List of swimming world records over 1500 meters freestyle

The swimming world records over 1500 m freestyle are the best times swum in the 1500 m freestyle swimming discipline. They are recognized by the international swimming federation FINA . World records are held separately for long courses (50 m) and short courses (25 m) and separately for men and women. In the following, the world record development since the first recognized world record is listed.

Long track world records men

World records for men in the 1500 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Henry Taylor	United Kingdom	22: 48.4	July 25, 1908	London
2	George Hodgson	Canada	22: 00.0	July 10, 1912	Stockholm
3	Arne Borg	Sweden	21: 35.3	July 8, 1923	Gothenburg
4th	Arne Borg	Sweden	21: 15.0	January 30, 1924	Sydney
5	Arne Borg	Sweden	21: 11.4	July 13, 1924	Paris
6th	Andrew Charlton	Australia	20: 06.6	July 15, 1924	Paris
7th	Arne Borg	Sweden	20: 04.4	August 18, 1926	Budapest
8th	Arne Borg	Sweden	19: 07.2	September 2, 1927	Bologna
9	Tomikatsu Amano	Japan	18: 58.8	August 10, 1938	Tokyo
10	Shiro Hashizume	Japan	18: 35.7	August 16, 1949	los Angeles
11	Hironoshin Furuhashi	Japan	18: 19.0	August 16, 1949	los Angeles
12	George Breen	United States	18: 05.9	May 3, 1956	New Haven
13	Murray Rose	Australia	17: 59.5	October 30, 1956	Melbourne
14th	George Breen	United States	17: 52.9	5th December 1956	Melbourne
15th	John Konrads	Australia	17: 28.7	February 22, 1958	Melbourne
16	John Konrads	Australia	17: 11.0	February 27, 1960	Sydney
17th	Roy Saari	United States	17: 05.5	17th August 1963	Tokyo
18th	Murray Rose	Australia	17: 01.8	2nd August 1964	Los Altos
19th	Roy Saari	United States	16: 58.7	2nd September 1964	new York
20th	Stephen Krause	United States	16: 58.6	August 15, 1965	Maumee
21st	Mike Burton	United States	16: 41.6	August 21, 1966	Lincoln
22nd	Mike Burton	United States	16: 34.1	August 13, 1967	Oak Park
23	Guillermo Echevarria	Mexico	16: 28.1	7th July 1968	Santa Clara
24	Mike Burton	United States	16: 08.5	3rd September 1968	Long Beach
25th	Mike Burton	United States	16: 04.5	17th August 1969	Louisville
26th	John Kinsella	United States	15: 57.1	23rd August 1970	los Angeles
27	Rick DeMont	United States	15: 52.91	August 6, 1972	Chicago
28	Mike Burton	United States	15: 52.58	4th September 1972	Munich
29	Stephen Holland	Australia	15: 37.80	5th August 1973	Brisbane
30th	Stephen Holland	Australia	15: 31.85	September 9, 1973	Belgrade
31	Tim Shaw	United States	15: 31.75	August 25, 1974	Concord
32	Stephen Holland	Australia	15: 27.79	January 25, 1975	Christchurch
33	Tim Shaw	United States	15: 20.91	June 21, 1975	Long Beach
34	Stephen Holland	Australia	15: 10.89	February 27, 1976	Sydney
35	Brian Goodell	United States	15: 06.66	June 21, 1976	Long Beach
36	Brian Goodell	United States	15: 02.40	July 20, 1976	Montréal
37	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	14: 58.27	July 22, 1980	Moscow
38	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	14: 56.35	March 13, 1982	Moscow
39	Vladimir Salnikov	Soviet Union	14: 54.76	February 22, 1983	Moscow
40	Jörg Hoffmann	Germany	14: 50.36	January 13, 1991	Perth
41	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14: 48.40	April 5, 1992	Canberra
42	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14: 43.48	July 31, 1992	Barcelona
43	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14: 41.66	August 24, 1994	Victoria
44	Grant Hackett	Australia	14: 34.56	July 29, 2001	Fukuoka
45	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	14: 34.14	July 31, 2011	Shanghai
46	Sun Yang	People's Republic of China	14: 31.02	4th August 2012	London

Long track world records women

World records for women in the 1500 m freestyle (50 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Josephine McKim	United States	24: 07.6	December 31, 1925	Coral Gables
2	Martha Norelius	United States	23: 44.6	July 28, 1927	Massapequa
3	Helene Madison	United States	23: 17.2	July 15, 1931	new York
4th	Grete Frederiksen	Denmark	22: 36.7	June 26, 1936	Copenhagen
5	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	21: 45.7	July 3, 1938	Elsinore
6th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	21: 10.1	August 11, 1940	Elsinore
7th	Ragnhild Hveger	Denmark	20: 57.0	August 20, 1941	Copenhagen
8th	Lenie de Nijs	Netherlands	20: 46.5	July 23, 1955	Utrecht
9	Jans Koster	Netherlands	20: 22.8	August 21, 1956	Utrecht
10	Jans Koster	Netherlands	20: 03.1	July 27, 1957	Hilversum
11	Ilsa Konrads	Australia	19: 25.7	January 14, 1959	Sydney
12	Jane Cederqvist	Sweden	19: 23.6	September 8, 1960	Uppsala
13	Margareta Rylander	Sweden	19: 02.8	June 27, 1961	Uppsala
14th	Carolyn House	United States	18: 44.0	June 18, 1962	Chicago
15th	Patricia Caretto	United States	18: 33.5	July 30, 1964	Los Altos
16	Patricia Caretto	United States	18: 23.7	August 12, 1965	Los Altos
17th	Patricia Caretto	United States	18: 12.9	July 21, 1966	Lincoln
18th	Debbie Meyer	United States	17: 31.2	July 21, 1966	los Angeles
19th	Debbie Meyer	United States	17: 19.9	17th August 1969	Louisville
20th	Cathy Calhoun	United States	17: 19.2	August 28, 1971	Houston
21st	Shane Gould	Australia	17: 00.6	December 12, 1971	Sydney
22nd	Shane Gould	Australia	16: 56.90	February 11, 1973	Adelaide
23	Jo Harshbarger	United States	16: 54.14	August 25, 1973	Louisville
24	Jenny Turrall	Australia	16: 49.90	8th December 1973	Drummoyne
25th	Jenny Turrall	Australia	16: 48.20	January 9, 1974	Sydney
26th	Jenny Turrall	Australia	16: 43.40	July 13, 1974	Sydney
27	Jenny Turrall	Australia	16: 39.28	3rd August 1974	Mission Viejo
28	Jenny Turrall	Australia	16: 33.94	August 25, 1974	Concord
29	Alice Browne	United States	16: 24.60	August 21, 1977	Mission Viejo
30th	Tracey Wickham	Australia	16: 14.39	February 8, 1978	Brisbane
31	Tracey Wickham	Australia	16: 06.63	February 24, 1979	Perth
32	Kim Linehan	United States	16: 04.49	19th August 1979	Fort Lauderdale
33	Janet Evans	United States	16:00, 73	July 31, 1987	Clovis
34	Janet Evans	United States	15: 52.10	March 26, 1988	Orlando
35	Kate Ziegler	United States	15: 42.54	June 17, 2007	Mission Viejo
36	Katie Ledecky	United States	15: 36.53	July 30, 2013	Barcelona
37	Katie Ledecky	United States	15: 34.23	19th June 2014	Shenandoah
38	Katie Ledecky	United States	15: 28.36	August 24, 2014	Gold coast
39	Katie Ledecky	United States	15: 27.71	3rd August 2015	Kazan
40	Katie Ledecky	United States	15: 25.48	4th August 2015	Kazan
41	Katie Ledecky	United States	15: 20.48	May 16, 2018	Indianapolis

Short course world records men

World records for men in the 1500 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14: 32.40	2nd February 1992	Brisbane
2	Kieren Perkins	Australia	14: 26.52	July 14, 1993	Auckland
3	Grant Hackett	Australia	14: 19.55	September 27, 1998	Perth
4th	Grant Hackett	Australia	14: 10.10	August 7, 2001	Perth
5	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Italy	14: 08.06	4th December 2015	Netanya

(This list is not yet complete)

Short course world records women

World records for women in the 1500 m freestyle (25 m track)

No.	athlete	nation	time	date	place
1	Petra Schneider	GDR	15: 43.31	January 12, 1982	Berlin
2	Laure Manaudou	France	15: 42.39	November 20, 2004	La Roche
3	Kate Ziegler	United States	15: 32.90	October 12, 2007	eat
4th	Lotte Friis	Denmark	15: 28.65	November 28, 2009	Birkerød
5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	15: 26.95	November 29, 2013	Castellón de la Plana
6th	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	15: 22.68	August 9, 2014	Wellington
7th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	15: 19.71	December 12, 2014	Sabadell
8th	Sarah Koehler	Germany	15: 18.01	16th November 2019	Berlin

(This list is not yet complete)

See also

• List of swimming world records
• List of European swimming records
• List of European swimming records over 1500 meters freestyle
• Freestyle swimming

Web links

• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.olympic.org (English)
• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.agendadiana.it (Italian)
• Historical development of the swimming world records, www.zwemkroniek.com (Dutch)