Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Aspire Dome
Location	Doha, Qatar
Dates	16 February (heats) 17 February (final)
Competitors	28 from 24 nations
Winning time	8:17.44
Medalists
Simona Quadarella     Isabel Gose    Germany   Erika Fairweather    New Zealand
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The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.^[1][2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

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 16 February at 11:07.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Isabel Gose	Germany	8:26.49	Q
2	3	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:27.80	Q
3	3	5	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	8:28.15	Q
4	3	3	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	8:29.30	Q
5	3	2	Agostina Hein	Argentina	8:29.44	Q
6	2	3	Ajna Késely	Hungary	8:32.88	Q
7	2	6	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:35.22	Q
8	2	8	Ichika Kajimoto	Japan	8:35.25	Q
8	3	6	Maddy Gough	Australia	8:35.25	Q
10	3	7	Yang Peiqi	China	8:36.75
11	3	9	Gabrielle Roncatto	Brazil	8:37.00
12	2	7	Ma Yonghui	China	8:37.66
13	2	0	Merve Tuncel	Turkey	8:38.10
14	2	9	Kristel Kobrich	Chile	8:38.81
15	2	2	Kayla Han	United States	8:40.36
16	1	4	Ella Cosgrove	Canada	8:43.33
17	3	1	Beatriz Dizotti	Brazil	8:43.73
18	2	1	Alisée Pisane	Belgium	8:45.28
19	3	0	Tamila Holub	Portugal	8:45.94
20	1	3	Imani de Jong	Netherlands	8:49.08
21	1	6	Ashley Lim	Singapore	8:54.29
22	1	5	Han Da-kyung	South Korea	8:54.74
23	1	2	Diana Taszhanova	Kazakhstan	8:55.78
24	1	1	Eva Petrovska	North Macedonia	9:04.27
25	1	8	Lana Hijazi	Lebanon	9:33.90
–	1	7	Marlene Kahler	Austria	Did not start
	2	5	Anastasiia Kirpichnikova	France
	3	8	Dune Coetzee	South Africa

Final

The final was held on 17 February at 20:23.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:17.44
	4	Isabel Gose	Germany	8:17.53
	3	Erika Fairweather	New Zealand	8:22.26
4	6	Eve Thomas	New Zealand	8:24.86
5	2	Agostina Hein	Argentina	8:29.19
6	8	Ichika Kajimoto	Japan	8:29.24
7	1	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:29.35
8	7	Ajna Késely	Hungary	8:29.83
9	0	Maddy Gough	Australia	8:36.43

References