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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Dates July 25, 2011 (heats)
July 26, 2011 (final)
Competitors 26 from 23 nations
Winning time 15:49.59
Medalists
gold medal     Denmark
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     China
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The Women's 1500 Freestyle event at the 2011 FINA World Championships was held on July 25 and 26, 2011 in Shanghai, China. Preliminary heats were swum July 25, with the top-8 swimmers advancing to swim again in the final on July 26.

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

26 swimmer participated in 4 heats.

The final was held at 18:35.


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