World’s Fastest 1500m Freestyle – Women’s Short Course

World Record: Katie Ledecky, USA, 15:08.24 – 29 October 2022, World Cup
World Junior Record: Katie Grimes, USA, 15:42.05 – 4 November 2022, World Cup
Commonwealth Record: Lani Pallister, Australia, 15:21.43, 16 December 2022, World Championships

Top 7 All-time Performers:

  1. Katie Ledecky 15:08.24
  2. Sarah Kohler 15:18.01
  3. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova 15:18.30
  4. Mireia Belmonte 15:19.71
  5. Lauren Boyle 15:22.68
  6. Lani Pallister 15:24.63
  7. Lotte Friis 15:28.65

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The chart below compares the World’s Fastest 1500m Freestyle – Women’s Short Course swimmers. Swimmers and coaches can looks at the individual Splits, Stroke Counts and the first 50m split compared to swimmers 50m PB. All swim data has been collected from our team reviewing race footage where possible. Here is the Women’s 1500m Freestyle Long Course for comparison.

Women's 1500m Freestyle - Short Course
Katie LedeckySarah KohlerAnastasiia KirpichnikovaMireia BelmonteLauren BoyleLani PallisterLotte Friis
Height:6 ft 0 in 183cm5 ft 10 in 179cm5 ft 8 in 173cm5 ft 7 in 170cm6 ft 0 in 183cm6 ft 0 in 184cm
Weight:160Ib 73kg148 Ib 67kg138 Ib 63kg132 Ib 60kg148 Ib 67kg159 Ib 72kg
Country:USAGERRUSESPNZLAUSDEN
DOB:1997-03-171994-06-20 2000-06-24 1990-11-10 1987-12-14 2002-06-06 1988-02-09
Meet:FINA Swimming World Cup 2022Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften 2019European Short Course Swimming Championships 2021Spanish Winter National Championships (25m)Wellington Winter Championships 20142022 Australian Short Course ChampionshipsDanish Club Championships
1st 25m Split13.4012.91
Strokes15
Split Time:13.4012.91
2nd 25m Split14.9314.67
Strokes20
Split Time:28.3328.9128.3329.3528.4627.58
50m PB:25.4527.1327.6627.5126.5525.6826.41
Time off 50m PB:2.881.780.671.841.911.83
Percentage of 50m PB:111.316%106.561%102.422%106.688%107.194%107.126%
3rd 25m Split14.9515.20
Strokes19
Split Time:43.2842.78
4th 25m Split15.1515.35
Strokes20
Split Time:58.4359.2858.401:00.2558.6658.1358.60
5th 25m Split15.2115.35
Strokes20
Split Time:1:13.641:13.48
6th 25m Split15.1115.19
Strokes20
Split Time:1:28.751:28.911:31.321:29.071:28.67
7th 25m Split15.0715.48
Strokes20
Split Time:1:43.821:44.15
8th 25m Split15.1715.57
Strokes
Split Time:1:58.992:00.021:59.502:02.431:59.511:59.722:00.08
9th 25m Split15.1515.64
Strokes20
Split Time:2:14.142:15.36
10th 25m Split15.1715.27
Strokes20
Split Time:2:29.312:30.062:33.282:30.002:30.63
11th 25m Split15.2115.41
Strokes19
Split Time:2:44.522:46.04
12th 25m Split15.2015.58
Strokes20
Split Time:2:59.723:01.233:00.633:04.013:00.553:01.623:02.06
13th 25m Split15.22 15.68
Strokes20
Split Time:3:14.943:17.30
14th 25m Split15.0515.33
Strokes20
Split Time:3:29.993:31.393:34.703:31.153:32.63
15th 25m Split15.1615.46
Strokes20
Split Time:3:45.153:48.09
16th 25m Split15.0715.41
Strokes
Split Time:4:00.224:02.564:02.094:05.394:01.744:03.504:04.47
17th 25m Split15.0515.68
Strokes
Split Time:4:15.274:19.18
18th 25m Split14.9715.31
Strokes20
Split Time:4:30.244:32.884:36.034:32.344:34.49
19th 25m Split15.0015.44
Strokes
Split Time:4:45.244:49.93
20th 25m Split14.9515.82
Strokes
Split Time:5:00.195:03.975:03.705:06.825:03.015:05.755:06.79
21st 25m Split14.9915.83
Strokes20
Split Time:5:15.185:21.58
22nd 25m Split15.0615.35
Strokes20
Split Time:5:30.245:34.695:37.525:33.855:36.93
23rd 25m Split14.9815.64
Strokes19
Split Time:5:45.225:52.57
24th 25m Split15.0015.45
Strokes20
Split Time:6:00.226:05.226:05.436:08.226:04.576:08.026:09.07
25th 25m Split14.9715.55
Strokes19
Split Time:6:15.196:23.57
26th 25m Split15.0615.41
Strokes19
Split Time:6:30.256:36.026:38.726:35.316:38.98
27th 25m Split15.0415.76
Strokes19
Split Time:6:45.296:54.74
28th 25m Split15.0415.35
Strokes19
Split Time:7:00.337:06.737:06.487:09.217:06.107:10.097:11.26
29th 25m Split15.0215.64
Strokes20
Split Time:7:15.357:25.73
30th 25m Split15.0215.28
Strokes19
Split Time:7:30.377:36.847:39.777:36.857:41.01
31th 25m Split15.0815.50
Strokes20
Split Time:7:45.457:56.51
32nd 25m Split15.1315.56
Strokes20
Split Time:8:00.588:08.398:07.498:10.428:08.058:12.078:13.73
33rd 25m Split15.1015.59
Strokes20
Split Time:8:15.688:27.66
34th 25m Split15.1015.46
Strokes20
Split Time:8:30.788:38.338:40.718:39.138:43.12
35th 25m Split15.1015.38
Strokes19
Split Time:8:45.888:58.50
36th 25m Split15.1215.64
Strokes20
Split Time:9:01.009:09.759:09.039:11.409:10.079:14.149:16.17
37th 25m Split15.1315.40
Strokes20
Split Time:9:16.139:29.54
38th 25m Split15.1115.59
Strokes
Split Time:9:31.249:39.769:41.999:41.239:45.13
39th 25m Split15.1815.59
Strokes20
Split Time:9:46.4210:00.72
40th 25m Split15.3615.40
Strokes20
Split Time:10:01.7810:11.3210:10.7110:12.5410:12.3810:16.1210:18.84
41st 25m Split15.2315.64
Strokes20
Split Time:10:17.0110:31.76
42st 25m Split15.1515.44
Strokes20
Split Time:10:32.1610:41.5910:43.3210:43.4210:47.20
43rd 25m Split15.3415.54
Strokes20
Split Time:10:47.5011:02.74
44th 25m Split15.6715.55
Strokes20
Split Time:11:03.1711:12.9411:12.4111:13.8511:14.6411:18.2911:21.74
45th 25m Split15.4015.69
Strokes20
Split Time:11:18.5711:33.98
46th 25m Split15.2215.34
Strokes20
Split Time:11:33.7911:43.3111:44.6911:45.9211:49.32
47th 25m Split15.5015.61
Strokes21
Split Time:11:49.2912:04.93
48th 25m Split15.5315.50
Strokes20
Split Time:12:04.8212:14.6312.:14.4312:15.6712:17.2412:20.4312:23.91
49th 25m Split15.5815.53
Strokes20
Split Time:12:20.4012:35.96
50th 25m Split15.5415.41
Strokes
Split Time:12:35.9412:45.3012:46.8112:48.1512:51.37
51st 25m Split15.3715.55
Strokes20
Split Time:12:51.3113:06.92
52nd 25m Split15.4915.29
Strokes20
Split Time:13:06.8013:16.2613:16.2513:17.7313:19.1313:22.2113:26.65
53rd 25m Split15.4515.64
Strokes20
Split Time:13:22.2513:37.85
54th 25m Split15.4015.42
Strokes
Split Time:13:37.6513:47.2013:48.8613:50.2113:53.27
55th 25m Split15.3215.72
Strokes20
Split Time:13:52.9714:08.99
56th 25m Split15.3815.72
Strokes
Split Time:14:08.3514:17.8314:18.2014:19.6514:21.0414:24.3514:28.39
57th 25m Split15.0615.50
Strokes20
Split Time:14:23.4114:39.85
58th 25m Split15.2915.50
Strokes
Split Time:14:38.7014:49.1814:50.3214:52.0914:55.35
59th 25m Split15.1015.39
Strokes19
Split Time:14:53.8015:10.74
60th 25m Split14.4413.89
Strokes19
Total Time:15:08.2415:18.0115:18.3015:19.7115:22.6815:24.6315:28.65

Note: World’s Fastest 1500m Freestyle – Women’s Short Course Update Sept 2023

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