Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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![]() Victory Ceremony | ||||||||||
Dates | 7 August (heats) 8 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 35 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:07.39 WR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2015 FINA World Championships | |||
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Diving | |||
Individual | |||
1 m | men | women | |
3 m | men | women | |
10 m | men | women | |
3 m & 10 m | mixed team | ||
Synchronised | |||
3 m | men | women | mixed |
10 m | men | women | mixed |
High diving | |||
20 m | women | ||
27 m | men | ||
Open water swimming | |||
Single | |||
5 km | men | women | |
10 km | men | women | |
25 km | men | women | |
Team | |||
5 km | mixed | ||
Swimming | |||
Freestyle | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
800 m | men | women | |
1500 m | men | women | |
Backstroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Breaststroke | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Butterfly | |||
50 m | men | women | |
100 m | men | women | |
200 m | men | women | |
Individual medley | |||
200 m | men | women | |
400 m | men | women | |
Freestyle relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
4 × 200 m | men | women | |
Medley relay | |||
4 × 100 m | men | women | mixed |
Synchronised swimming | |||
Solo | |||
Technical | women | ||
Free | women | ||
Duet | |||
Technical | women | mixed | |
Free | women | mixed | |
Team | |||
Technical | women | ||
Free | women | ||
Combination | women | ||
Water polo | |||
Tournament | men | women | |
The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final. [1]
Prior to the championships, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | ![]() | 8:11.00 | Shenandoah, United States | 22 June 2014 |
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Competition record | ![]() | 8:13.86 | Barcelona, Spain | 3 August 2013 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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4 August | Final* | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 8:13.25 | CR |
8 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 8:07.39 | WR |
* Split from the women's 1500 metre freestyle
The heats were held at 11:17 [2]
The final was held on 8 August at 18:55. [3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Katie Ledecky | ![]() | 8:07.39 | WR |
![]() | 6 | Lauren Boyle | ![]() | 8:17.65 | OC |
![]() | 2 | Jazmin Carlin | ![]() | 8:18.15 | |
4 | 5 | Jessica Ashwood | ![]() | 8:18.41 | NR |
5 | 3 | Lotte Friis | ![]() | 8:21.36 | |
6 | 8 | Boglárka Kapás | ![]() | 8:22.93 | |
7 | 1 | Sarah Köhler | ![]() | 8:23.67 | |
8 | 7 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | ![]() | 8:24.12 | NR |