Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates8 April (heats)
9 April (final)
Competitors10 from 6 nations
Winning time8:20.02
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  2014
2022  

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

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Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:04.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Commonwealth record Flag of England.svg  Rebecca Adlington  (ENG)8:14.10 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Games record Flag of Wales 2.svg  Jazmin Carlin  (WAL)8:18.11 Glasgow, Scotland 28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows: [1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Sunday 8 April 201812:00Heats
Monday 9 April 201819:43Final

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
114 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:29.30Q
224 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:32.78Q
313 Camilla Hattersley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:35.62Q
425 Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:36.52Q
515 Holly Hibbott Flag of England.svg  England 8:39.57Q
623 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:42.01Q
726 Ellena Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:43.89Q
816 Kate Beavon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:49.16Q
922 Kristin Bellingan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9:02.88
1012 Alania Suttie Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:20.02
Silver medal icon.svg4 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:27.60
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:28.59
42 Holly Hibbott Flag of England.svg  England 8:29.05
53 Camilla Hattersley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:32.65
66 Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:37.45
71 Ellena Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:43.94
88 Kate Beavon Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:49.16

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References

  1. "Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.