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

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:	2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue:	Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium
Dates:	12 December (heats) 13 December (final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	24
Win Value:	8:04.35
Gold:	Wang Jianjiahe
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Simona Quadarella
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Leah Smith
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2021

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		7:59.34	Berlin	10 August 2013
Championship record	Mireia Belmonte		8:03.41	Doha	4 December 2014

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Notes
1	4	4	8:07.59	Q
2	3	6	8:12.28	Q
3	3	4	8:15.15	Q
4	4	2	8:16.68	Q
5	3	5	8:16.75	Q
6	3	3	8:19.45	Q
7	4	1	8:19.52	Q
8	3	2	8:19.93	Q
9	4	7	8:22.23
10	3	7	8:24.65
11	3	8	8:25.89
12	2	5	8:29.58
13	4	8	8:30.12
14	3	1	8:31.49
15	4	0	8:35.26
16	2	4	8:36.33
17	3	0	8:39.55
18	3	9	8:40.35
19	4	9	8:43.36
20	2	2	8:44.73
21	2	6	8:44.81
22	2	3	8:49.41
23	2	1	8:54.36
24	2	7	8:54.71
25	2	9	8:55.97
26	2	0	9:01.90	NR
27	1	3	9:22.68
28	1	4	9:44.98
29	1	5
	2	8	DNS
	4	3
	4	5
	4	6

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