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

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]

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
Venue	Nambu University Municipal Aquatics Center
Location	Gwangju, South Korea
Dates	26 July (heats) 27 July (final)
Competitors	40 from 32 nations
Winning time	8:13.58
Medalists
Katie Ledecky    United States   Simona Quadarella    Italy   Ariarne Titmus    Australia

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.[4]

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.[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:13.58
	6	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:14.99	NR
	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

References

1. Schedule
2. Start list
4. Heats results
5. Final results