Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	19 August
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists
Wang Jianjiahe    China   Li Bingjie    China   Waka Kobori    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 19 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 19 August 2018	09:00	Slowest heat
	18:00	Fastest heat

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	15:20.48	Indianapolis, United States	16 May 2018
Asian Record	Li Bingjie (CHN)	15:52.87	Tianjin, China	3 September 2017
Games Record	—	—	—	—

Results

Legend

• DNS — Did not start

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Wang Jianjiahe (CHN)	15:53.68	GR
	2	Li Bingjie (CHN)	15:53.80
	2	Waka Kobori (JPN)	16:18.31
4	2	Yukimi Moriyama (JPN)	16:34.23
5	2	Gan Ching Hwee (SGP)	16:39.70
6	2	Han Da-kyung (KOR)	16:58.57
7	1	Katii Tang (HKG)	17:08.39
8	2	Lam Hoi Kiu (HKG)	17:20.65
9	1	Gabriella Doueihy (LBN)	17:37.77
10	1	Mai Thị Linh (VIE)	17:40.56
—	2	Ressa Kania Dewi (INA)	DNS