The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 24 and 25 July 2023.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were started on 24 July at 11:55.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Katie Ledecky 15:41.22 Q 2 4 3 Simona Quadarella 15:55.05 Q 3 4 5 Lani Pallister 15:58.11 Q 4 3 5 Li Bingjie 15:58.81 Q 5 3 2 Isabel Gose 15:59.67 Q 6 4 6 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova 16:00.40 Q 7 3 4 Katie Grimes 16:01.47 Q 8 4 7 Beatriz Dizotti 16:01.95 Q, NR 9 3 3 Moesha Johnson 16:05.01 10 4 1 Kristel Köbrich 16:11.25 11 3 6 Gao Weizhong 16:12.94 12 3 9 Emma Finlin 16:15.77 13 4 0 Yukimi Moriyama 16:18.66 14 2 1 Gan Ching Hwee 16:20.88 NR 15 4 9 Ángela Martínez 16:24.38 16 2 4 Caitlin Deans 16:24.56 17 3 1 Eve Thomas 16:24.88 18 2 5 Alisee Pisane 16:25.15 19 4 2 Viktoria Mihalyvari-Farkas 16:25.16 20 3 0 Tamila Holub 16:30.39 21 3 7 Viviane Jungblut 16:30.99 22 2 6 Nora Fluck 16:34.63 23 3 8 Paula Otero 16:38.73 24 4 8 Merve Tuncel 16:39.30 25 2 2 Imani de Jong 16:51.22 26 2 7 Han Da-kyung 17:01.57 27 1 4 María Bramont-Arias 17:04.19 28 2 3 Diana Durães 17:05.18 29 1 5 Diana Taszhanova 17:09.98 NR 30 2 8 Võ Thị Mỹ Thiện 17:25.13 31 1 3 Malak Meqdar 17:46.69
Final The final was held on 25 July at 20:10.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Katie Ledecky 15:26.27 5 Simona Quadarella 15:43.31 6 Li Bingjie 15:45.71 4 7 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova 15:48.53 NR 5 3 Lani Pallister 15:49.17 6 2 Isabel Gose 15:54.58 7 8 Beatriz Dizotti 16:03.70 8 1 Katie Grimes 16:04.21
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