2020 Summer Olympics Results - Swimming
| Women's 1500m Freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 15:37.34 | |
USAUnited States | Erica Sullivan | 15:41.41 | |
GERGermany | Sarah Köhler | 15:42.91 | |
| 4 | CHNChina | Wang Jianjiahe | 15:46.37 |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Simona Quadarella | 15:53.97 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Kiah Melverton | 16:00.36 |
| 7 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Anastasia Kirpichnikova | 16:00.38 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Maddy Gough | 16:05.81 |
| 9 | HUNHungary | Ajna Kesely | 15:59.80 |
| 10 | CHNChina | Li Bingjie | 15:59.92 |
| 11 | TURTürkiye | Merve Tunçel | 16:00.51 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | 16:02.26 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Martina Caramignoli | 16:02.43 |
| 14 | CHIChile | Kristel Köbrich | 16:09.09 |
| 15 | ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 16:11.68 |
| 16 | LIELiechtenstein | Julia Hassler | 16:12.55 |
| 17 | TURTürkiye | Deniz Ertan | 16:13.22 |
| 18 | ESPSpain | Jimena Pérez | 16:15.99 |
| 19 | AUTAustria | Marlene Kahler | 16:20.05 |
| 20 | BRABrazil | Viviane Jungblut | 16:21.29 |
| 21 | CANCanada | Katrina Bellio | 16:24.37 |
| 22 | PORPortugal | Tamila Holub | 16:25.16 |
| 23 | PORPortugal | Diana Durães | 16:29.15 |
| 24 | BRABrazil | Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti | 16:29.37 |
| 25 | DENDenmark | Helena Bach | 16:29.56 |
| 26 | NZLNew Zealand | Eve Thomas | 16:29.66 |
| 27 | GERGermany | Celine Rieder | 16:32.57 |
| 28 | KORSouth Korea | Han Da-Kyung | 16:33.59 |
| 29 | ARGArgentina | Delfina Pignatiello | 16:33.69 |
| 30 | SLOSlovenia | Katja Fain | 16:35.92 |
| 31 | NZLNew Zealand | Hayley Mcintosh | 16:44.43 |
| 32 | SMRSan Marino | Arianna Valloni | 16:54.64 |
| 33 | MLTMalta | Sasha Gatt | 16:57.47 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | CANCanada | Katrina Bellio | 16:24.37 |
| 2 | SMRSan Marino | Arianna Valloni | 16:54.64 |
| 3 | MLTMalta | Sasha Gatt | 16:57.47 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 28 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 15:37.34 |
| 2 | USAUnited States | Erica Sullivan | 15:41.41 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Sarah Köhler | 15:42.91 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Wang Jianjiahe | 15:46.37 |
| 5 | ITAItaly | Simona Quadarella | 15:53.97 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Kiah Melverton | 16:00.36 |
| 7 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Anastasia Kirpichnikova | 16:00.38 |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Maddy Gough | 16:05.81 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 15:35.35 OR |
| 2 | CHNChina | Wang Jianjiahe | 15:41.49 |
| 3 | GERGermany | Sarah Köhler | 15:52.67 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Kiah Melverton | 15:58.96 |
| 5 | HUNHungary | Ajna Kesely | 15:59.80 |
| 6 | CHIChile | Kristel Köbrich | 16:09.09 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 16:11.68 |
| 8 | ARGArgentina | Delfina Pignatiello | 16:33.69 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 4 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Erica Sullivan | 15:46.67 |
| 2 | ITAItaly | Simona Quadarella | 15:47.34 |
| 3 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Anastasia Kirpichnikova | 15:50.22 |
| 4 | AUSAustralia | Maddy Gough | 15:56.81 |
| 5 | CHNChina | Li Bingjie | 15:59.92 |
| 6 | TURTürkiye | Merve Tunçel | 16:00.51 |
| 7 | ITAItaly | Martina Caramignoli | 16:02.43 |
| 8 | ESPSpain | Jimena Pérez | 16:15.99 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | HUNHungary | Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | 16:02.26 |
| 2 | LIELiechtenstein | Julia Hassler | 16:12.55 |
| 3 | TURTürkiye | Deniz Ertan | 16:13.22 |
| 4 | BRABrazil | Viviane Jungblut | 16:21.29 |
| 5 | PORPortugal | Tamila Holub | 16:25.16 |
| 6 | PORPortugal | Diana Durães | 16:29.15 |
| 7 | GERGermany | Celine Rieder | 16:32.56 |
| 8 | SLOSlovenia | Katja Fain | 16:35.92 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Heats, Heat 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | AUTAustria | Marlene Kahler | 16:20.05 |
| 2 | BRABrazil | Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti | 16:29.37 |
| 3 | DENDenmark | Helena Bach | 16:29.56 |
| 4 | NZLNew Zealand | Eve Thomas | 16:29.66 |
| 5 | KORSouth Korea | Han Da-Kyung | 16:33.59 |
| 6 | NZLNew Zealand | Hayley Mcintosh | 16:44.43 |
| Women's 1500m Freestyle, Heats | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| July 26 - Final | |||
| 1 | USAUnited States | Katie Ledecky | 15:35.35 Q OR |
| 2 | CHNChina | Wang Jianjiahe | 15:41.49 Q |
| 3 | USAUnited States | Erica Sullivan | 15:46.67 Q |
| 4 | ITAItaly | Simona Quadarella | 15:47.34 Q |
| 5 | ROCRussian Olympic Committee | Anastasia Kirpichnikova | 15:50.22 Q |
| 6 | GERGermany | Sarah Köhler | 15:52.67 Q |
| 7 | AUSAustralia | Maddy Gough | 15:56.81 Q |
| 8 | AUSAustralia | Kiah Melverton | 15:58.96 Q |
| 9 | HUNHungary | Ajna Kesely | 15:59.80 |
| 10 | CHNChina | Li Bingjie | 15:59.92 |
| 11 | TURTürkiye | Merve Tunçel | 16:00.51 |
| 12 | HUNHungary | Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas | 16:02.26 |
| 13 | ITAItaly | Martina Caramignoli | 16:02.43 |
| 14 | CHIChile | Kristel Köbrich | 16:09.09 |
| 15 | ESPSpain | Mireia Belmonte | 16:11.68 |
| 16 | LIELiechtenstein | Julia Hassler | 16:12.55 |
| 17 | TURTürkiye | Deniz Ertan | 16:13.22 |
| 18 | ESPSpain | Jimena Pérez | 16:15.99 |
| 19 | AUTAustria | Marlene Kahler | 16:20.05 |
| 20 | BRABrazil | Viviane Jungblut | 16:21.29 |
| 21 | CANCanada | Katrina Bellio | 16:24.37 |
| 22 | PORPortugal | Tamila Holub | 16:25.16 |
| 23 | PORPortugal | Diana Durães | 16:29.15 |
| 24 | BRABrazil | Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti | 16:29.37 |
| 25 | DENDenmark | Helena Bach | 16:29.56 |
| 26 | NZLNew Zealand | Eve Thomas | 16:29.66 |
| 27 | GERGermany | Celine Rieder | 16:32.57 |
| 28 | KORSouth Korea | Han Da-Kyung | 16:33.59 |
| 29 | ARGArgentina | Delfina Pignatiello | 16:33.69 |
| 30 | SLOSlovenia | Katja Fain | 16:35.92 |
| 31 | NZLNew Zealand | Hayley Mcintosh | 16:44.43 |
| 32 | SMRSan Marino | Arianna Valloni | 16:54.64 |
| 33 | MLTMalta | Sasha Gatt | 16:57.47 |
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