| Event: | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 1979 |
| Venue: | Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron |
| Dates: | July 8 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | - |
| Nations: | - |
| Win Label: | Winning score |
| Gold: | Kim Linehan |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Jennifer Hooker |
| Silvernoc: | USA |
| Bronze: | Barbara Shockey |
| Bronzenoc: | CAN |
| Prev: | 1975 |
| Next: | 1983 |
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 8 July at the Piscina Olimpica Del Escambron.[1] The last Pan American Games champion was Wendy Weinberg of US.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.[8]
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on July 8.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8:48.83 | Q | |||
| 2 | 9:03.75 | Q | |||
| 3 | 9:07.59 | Q | |||
| 4 | 9:07.94 | Q | |||
| 5 | 9:25.36 | Q | |||
| 6 | 9:25.97 | Q | |||
| 7 | 9:32.95 | Q | |||
| 8 | 9:33.67 | Q | |||
| 9 | 9:33.95 | ||||
| 10 | 9:39.60 | ||||
| 11 | 9:40.15 | NR | |||
| 12 | 9:44.96 | ||||
| 13 | 10:01.52 |
The final was held on July 8.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:39.82 | NR, GR | ||||
| 8:50.71 | |||||
| 8:54.82 | |||||
| 4 | 9:10.14 | ||||
| 5 | 9:13.59 | NR | |||
| 6 | 9:13.93 | ||||
| 7 | 9:29.84 | ||||
| 8 | 9:34.34 | NR |