The Women's 1500 Freestyle at the

2007 World Aquatics Championships The 2007 World Aquatics Championships, or the XII FINA World Championships, were held in Melbourne, Australia from 17 March to 1 April 2007. The competition took place at three locations in central Melbourne: the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic C ...

took place on the morning of March 26 (prelims) and the evening of March 27 (finals) at the

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. The existing records when the event started were: * World Record (WR): 15:52.10,

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(USA), March 26, 1998, in Orlando, FL, USA. * Championship Record (CR): 16:00.18,

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(Germany), Barcelona 2003 (Jul.22.2003)

Results

Finals

Preliminaries

References

Women's 1500m Freestyle Preliminary results
from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29.
Women's 1500m Freestyle Final results
from the 2007 World Championships. Published by OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the '07 Worlds); retrieved 2009-06-29. {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships - Women's 1500 metre freestyle

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Swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships 2007 in women's swimming