Swimming at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Championship:	2022 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	23 June (heats) 24 June (final)
Venue:	Danube Arena
Location:	Budapest, Hungary
Competitors:	21
Nations:	17
Win Value:	8:08.04
Gold:	Katie Ledecky
Gold Nation:	USA
Silver:	Kiah Melverton
Silver Nation:	AUS
Bronze:	Simona Quadarella
Bronze Nation:	ITA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 23 and 24 June 2022.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 23 June at 10:31.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			8:17.51	Q
2	3	3			8:24.66
3	2	5			8:25.19	Q
4	3	5			8:27.19	Q
5	3	6			8:27.69	Q
6	3	7			8:27.82	Q
7	2	4			8:27.96	Q
8	2	3			8:30.68	Q
9	2	7			8:32.26	Q
10	2	2			8:32.91
11	3	1			8:37.02
12	3	2			8:38.64
13	3	8			8:38.65
14	2	6			8:39.46
15	2	0			8:41.37
16	2	8			8:45.12
17	3	0			8:45.67
18	3	9			8:49.18
19	1	4			8:59.95
20	1	5			9:12.87
21	1	3			9:16.94
	1	2
	1	6
	2	1
	2	9

Final

The final was held on 24 June at 19:26.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			8:08.04
	1			8:18.77
	7			8:19.00
4	5			8:20.04
5	3			8:23.15
6	6			8:23.78
7	2			8:30.37
8	8			8:37.04

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. fina.org. 15 June 2022.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 16 June 2022.
3. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 23 June 2022.
4. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 24 June 2022.