Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	2022
Venue:	Sandwell Aquatics Centre
Dates:	1 August (heats) 2 August (final)
Competitors:	10
Nations:	6
Win Value:	8:13.59
Gold:	Ariarne Titmus
Goldcga:	AUS
Silver:	Kiah Melverton
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Lani Pallister
Bronzecga:	AUS
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 2 August at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

The following records were established during the competition:

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Monday 1 August 2022	11:48	Qualifying
style=background:lemonchiffon	Tuesday 2 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:15	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

Results

Heats

^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			8:32.67	Q
2	2	4			8:36.17	Q
3	1	5			8:39.01	Q
4	2	5			8:40.29	Q
5	1	3			8:40.31	Q
6	2	3			8:42.42	Q
7	2	6			8:48.84	Q
8	2	2			9:16.49	Q
9	1	6			9:27.99	R
10	1	2			9:30.75	R

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			8:13.59	GR
	6			8:16.79
	4			8:19.16
4	3			8:32.63
5	7			8:42.07
6	1			8:44.77
7	2			8:53.50
8	8			9:13.97

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Birmingham 2022. 28 July 2022.
2. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-01/SWMW800MFR------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf Heats Results
3. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMW800MFR------------FNL-000100--__C73A1_1.0.pdf Final results