| 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]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:
The following new records were set during this competition.
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 |
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 |