2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES
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WOMEN’S 1500 FREESTYLE – FINAL
- World Record: 15:20.48 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2018)
- World Junior Record: 15:28.36 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2014)
Olympic Record: 15:35.35 – Katie Ledecky, USA (2021)- 2021 Winning Time: 15:37.34
- 2021 Time to Win Bronze: 15:42.91
- Katie Ledecky (United States) – 15:30.02 (Olympic Record)
- Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (France) – 15:40.35
- Isabel Gose (Germany) – 15:41.16
- Simona Quadarella (Italy) – 15:44.05
- Li Bingjie (China) – 16:01.03
- Moesha Johnson (Australia) – 16:02.70
- Beatriz Dizotti (Brazil) – 16:02.86
- Leonie Martens (Germany) – 16:12.57
Katie Ledecky broke her own Olympic Record in the women’s 1500 freestyle en route to gold swimming a 15:30.02. That broke her previous record of a 15:37.34 from Tokyo.
Ledecky’s time today also writes history as she now holds the top 20 performances all-time. She has swam under the 15:38.88 second mark 20 times. Lotte Friis of Denmark sits at #2 in history as she swam a 15:38.88 in 2009, which now sits as the #21 performance in history.
Split Comparison
| 2024 | 2020 | |
| 50 | 27.99 | 28.52 |
| 100 | 30.1 | 30.6 |
| 150 | 30.89 | 31.11 |
| 200 | 30.83 | 30.95 |
| 250 | 30.93 | 31.21 |
| 300 | 31.04 | 31.46 |
| 350 | 31.31 | 31.29 |
| 400 | 31.18 | 31.84 |
| 450 | 31.22 | 31.51 |
| 500 | 31.22 | 31.3 |
| 550 | 31.12 | 31.27 |
| 600 | 31.23 | 31.47 |
| 650 | 31.37 | 31.17 |
| 700 | 31.37 | 31.3 |
| 750 | 31.62 | 31.36 |
| 800 | 31.1 | 31.56 |
| 850 | 31.51 | 31.26 |
| 900 | 31.17 | 31.61 |
| 950 | 31.32 | 31.1 |
| 1000 | 31.17 | 31.69 |
| 1050 | 31.12 | 31.43 |
| 1100 | 31.34 | 31.55 |
| 1150 | 31.23 | 31.66 |
| 1200 | 31.69 | 31.84 |
| 1250 | 31.1 | 31.52 |
| 1300 | 31.23 | 31.82 |
| 1350 | 31.24 | 31.48 |
| 1400 | 31.25 | 31.67 |
| 1450 | 30.99 | 30.85 |
| 1500 | 29.14 | 29.96 |
| 15:30.02 | 15:37.34 |
Ledecky was out faster today than she was in Tokyo. At the 400 mark, Ledecky was a 4:04.27 today compared to a 4:06.98 that she swam in Tokyo. She also was notably out under World Record pace today, although she eventually fell off that pace, she still got under her Olympic Record by a significant margin. Today, she kept splitting 31lows today throughout most of her race, compared to 31mids in Tokyo.
This was the 2nd time that the women’s 1500 free was ever competed in at the Olympics and Ledecky is 2 for 2 in wins. She now has eight individual Olympic gold medals.
Ledecky swims for years against practically same field. And there is no surprise that having advantage in personal best for more than 20 sec she is still capable to win at almost preretirement age. And that is unusual for long distance races.
But what impressed me most at her today’s race is her split for last fifty: 29.14. I haven’t seen that for long time for her races under 15:35. It gives some hope for under 8:10 in 800m race that she is probably needs to get a gold medal there.
A better comparison of the splits would be from the final of the W 1500 FR at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
0 – 50 meter split
2022 – 28.35
2024 – 27.99
800 meter split
2022 – 8:13.06
2024 – 8:14.52
1450 – 1500 meter split
2022 – 29.56
2024 – 29.14
A much better attempt from Katie Ledecky to even split the race in calendar year 2024.
Katie Ledecky also owns 24 of the top 25 All-Time Performances in the W 1500 FR.
That’s seven individual gold medals. Katie Ledecky eyes #8 in the final of the W 800 FR.
Another Mickey Mouse event
Take Ledecky out of the equation and this event is worse than men’s 2 back😭😭😭
Another Mickey Mouse comment from Andrew.
That Friis time is from Barcelona 2013, not Rome 2009. It was an incredible race.
The final in the W 1500 FR at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships was epic.
Congratulations Katie!