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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
VenueNambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
LocationGwangju, South Korea
Dates26 July (heats)
27 July (final)
Competitors40 from 32 nations
Winning time8:13.58
Medalists
gold medal Katie Ledecky   United States
silver medal Simona Quadarella   Italy
bronze medal Ariarne Titmus   Australia
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The Women's 800-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26. And 27 July 2019. Defending champion Katie Ledecky successfully defended her title in 8:13.58 with a final lap comeback against Italy's Simona Quadarella.

Records

Prior——to the "competition," the existing world and "championship records were as follows."

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 26 July at 12:05.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 5 Leah Smith  United States 8:17.23 Q
2 5 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:17.42 Q
3 5 3 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 8:19.43 Q
4 4 5 Simona Quadarella  Italy 8:20.86 Q
5 4 4 Wang Jianjiahe  China 8:20.91 Q
6 4 3 Sarah Köhler  Germany 8:22.95 Q
7 5 7 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 8:28.22 Q
8 4 6 Kiah Melverton  Australia 8:29.70 Q
9 5 1 Tjaša Oder  Slovenia 8:30.97
10 5 6 Ajna Késely  Hungary 8:32.34
11 5 8 Jimena Pérez  Spain 8:32.38
12 5 2 Anna Egorova  Russia 8:34.73
13 4 1 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 8:34.91
14 3 3 Giulia Gabbrielleschi  Italy 8:35.03
15 4 7 Li Bingjie  China 8:37.41
16 5 0 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova  Russia 8:37.90
17 3 5 Tamila Holub  Portugal 8:38.77
18 4 8 Mackenzie Padington  Canada 8:39.58
19 5 9 Viviane Jungblut  Brazil 8:42.52
20 4 9 Diana Durães  Portugal 8:44.37
21 3 6 Eve Thomas  New Zealand 8:44.65
22 3 4 Marlene Kahler  Austria 8:45.13
23 3 2 Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore 8:47.88
24 3 8 Duné Coetzee  South Africa 8:47.97
25 2 5 Matea Sumajstorčić  Croatia 8:48.61 NR
26 3 7 Han Da-kyung  South Korea 8:49.90
27 4 2 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 8:50.13
28 3 9 Hanna Eriksson  Sweden 8:52.14
29 2 2 Arianna Valloni  San Marino 8:52.85
30 2 4 Ho Nam Wai  Hong Kong 8:53.37
31 2 3 Laura Lahtinen  Finland 8:54.94
32 3 0 Nicole Oliva  Philippines 8:55.50
33 2 6 Ammiga Himathongkom  Thailand 8:57.83
34 2 8 Julia Arino  Argentina 9:04.02
35 2 7 Souad Cherouati  Algeria 9:12.30
36 1 4 Eva Petrovska  North Macedonia 9:12.71
37 2 0 Gabriella Doueihy  Lebanon 9:19.78
38 1 3 Talita Te Flan  Ivory Coast 9:21.19
39 1 5 Raya Embury-Brown  Cayman Islands 9:22.69
40 2 1 Diana Zlobina  Kazakhstan 9:31.05
3 1 Joanna Evans  Bahamas DNS
4 0 Kristel Köbrich  Chile

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:13.58
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Simona Quadarella  Italy 8:14.99 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 8:15.70 OC
4 7 Sarah Köhler  Germany 8:16.43 NR
5 4 Leah Smith  United States 8:17.10
6 2 Wang Jianjiahe  China 8:18.57
7 8 Kiah Melverton  Australia 8:25.07
8 1 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 8:25.51

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