2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Etihad Arena
Location	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Dates	17 December (heats); 18 December (final)
Competitors	31 from 23 nations
Winning time	8:02.90 CR
Medalists
	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova
	← 2018 2022 →

The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 17 and 18 December 2021.^[1]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Mireia Belmonte (ESP)	7:59.34	Berlin, Germany	10 August 2013
Competition record	Mireia Belmonte (ESP)	8:03.41	Doha, Qatar	4 December 2014

The following new records were set during this competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nation	Time	Record
18 December	Final	Li Bingjie	China	8:02.90	CR

The heats were started on 17 December at 11:14.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	6	Li Bingjie	China	8:10.08	Q
2	4	8	Summer McIntosh	Canada	8:13.37	Q, WD, NR
3	4	5	Isabel Marie Gose	Germany	8:13.61	Q
4	3	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:14.10	Q
5	4	4	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Russian Swimming Federation	8:14.53	Q
6	4	3	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	8:15.01	Q
7	4	6	Katie Grimes	United States	8:16.01	Q, WD
8	3	3	Anna Egorova	Russian Swimming Federation	8:17.03	Q
9	3	0	Emma Weyant	United States	8:20.65	Q
10	3	5	Ajna Késely	Hungary	8:21.81	Q
11	3	7	Viviane Jungblut	Brazil	8:24.78
12	4	0	Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas	Hungary	8:24.93
13	3	2	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	8:25.02
14	4	2	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	8:27.79
14	2	4	María de Valdés	Spain	8:28.94
16	2	7	Valentine Dumont	Belgium	8:29.17
17	4	7	Diana Durães	Portugal	8:32.17
18	3	9	Jimena Pérez	Spain	8:33.12
19	4	9	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	8:33.81
20	3	1	Ryu Ji-won	South Korea	8:33.89
21	4	1	Han Da-kyung	South Korea	8:34.14
22	2	3	Lena Opatril	Austria	8:39.56
23	2	0	Kamonchanok Kwanmuang	Thailand	8:39.81	NR
24	2	5	Delfina Dini	Argentina	8:40.55
25	2	2	Michaela Pulford	South Africa	8:41.94
26	2	8	Arianna Valloni	San Marino	8:44.10	NR
27	2	9	Zhanet Angelova	Bulgaria	8:44.88
28	2	6	Matea Sumajstorčić	Croatia	8:49.05
29	1	5	Daniela Alfaro	Costa Rica	8:56.29
30	2	1	Eva Petrovska	North Macedonia	8:59.55
31	1	4	Michell Ramírez	Honduras	9:13.03
	1	3	Talita Te Flan	Ivory Coast	DNS
	1	6	Iman Kouraogo	Burkina Faso
	3	8	Hou Yawen	China

The final was held on 18 December at 19:41.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Li Bingjie	China	8:02.90	CR
	6	Anastasiya Kirpichnikova	Russian Swimming Federation	8:06.44
	3	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:07.99
4	5	Isabel Marie Gose	Germany	8:08.26
5	7	Anna Egorova	Russian Swimming Federation	8:14.84
6	2	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	8:17.60
7	1	Emma Weyant	United States	8:20.13
8	8	Ajna Késely	Hungary	8:20.18

^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Omega Timing. 14 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Heats results
^ Final results