1500 m freestyle, women, 25 m pool

What to remember

In a 25-metre short course pool, Katie Ledecky swam 15 min 08.24 s in Toronto on October 29, 2022, at a World Cup meet.

The American is a distance freestyle specialist, and she holds the 1500 m record in both pool formats. On the men's side in short course, the record belongs to Germany's Florian Wellbrock. Her first Olympic title came in 2012, in the 800 m freestyle.

Swimming world records are ratified by World Aquatics, formerly FINA, separately for the 50-metre long course pool and the 25-metre short course pool. The 1500 m freestyle is recognised in both, for men and for women. For women, the distance only joined the Olympic programme in 2020, and Ledecky is among the event's Olympic champions.