| Event: | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2002 |
| Venue: | Manchester Aquatics Centre |
| Dates: | 1 August (heats) 2 August (final) |
| Competitors: | 10 |
| Nations: | 7 |
| Win Value: | 8:28.54 |
| Gold: | Rebecca Cooke |
| Goldcga: | ENG |
| Silver: | Amanda Pascoe |
| Silvercga: | AUS |
| Bronze: | Janelle Atkinson |
| Bronzecga: | JAM |
| Prev: | 1998 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 and 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.
| World record | 8:16.22 | 20 August 1989 | |||
| Games record | 8:24.62 | 5 August 1978 |
The schedule was as follows:
All times are local time
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 1 August | 10:00 | Heats | |
| Friday 2 August | 20:33 | Final |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 8:33.31 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 8:40.88 | Q | |||
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 8:41.91 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 8:43.77 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 8:46.51 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 8:53.51 | Q | |||
| 7 | 2 | 6 | 8:54.11 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 2 | 9:12.14 | Q | |||
| 9 | 1 | 6 | 9:12.71 | ||||
| 10 | 2 | 7 | 9:38.16 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8:28.54 | |||||
| 5 | 8:34.19 | |||||
| 3 | 8:36.23 | |||||
| 4 | 6 | 8:41.79 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | 8:41.81 | ||||
| 6 | 7 | 8:44.85 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | 8:55.34 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 9:13.57 |