Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Championship:	Swimming at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships
Dates:	16 February (heats) 17 February (final)
Venue:	Aspire Dome
Location:	Doha, Qatar
Competitors:	28
Nations:	24
Win Value:	8:17.44
Gold:	Simona Quadarella
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Isabel Gose
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Erika Fairweather
Bronze Nation:	NZL
Prev:	2023
Next:	2025

The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships was held on 16 and 17 February 2024.^{[1] [2]}

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.^[3]

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 16 February at 11:07.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			8:26.49	Q
2	3	4			8:27.80	Q
3	3	5			8:28.15	Q
4	3	3			8:29.30	Q
5	3	2			8:29.44	Q
6	2	3			8:32.88	Q
7	2	6			8:35.22	Q
8	2	8			8:35.25	Q
8	3	6			8:35.25	Q
10	3	7			8:36.75
11	3	9			8:37.00
12	2	7			8:37.66
13	2	0			8:38.10
14	2	9			8:38.81
15	2	2			8:40.36
16	1	4			8:43.33
17	3	1			8:43.73
18	2	1			8:45.28
19	3	0			8:45.94
20	1	3			8:49.08
21	1	6			8:54.29
22	1	5			8:54.74
23	1	2			8:55.78
24	1	1			9:04.27
25	1	8			9:33.90
–	1	7			Did not start
	2	5
	3	8

Final

The final was held on 17 February at 20:23.^[5]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			8:17.44
	4			8:17.53
	3			8:22.26
4	6			8:24.86
5	2			8:29.19
6	8			8:29.24
7	1			8:29.35
8	7			8:29.83
9	0			8:36.43

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. 1 November 2023. 1 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231101033353/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2023/10/02/ad5051df-a960-47a9-8eef-0beccae7c822/DOHA_2024_SCHEDULES_06.pdf. live.
2. Web site: Start list. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 13 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240213070553/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201F10101FFFFFFFFFF00.pdf. live.
3. Web site: Records book. omegatiming.com. 9 February 2024. 10 February 2024. 3 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240203115839/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001180000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF1F.pdf. live.
4. Web site: Heats results. omegatiming.com. 16 February 2024. 16 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240216084602/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201F10101FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.
5. Web site: Final results. omegatiming.com. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. 17 February 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217173945/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011800000201F10104FFFFFFFFFF01.pdf. live.