en 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates	12 December (heats); 13 December (final)
Competitors	29 from 24 nations
Winning time	8:04.35
Medalists
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 12 and 13 December 2018.^[1]

Records

Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	7:59.34	Berlin	10 August 2013
Championship record	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	8:03.41	Doha	4 December 2014

The heats were started on 12 December at 11:25.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Wang Jianjiahe	China	8:07.59	Q
2	3	6	Leah Smith	United States	8:12.28	Q
3	3	4	Sarah Köhler	Germany	8:15.15	Q
4	4	2	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:16.68	Q
5	3	5	Li Bingjie	China	8:16.75	Q
6	3	3	Anna Egorova	Russia	8:19.45	Q
7	4	1	Hayley Anderson	United States	8:19.52	Q
8	3	2	Mayuko Goto	Japan	8:19.93	Q
9	4	7	Yukimi Moriyama	Japan	8:22.23
10	3	7	Jimena Pérez	Spain	8:24.65
11	3	8	Katja Fain	Slovenia	8:25.89
12	2	5	Tamila Holub	Portugal	8:29.58
13	4	8	Diana Durães	Portugal	8:30.12
14	3	1	Marlene Kahler	Austria	8:31.49
15	4	0	Caitlin Deans	New Zealand	8:35.26
16	2	4	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	8:36.33
17	3	0	Ho Nam Wai	Hong Kong	8:39.55
18	3	9	Hayley McIntosh	New Zealand	8:40.35
19	4	9	Hanna Eriksson	Sweden	8:43.36
20	2	2	Souad Cherouati	Algeria	8:44.73
21	2	6	Delfina Dini	Argentina	8:44.81
22	2	3	María Bramont-Arias	Peru	8:49.41
23	2	1	Chen Szu-an	Chinese Taipei	8:54.36
24	2	7	Laura Benková	Slovakia	8:54.71
25	2	9	Kristina Miletić	Croatia	8:55.97
26	2	0	Rosalee Mira Santa Ana	Philippines	9:01.90	NR
27	1	3	Therese Soukup	Seychelles	9:22.68
28	1	4	Tiana Rabarijaona	Madagascar	9:44.98
29	1	5	Sonja Kapedani	Albania	10:04.17
	2	8	Talita Te Flan	Ivory Coast	DNS
	4	3	Ariarne Titmus	Australia
	4	5	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary
	4	6	Maddy Gough	Australia

The final was held on 13 December at 20:37.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Wang Jianjiahe	China	8:04.35
	6	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:08.03
	5	Leah Smith	United States	8:08.75
4	2	Li Bingjie	China	8:09.81
5	3	Sarah Köhler	Germany	8:10.54	NR
6	7	Anna Egorova	Russia	8:12.65
7	1	Hayley Anderson	United States	8:18.70
8	8	Mayuko Goto	Japan	8:22.10

^ "Competition Schedule". Omega Timing. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
^ Heats results
^ Final results