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Olympic Swimming 2021: Women's 1,500M Freestyle Medal Winners, Times and Results

Bleacher Report | July 28, 2021

Related Topics: Katie Ledecky, Olympic Games, Sarah Köhler, Simona Quadarella, Russian Olympic Committee, Kiah Melverton, Long-distance swimming

Katie Ledecky is once again the undisputed best long-distance swimmer in the world.

In the first-ever women's 1500m freestyle at the Olympic Games, Ledecky entered as the presumptive favorite and easily blew away the field, finishing 4.07 seconds ahead of U.S. teammate Erica Sullivan—who made a dramatic comeback to claim the silver medal.

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OLYMPIC HISTORY IS MADEu203cufe0f<a href="https://twitter.com/katieledecky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@katieledecky</a> wins the first-EVER Olympic gold medal in the women's 1500m free and teammate Erica Sullivan wins the silver.<a href="https://twitter.com/TeamUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TeamUSA</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TokyoOlympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TokyoOlympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OlympicHERstory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OlympicHERstory</a> <a href="https://t.co/fTLlcWFgEg">pic.twitter.com/fTLlcWFgEg</a>

Women's 1,500M Freestyle Final

1. Katie Ledecky (USA): 15:37.

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