Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Kazan 2015 - Victory Ceremony 800m freestyle W.jpg
Victory Ceremony
Dates7 August (heats)
8 August (final)
Competitors43 from 35 nations
Winning time8:07.39 WR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2013
2017  

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]

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Records

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

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:11.00 Shenandoah, United States 22 June 2014
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:13.86 Barcelona, Spain 3 August 2013

During the competition, prior to this 800 metre event, on 4 August 2015, Katie Ledecky set a new championship record in the 1500 metre freestyle final; her 800-meter mark was at 8:13.25.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
4 August Women's 1500 m freestyle finals Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:13.25† CR
8 AugustFinal Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:07.39 WR , CR

Legend: † – en route to final mark

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:17 [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:19.42Q
245 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:22.17Q
356 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:23.12Q
455 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:23.66Q
544 Jazmin Carlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:23.83Q
646 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:24.83Q, NR
742 Sarah Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:26.16Q
853 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:26.96Q
952 Leonie Beck Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:28.39
1043 Becca Mann Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:28.44
1132 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:33.12
1258 Andreina Pinto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 8:33.33
1347 Melani Costa Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:34.89
1459 Zhang Yuhan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:35.17
1541 Jessica Thielmann Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:36.88
1657 Martina Caramignoli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:38.56
1748 Tjasa Oder Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8:38.85
1837 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 8:39.12
1951 Erica Musso Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:39.55
2025 Valerie Gruest Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 8:39.88
2133 Samantha Arévalo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 8:41.15
2240 Beatriz Gómez Cortés Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:41.72
2323 María Álvarez Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 8:42.14 NR
2430 Montserrat Ortuño Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:42.83
2534 Cao Yue Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:43.24
2635 Leah Neale Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:44.38
2749 Emma Robinson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:44.86
2839 Monique Olivier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 8:45.37
2936 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 8:49.96
3024 Martina Elhenická Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8:53.08
3126 Khoo Cai Lin Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 8:55.20
3231 Jo Hyun-ju Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:57.66
3321 Daniela Miyahara Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 9:00.30
3422 Rachel Tseng Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 9:01.19
3527 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 9:03.71
3629 Helena Moreno Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 9:09.27
3738 Valeriya Salamatina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 9:11.78
3828 Hannah Gill Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 9:16.23
3920 Talita Te Flan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 9:16.89
4014 Gabriella Doueihy Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 9:18.30
4115 Lena Rannvaardottir Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 9:35.53
4213 Makaela Holowchak Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 9:37.68
4316 Victoria Chentsova Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands 9:48.87
50 Coralie Balmy Flag of France.svg  France DNS

Final

The final was held on 8 August at 18:55. [3]

Kazan Arena after finish the final Kazan 2015 - Kazan Arena after setting women's 800m freestyle world record by Ledecki.JPG
Kazan Arena after finish the final
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:07.39 WR
Silver medal icon.svg6 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:17.65 OC
Bronze medal icon.svg2 Jazmin Carlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:18.15
45 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:18.41 NR
53 Lotte Friis Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8:21.36
68 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:22.93
71 Sarah Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:23.67
87 Sharon van Rouwendaal Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:24.12 NR

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