| Event: | Women's 800 metre freestyle |
| Competition: | 2020 European Aquatics Championships |
| Venue: | Danube Arena |
| Dates: | 17 May 2021 (heats) 18 May 2021 (final) |
| Competitors: | 28 |
| Nations: | 16 |
| Win Value: | 8:20.23 |
| Gold: | Simona Quadarella |
| Gold Nation: | ITA |
| Silver: | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova |
| Silver Nation: | RUS |
| Bronze: | Anna Egorova |
| Bronze Nation: | RUS |
| Prev: | 2018 |
| Next: | 2022 |
The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2020 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 and 18 May 2021.[1] [2]
Before the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.
| Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record | 8:04.79 | 12 August 2016 | |||
| European record | 8:14.10 | 16 August 2008 | |||
| Championship record | 8:15.54 | 21 August 2014 |
The heats were started on 17 May at 12:07.[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 8:26.73 | Q | |||
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 8:31.83 | Q | |||
| 3 | 3 | 6 | 8:33.34 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 8:33.50 | Q | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 8:34.18 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 5 | 8:35.71 | Q | |||
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 8:35.88 | Q | |||
| 8 | 2 | 7 | 8:36.92 | Q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 6 | 8:37.11 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 7 | 8:41.91 | ||||
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 8:44.81 | ||||
| 12 | 3 | 9 | 8:48.02 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 2 | 8:49.57 | ||||
| 14 | 2 | 1 | 8:51.41 | ||||
| 15 | 3 | 1 | 8:53.44 | ||||
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 8:55.63 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 5 | 8:56.15 | ||||
| 18 | 2 | 9 | 8:57.70 | ||||
| 19 | 1 | 4 | 8:57.71 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 0 | 9:00.02 | ||||
| 21 | 1 | 6 | 9:01.07 | ||||
| 22 | 2 | 8 | 9:02.08 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 3 | 9:04.92 | ||||
| 24 | 3 | 8 | 9:05.39 | ||||
| 25 | 1 | 2 | 9:07.23 | ||||
| 26 | 1 | 7 | 9:10.88 | ||||
| 27 | 1 | 1 | 9:14.91 | ||||
| 28 | 1 | 8 | 9:54.60 |
The final was held on 18 May at 18:00.[4]
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 8:20.23 | |||||
| 6 | 8:21.86 | NR | ||||
| 1 | 8:26.56 | |||||
| 4 | 7 | 8:27.31 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 8:29.81 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 8:32.17 | ||||
| 7 | 3 | 8:33.14 | ||||
| 8 | 8 | 8:33.90 |