Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time8:17.51
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2009
2013  

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and July 30 with the final.

Contents

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8:14.10 Beijing August 16, 2008
Championship record Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:15.92 Rome August 1, 2009

Results

Heats

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:22.27Q
255 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:23.07Q
335 Chloe Sutton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:27.72Q
444 Kate Ziegler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:28.28Q
534 Katie Goldman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:28.35Q
637 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:28.40Q
751 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:28.50Q, NR
836 Wendy Trott Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:28.75Q
932 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:28.76
1045 Shao Yiwen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:29.05
1152 Erika Villaécija García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:29.13
1257 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:29.16
1347 Melissa Gorman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:30.00
1446 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:32.35
1541 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:33.62
1656 Jazmin Carlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:34.33
1733 Gráinne Murphy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 8:35.17
1848 Savannah King Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:41.93
1953 Chen Qian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:42.15
2024 Patricia Castañeda Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:42.65
2138 Nina Dittrich Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8:43.89
2258 Cecilia Biagioli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:44.01
2325 Spela Bohinc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8:45.86
2422 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 8:46.00 NR
2531 Marianna Lymperta Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8:51.93
2626 Cai Lin Khoo Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 8:57.17
2723 Alexia Benitez Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:00.04
2816 Samantha Arevalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 9:00.96
2915 Shahd Osman Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 9:01.84
3014 Daniela Miyahara Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 9:02.28 NR
3127 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 9:08.40
3213 Simona Marinova Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 9:12.47
42 Mireia Belmonte García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNS
43 Federica Pellegrini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNS

Final

The final was held at 19:30. [2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:17.51
Silver medal icon.svg5 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:18.20
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Kate Ziegler Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:23.36
43 Chloe Sutton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:24.05
57 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:24.79 NR
62 Katie Goldman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:29.20
78 Wendy Trott Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:30.45
81 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:32.72

References

  1. "Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing . Retrieved 2025-02-18.
  2. "Results Summary" (PDF). Omega Timing . Retrieved 2025-02-18.