| Event: | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
| Games: | 2015 |
| Venue: | CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House |
| Dates: | July 18 (preliminaries and finals) |
| Competitors: | 16 |
| Nations: | 12 |
| Win Value: | 8:27.54 |
| Win Label: | Winning time |
| Gold: | Sierra Schmidt |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Kristel Köbrich |
| Silvernoc: | CHI |
| Bronze: | Andreina Pinto |
| Bronzenoc: | VEN |
| Prev: | 2011 |
| Next: | 2019 |
The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 18 at the CIBC Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House in Toronto, Canada.[1] The defending Pan American Games champion was Kristel Kobrich of Chile.
This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool in freestyle. All participating swimmers would take part in 2 heats based on qualifying time. There were no finals.[2]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 8:11.00 | Shenandoah, United States | June 22, 2014 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 8:34.65 | Winnipeg, Canada | August 6, 1999 |
See main article: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the A standard (8:52.99) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing they had met the B standard (9:24.97) in the same qualifying period.[2] All other competing athletes were entered as universality spots.[2]
All times are Eastern Time Zone (UTC-4).
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 18, 2015 | 10:05 | Final 1 | |
| July 18, 2015 | 19:05 | Final 2 |
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | GR | Games record | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
The finals were held on July 18.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 8:27.54 | GR | ||||
| 2 | 7 | 8:29.79 | |||||
| 2 | 5 | 8:31.08 | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 8:32.06 | |||||
| 2 | 1 | 8:37.18 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 8:38.00 | |||||
| 1 | 5 | 8:40.75 | |||||
| 1 | 3 | 8:45.81 | |||||
| 2 | 8 | 8:47.94 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 6 | 8:48.37 | ||||
| 11 | 1 | 4 | 8:53.70 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | 6 | 8:55.62 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 8:57.29 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | 9:07.98 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 7 | 9:12.30 | ||||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 9:16.88 |