Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:Women's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:2013 World Aquatics Championships
Venue:Palau Sant Jordi
Dates:August 2, 2013 (heats)
August 3, 2013 (final)
Competitors:38
Nations:32
Win Value:8:13.86
Gold:Katie Ledecky
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Lotte Friis
Silvernoc:DEN
Bronze:Lauren Boyle
Bronzenoc:NZL
Prev:2011
Next:2015

The women's 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2–3 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1] [2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

The following new records were set during this competition.

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 2 August.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Q
2 2 5 Q, OC
3 4 5 Q
4 2 4 Q
5 3 3 Q
6 3 7 Q
7 3 6 Q
8 4 3 Q
9 3 4
10 2 3
11 2 2
12 4 2
13 3 2
14 3 5
15 3 1
16 3 0 NR
17 4 6
18 4 1
19 2 6
20 4 7
21 2 1
22 4 0
23 2 8
24 4 8
25 3 9
26 3 8
27 4 9
28 2 0
29 2 9
30 1 6
31 1 4
32 1 3
33 1 5
34 1 2
35 1 7
36 1 8 10:03.20
37 1 1 10:11.46
38 1 0 10:14.63
2 7

Final

The final was held at 19:26.[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 8:13.86
3 8:16.32
5 8:18.58 OC
4 2 8:21.21 NR
5 6 8:21.99
6 8 8:27.75
7 1 8:29.37
8 7 8:37.29

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule. FINA. 8 July 2013. 21 July 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131223050621/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3355&Itemid=1407. 23 December 2013.
  2. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010D020101001800FFFFFFFFFFFF01 Start list
  3. http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010D020101001800FFFFFFFFFFFF02 Heats Results
  4. http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010D020101001802FFFFFFFFFFFF02 Final Results