| Event: | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2014 South American Games |
| Venue: | Estadio Nacional |
| Dates: | March 8, 2014 (heats &<br>finals) |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Nations: | 9 |
| Win Value: | 8:35.41 |
| Gold: | Andreina Pinto |
| Goldnoc: | VEN |
| Silver: | Kristel Köbrich |
| Silvernoc: | CHI |
| Bronze: | Cecilia Biagioli |
| Bronzenoc: | ARG |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 8 at the Estadio Nacional.[1] The last champion was Andreina Pinto of Venezuela.[2]
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.[3] [4]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
| World record | 8:13.86 | Barcelona, Spain | August 3, 2013 | ||
| South American Games record | 8:40.05 | Medellín, Colombia | March 27, 2010 |
All times are in minutes and seconds.
The first round was held on March 8, at 10:30, and the final was held on March 8, at 18:30.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | Andreina Pinto | 8:35.41 | CR | |||
| 2 | 5 | Kristel Köbrich | 8:37.19 | ||||
| 2 | 6 | Cecilia Biagioli | 8:45.68 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Samantha Arevalo | 8:50.30 | |||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Julia Arino | 9:02.79 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Carolina Bilich | 9:05.85 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Annagrazia Bonsanti | 9:07.77 | |||
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Júlia Gerotto | 9:07.92 | |||
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Maria Serrano | 9:13.18 | |||
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Daniela Miyahara Coello | 9:16.69 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 8 | María Álvarez | 9:17.56 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Alondra Castillo Sulca | 10:06.23 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | Paloma Riveras Ortiz | 10:06.23 |