2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 12 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of the United States.[2]

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates12 August (timed finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time15:38.97
Medalists
 Katie Ledecky   United States
 Kiah Melverton   Australia
 Leah Smith   United States
2018 Pan Pacific
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen
mixed
Open water
10 kmmenwomen

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.[3]

Records

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

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:20.48 Indianapolis, United States 16 May 2018
Pan Pacific Championships record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 15:28.36 Gold Coast, Australia 24 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: CRChampionships record NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

The timed final was held on 12 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.[4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.[3]

Total ranking
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Katie Ledecky United States15:38.97
23Kiah Melverton Australia16:00.08
32Leah Smith United States16:00.82
43Kareena Lee Australia16:03.26
52Haley Anderson United States16:04.26
62Madeleine Gough Australia16:04.62
73Ashley Twichell United States16:07.49
83Waka Kobori Japan16:14.22
92Erica Sullivan United States16:16.07
102Allyson McHugh United States16:17.29
113Zhang Ke China16:18.55
123Yukimi Moriyama Japan16:20.46
132Kate Sanderson Canada16:33.16
142Nicole Oliva Philippines17:06.99
151Rosalee Santa Ana Philippines17:32.25
161Osisang Chilton Palau20:06.36
171Mineri Gomez Guam20:54.89
–2Hannah Moore United StatesDNS

Award ranking
RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Katie Ledecky United States15:38.97
Kiah Melverton Australia16:00.08
Leah Smith United States16:00.82
4Kareena Lee Australia16:03.26
5Waka Kobori Japan16:14.22
6Zhang Ke China16:18.55
7Yukimi Moriyama Japan16:20.46
8Kate Sanderson Canada16:33.16

References
  1. "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  4. "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 1500m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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