Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location Gwangju, South Korea
Dates26 July (heats)
27 July (final)
Competitors40 from 32 nations
Winning time8:13.58
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2017
2022  

The Women's 800-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019. [1] [2] Defending champion Katie Ledecky successfully defended her title in 8:13.58 with a final lap comeback against Italy's Simona Quadarella. [3]

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship 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
Competition recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:07.39 Kazan, Russia 8 August 2015

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 26 July at 12:05. [4]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
155 Leah Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:17.23Q
254 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:17.42Q
353 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:19.43Q
445 Simona Quadarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:20.86Q
544 Wang Jianjiahe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:20.91Q
643 Sarah Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:22.95Q
757 Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:28.22Q
846 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:29.70Q
951 Tjaša Oder Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8:30.97
1056 Ajna Késely Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:32.34
1158 Jimena Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:32.38
1252 Anna Egorova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:34.73
1341 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 8:34.91
1433 Giulia Gabbrielleschi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:35.03
1547 Li Bingjie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:37.41
1650 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 8:37.90
1735 Tamila Holub Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 8:38.77
1848 Mackenzie Padington Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:39.58
1959 Viviane Jungblut Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:42.52
2049 Diana Durães Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 8:44.37
2136 Eve Thomas Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:44.65
2234 Marlene Kahler Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8:45.13
2332 Gan Ching Hwee Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 8:47.88
2438 Duné Coetzee Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8:47.97
2525 Matea Sumajstorčić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 8:48.61 NR
2637 Han Da-kyung Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 8:49.90
2742 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:50.13
2839 Hanna Eriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:52.14
2922 Arianna Valloni Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino 8:52.85
3024 Ho Nam Wai Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 8:53.37
3123 Laura Lahtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8:54.94
3230 Nicole Oliva Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 8:55.50
3326 Ammiga Himathongkom Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 8:57.83
3428 Julia Arino Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 9:04.02
3527 Souad Cherouati Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 9:12.30
3614 Eva Petrovska Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 9:12.71
3720 Gabriella Doueihy Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 9:19.78
3813 Talita Te Flan Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 9:21.19
3915 Raya Embury-Brown Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands 9:22.69
4021 Diana Zlobina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 9:31.05
31 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas DNS
40 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile

Final

The final was started on 27 July at 21:25. [5]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg5 Katie Ledecky Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:13.58
Silver medal icon.svg6 Simona Quadarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:14.99 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Ariarne Titmus Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:15.70 OC
47 Sarah Köhler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:16.43 NR
54 Leah Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:17.10
62 Wang Jianjiahe Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:18.57
78 Kiah Melverton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8:25.07
81 Mireia Belmonte Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:25.51

References

  1. Schedule
  2. Start list
  3. Crouse, Karen (27 July 2019). "Katie Ledecky Rallies for Gold in 800 Free at World Championships". The New York Times.
  4. Heats results
  5. Final results