The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 25 and 26. The heats took place on May 25, the final on May 26.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 1500 metre freestyle entry list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-23.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordKate Ziegler15:42.54Mission ViejoJune 17, 2007European recordAlessia Filippi15:44.93RomeJuly 28, 2009Championship recordFlavia Rigamonti15:58.54EindhovenMarch 23, 2008
Results
Heats 12 swimmers participated in 2 heats.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 1500 metre freestyle Heats results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 7 Mireia Belmonte García 16:21.60 Q 2 2 4 Erika Villaécija García 16:32.69 Q 3 1 4 Éva Risztov 16:33.56 Q 4 2 5 Camelia Potec 16:35.46 Q 5 1 3 Julia Hassler 16:37.75 Q 6 1 5 Marianna Lymperta 16:47.02 Q 7 1 6 Donata Kilijanska 16:55.08 Q 8 2 2 Theodora Giareni 17:06.85 Q 9 2 6 Nina Dittrich 17:08.49 10 1 7 Iryna Glavnyk 17:16.21 1 2 Nuala Murphy DNS 2 3 Martina Grimaldi DNS
Final The final was held at 17:02.2012 European Aquatics Championships: Women's 1500 metre freestyle Final results, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2012-05-26.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Mireia Belmonte García 16:05.34 3 Éva Risztov 16:10.04 NR 5 Erika Villaécija García 16:15.85 4 6 Camelia Potec 16:17.88 5 2 Julia Hassler 16:31.66 NR 6 7 Marianna Lymperta 16:36.97 7 8 Theodora Giareni 17:01.57 8 1 Donata Kilijanska 17:08.61
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