Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 1500 metre freestyle

The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be held in 2024 at the Paris La Défense Arena. This will be the event's second consecutive appearance, first appearing in 2020.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification
Swimmers must achieve at least the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), with NOCs being able to select two of those athletes to send to the Olympics. They may also achieve the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), with NOCs being able to select one of those athletes to send to the Olympics. The OQT for this event is set at 16:09.09, while the OCT is set at 16:13.94.

Australia
Lani Pallister and Moesha Johnson qualified to represent Australia during the 2024 Australian Swimming Trials. Pallister won the final with a time of 15:53.79, and Johnson with a 15:57.85. Both swimmers will make their debut in the event.

Brazil
Beatriz Dizotti qualified to represent Brazil during the 2024 Brazillian Swimming Championships. Dizotti won the competition with a time of 6:14.02, which would not have met the OCT, however, she swam a time of 16:01.95 at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships. This will be her second consecutive appearance in the event.

Germany
Isabel Gose and Leonie Märtens qualified to represent Germany during the 2024 German Swimming Championships. Gose won the competition with a time of 15:52.02, and Märtens qualified as the second-highest German swimmer, finishing in third with a 16:12.48.

New Zealand
Eve Thomas qualified as the representative for New Zealand for a second consecutive time following her win at the 2024 New Zealand Swimming Championships. She qualified with a time of 16:07.46, finishing over 20 seconds ahead of Deans Caitlin in second place. She was officially named on the squad on 30 April 2024.

Singapore
Gan Ching Hwee was invited to the Olympics by the Singapore National Olympic Council following her time of 6:10.61 in early June. The time was enough to meet the OCT, and broke the Singaporean records.

United States
Katie Ledecky and Katie Grimes qualified to represent the United States during the 2024 United States Olympic trials. Ledecky won the final with a time of 15:37.35, followed by Grimes in second with a 15:57.77. Ledecky will make her second consecutive appearance in the event, while Grimes will make her debut.

OQT
Other athletes that have qualified through the OQT are:	Gao Weizhong and Li Bingjie of China, Anastasiia Kirpichnikova of France, Vivien Jackl of Hungary, and Simona Quadarella and Ginevra Taddeucci of Italy.

OCT
One other athlete has qualified through the OCT: Kristel Köbrich of Chile.

Universality Places
Sasha Gatt was selected by Malta for a universality place on 5 July 2024.

Schedule
All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Heats
The heats will take place on 30 July.

Final
The final will take place on 31 July.