Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Marine Messe Fukuoka
Location	Fukuoka, Japan
Dates	28 July (heats) 29 July (final)
Competitors	34 from 25 nations
Winning time	8:08.87
Medalists
Katie Ledecky    United States   Li Bingjie    China   Ariarne Titmus    Australia
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. ^[4]

World record	Katie Ledecky  (USA)	8:04.79	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Competition record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:07.39	Kazan, Russia	8 August 2015

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 28 July at 12:13. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:15.60	Q
2	3	6	Li Bingjie	China	8:20.51	Q
3	3	5	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	8:21.06	Q
4	3	4	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:21.25	Q
5	4	5	Lani Pallister	Australia	8:21.38	Q
6	4	3	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:21.65	Q
7	3	3	Isabel Gose	Germany	8:21.71	Q
8	4	6	Jillian Cox	United States	8:22.20	Q
9	4	7	Anastasiia Kirpichnikova	France	8:22.74
10	4	0	Ajna Késely	Hungary	8:28.23
11	3	1	Waka Kobori	Japan	8:29.54
12	4	1	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	8:31.72
13	3	0	Beatriz Dizotti	Brazil	8:32.42
14	2	6	Alisée Pisane	Belgium	8:32.52	NR
15	3	7	Deniz Ertan	Turkey	8:32.54
16	4	8	Miyu Namba	Japan	8:34.62
17	2	8	Gan Ching Hwee	Singapore	8:36.31
18	2	2	Emma Finlin	Canada	8:36.47
19	2	5	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	8:37.09
20	4	2	Yang Peiqi	China	8:37.16
21	4	9	Jimena Pérez Blanco	Spain	8:37.40
22	3	2	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	8:39.47
23	3	8	Ángela Martínez	Spain	8:39.60
24	2	3	Bettina Fábián	Hungary	8:39.63
25	3	9	Tamila Holub	Portugal	8:42.90
26	2	7	Han Da-kyung	South Korea	8:43.68
27	2	4	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	8:48.36
28	2	0	Artemis Vasilaki	Greece	8:49.61
29	2	1	Imani de Jong	Netherlands	8:50.81
30	1	6	Diana Taszhanova	Kazakhstan	8:51.46
31	1	4	Maria Bramont-Arias	Peru	8:59.52
32	1	5	Eva Petrovska	North Macedonia	9:06.00
33	1	3	Sasha Gatt	Malta	9:08.63
34	2	9	Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên	Vietnam	9:15.23

Final

The final was held on 29 July at 21:23. ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:08.87
	5	Li Bingjie	China	8:13.31	AS
	6	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:13.59	= OC
4	7	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:16.46
5	1	Isabel Gose	Germany	8:17.95
6	8	Jillian Cox	United States	8:19.73
7	2	Lani Pallister	Australia	8:21.33
8	3	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	8:28.21

References

1. "Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
2. "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". swimswam.com. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
3. "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023.
4. "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023.
5. "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023.
6. "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023.