Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.[1][2]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
VenueAspire Dome
LocationDoha, Qatar
Dates16 February (heats)
17 February (final)
Competitors28 from 24 nations
Winning time8:17.44
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    New Zealand
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Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[3]

World record   Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:04.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Competition record   Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:07.39 Kazan, Russia 8 August 2015

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 16 February at 11:07.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Isabel Gose   Germany 8:26.49 Q
2 3 4 Simona Quadarella   Italy 8:27.80 Q
3 3 5 Erika Fairweather   New Zealand 8:28.15 Q
4 3 3 Eve Thomas   New Zealand 8:29.30 Q
5 3 2 Agostina Hein   Argentina 8:29.44 Q
6 2 3 Ajna Késely   Hungary 8:32.88 Q
7 2 6 Kiah Melverton   Australia 8:35.22 Q
8 2 8 Ichika Kajimoto   Japan 8:35.25 Q
8 3 6 Maddy Gough   Australia 8:35.25 Q
10 3 7 Yang Peiqi   China 8:36.75
11 3 9 Gabrielle Roncatto   Brazil 8:37.00
12 2 7 Ma Yonghui   China 8:37.66
13 2 0 Merve Tuncel   Turkey 8:38.10
14 2 9 Kristel Köbrich   Chile 8:38.81
15 2 2 Kayla Han   United States 8:40.36
16 1 4 Ella Cosgrove   Canada 8:43.33
17 3 1 Beatriz Dizotti   Brazil 8:43.73
18 2 1 Alisée Pisane   Belgium 8:45.28
19 3 0 Tamila Holub   Portugal 8:45.94
20 1 3 Imani de Jong   Netherlands 8:49.08
21 1 6 Ashley Lim   Singapore 8:54.29
22 1 5 Han Da-kyung   South Korea 8:54.74
23 1 2 Diana Taszhanova   Kazakhstan 8:55.78
24 1 1 Eva Petrovska   North Macedonia 9:04.27
25 1 8 Lana Hijazi   Lebanon 9:33.90
1 7 Marlene Kahler   Austria Did not start
2 5 Anastasiia Kirpichnikova   France
3 8 Dune Coetzee   South Africa

Final

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The final was held on 17 February at 20:23.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Simona Quadarella   Italy 8:17.44
  4 Isabel Gose   Germany 8:17.53
  3 Erika Fairweather   New Zealand 8:22.26
4 6 Eve Thomas   New Zealand 8:24.86
5 2 Agostina Hein   Argentina 8:29.19
6 8 Ichika Kajimoto   Japan 8:29.24
7 1 Kiah Melverton   Australia 8:29.35
8 7 Ajna Késely   Hungary 8:29.83
9 0 Maddy Gough   Australia 8:36.43

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.