Watch: Katie Ledecky Swim The 2nd Fastest 1500 Freestyle in History ...Middle East

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2026 PRO SWIM SERIES – AUSTIN

USA Swimming published a few of the race videos from last night’s Pro Swim Series in Austin, and one of them was Katie Ledecky‘s monster 1500 freestyle.

Ledecky came in as the clear favorite as her only competition was her own World Record pace. She fell just short of a new World Record, but her swim of 15:23.21 was the 2nd fastest time in history, and gives her the top 12 swims all-time in the event.

Women’s 1500 FREESTYLE — Fastest Heat

Top 8 Finishers

Katie Ledecky ended 2025 with the fastest 1650 in history, and she started 2026 with the 2nd fastest 1500. In her first event of the meet, she got out to a commanding lead from the beginning, making it clear that her race was with the clock.

At the 800 mark. Ledecky split 8:13.09, sitting more than 30 seconds ahead of Hansen in 2nd place, sitting a little more than a second off her World Record pace in the event. She descended her splits form there, swimming all 30 points on her final 700 meters.

Her final 100 was 1:00.3 after splitting 30.69/26.61 on the final two 50s to touch in 15:23.21. This is the 2nd fastest time in history, coming in only behind her own World Record of 15:20.48 from the 2018 Pro Swim Series in Indianapolis. The previous 2nd fastest swim was the 15:24.51 she swam in April at the Pro Swim Series in Fort Lauderdale. Later that meet, she broke the World Record in the 800 freestyle.

Brinkleigh Hansen finished 2nd in 16:31.31, a four second drop from her previous lifetime best of 16:35.82 from the 2025 USA Swimming Nationals.

Becca Mann rounded out the top three, touching in 16:35.09 for 3rd. Ths was about 30 seconds off her lifetime best of 16:05.42 from May of 2015.

USA Swimming also published the men’s 100 breaststroke where Van Mathias tied the pool record of 59.45, picking up the win by a tenth over Denis Petrashov and dropping three tenths from his previous best time in the event.

MEN’S 100 BREASTSTROKE – Finals

Top 8 Finishers

Van Mathias tied the pool record in the men’s 100 breaststroke, touching in 59.45 to pick up the event win. He tied Alexei Avakov’s record and dropped three tenths from the 59.74 mark he swam at the Summer Championships in August.

Denis Petrashov swam 59.55 for 2nd after swimming the fastest closing 50 in the field of 31.97, the only swimmer under 32 seconds on the back half.

Mitch Mason was 3rd in 1:00.50, about a second slower than his lifetime best 59.87 from June of 2023, but seven tenths faster than the 1:01.24 he swam at the U.S. Open last month.

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