.36WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Lauren Boyle New Zealand15:55.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Brittany MacLean Canada15:57.15
4Cierra Runge United States16:04.48
5Kristel Köbrich Chile16:30.74
6Chihi Igarashi Japan16:34.09
7Miho Takahashi Japan16:39.26
8Emma Robinson New Zealand16:44.88

References

  1. 1 2 "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  2. "Results of the 800-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
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