2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle
# 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The women's 1500 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 24 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The last champion was Melissa Gorman of Australia.

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

| World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 15:34.23 | Shenandoah, United States | June 19, 2014 |
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| Pan Pacific Championships record | Kate Ziegler (USA) | 15:55.01 | Victoria, Canada | August 17, 2006 |

## Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | CR | Championships record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
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The first and final round were held on August 24, at 19:31.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| | Katie Ledecky | United States | 15:28.36 | WR |
| | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 15:55.69 | |
| | Brittany MacLean | Canada | 15:57.15 | |
| 4 | Cierra Runge | United States | 16:04.48 | |
| 5 | Kristel Köbrich | Chile | 16:30.74 | |
| 6 | Chihi Igarashi | Japan | 16:34.09 | |
| 7 | Miho Takahashi | Japan | 16:39.26 | |
| 8 | Emma Robinson | New Zealand | 16:44.88 | |
