2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
Venue Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates9 August (timed finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time8:09.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Katie Ledecky  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Ariarne Titmus  Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Leah Smith  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center. [1] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of United States. [2]

Contents

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals. [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:04.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil12 August 2016
Pan Pacific Championships record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:11.35 Gold Coast, Australia21 August 2014

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:CRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

The timed final was held on 9 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat. [4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking. [3]

Total ranking

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:09.13 CR
23 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:17.07 OC
33 Leah Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:17.21
43 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:25.64
52 Erica Sullivan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:26.27
62 Haley Anderson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:27.13
72 Madeleine Gough Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:27.28
82 Ashley Twichell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:29.36
93 Waka Kobori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:31.89
103 Mackenzie Padington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:34.49
112 Chase Travis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:37.86
123 Yukimi Moriyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:41.44
132 Kate Sanderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:43.99
143 Zhang Ke Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:44.17
152 Nicole Oliva Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 8:53.21
161 Rosalee Santa Ana Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 9:12.04
171 Osisang Chilton Flag of Palau.svg  Palau 10:40.45
181 Mineri Gomez Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 10:58.33

Award ranking

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:09.13 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:17.07 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg Leah Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:17.21
4 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:25.64
5 Waka Kobori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:31.89
6 Mackenzie Padington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:34.49
7 Yukimi Moriyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:41.44
8 Kate Sanderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:43.99

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References

  1. ↑ "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 800m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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