Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 August (heats) 2 August (final)
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Winning time	8:13.59
Medalists
Ariarne Titmus    Australia   Kiah Melverton    Australia   Lani Pallister    Australia

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:04.79	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Ariarne Titmus (AUS)	8:13.83	Tokyo, Japan	31 July 2021
Games record	Jazmin Carlin (WAL)	8:18.11	Glasgow, Scotland	28 July 2014

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
2 August	Final	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:13.59	GR, CR

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Monday 1 August 2022	11:48	Qualifying
Tuesday 2 August 2022	21:15	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Lani Pallister	Australia	8:32.67	Q
2	2	4	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:36.17	Q
3	1	5	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	8:39.01	Q
4	2	5	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:40.29	Q
5	1	3	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	8:40.31	Q
6	2	3	Katrina Bellio	Canada	8:42.42	Q
7	2	6	Michaela Pulford	South Africa	8:48.84	Q
8	2	2	Harper Barrowman	Cayman Islands	9:16.49	Q
9	1	6	Lily Scott	Jersey	9:27.99	R
10	1	2	Raya Embury-Brown	Cayman Islands	9:30.75	R

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:13.59	GR
	6	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:16.79
	4	Lani Pallister	Australia	8:19.16
4	3	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	8:32.63
5	7	Katrina Bellio	Canada	8:42.07
6	1	Michaela Pulford	South Africa	8:44.77
7	2	Mabel Zavaros	Canada	8:53.50
8	8	Harper Barrowman	Cayman Islands	9:13.97