Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
VenueMarine Messe Fukuoka
LocationFukuoka, Japan
Dates28 July (heats)
29 July (final)
Competitors34 from 25 nations
Winning time8:08.87
Medalists
gold medal Katie Ledecky   United States
silver medal Li Bingjie   China
bronze medal Ariarne Titmus   Australia
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Artistic swimming
Solo
Technicalmenwomen
Freemenwomen
Duet
Technicalwomenmixed
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Team
Technicalmixed
Freemixed
Acrobaticmixed
Diving
Individual
1 mmenwomen
3 mmenwomen
10 mmenwomen
Synchronised
3 mmenwomenmixed
10 mmenwomenmixed
Individual & Synchronised
Teammixed
High diving
20 mwomen
27 mmen
Open water swimming
Individual
5 kmmenwomen
10 kmmenwomen
Relay
4×1.5 kmmixed
Swimming
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomenmixed
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomenmixed
Water polo
Tournamentmenwomen
Rostersmenwomen

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships was held on 28 and 29 July 2023.[1][2][3]

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.[4]

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:04.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Competition record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:07.39 Kazan, Russia 8 August 2015

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

The heats were started on 28 July at 12:13.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:15.60 Q
2 3 6 Li Bingjie  China 8:20.51 Q
3 3 5 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 8:21.06 Q
4 3 4 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 8:21.25 Q
5 4 5 Lani Pallister  Australia 8:21.38 Q
6 4 3 Simona Quadarella  Italy 8:21.65 Q
7 3 3 Isabel Gose  Germany 8:21.71 Q
8 4 6 Jillian Cox  United States 8:22.20 Q
9 4 7 Anastasiia Kirpichnikova  France 8:22.74
10 4 0 Ajna Késely  Hungary 8:28.23
11 3 1 Waka Kobori  Japan 8:29.54
12 4 1 Eve Thomas  New Zealand 8:31.72
13 3 0 Beatriz Dizotti  Brazil 8:32.42
14 2 6 Alisée Pisane  Belgium 8:32.52 NR
15 3 7 Deniz Ertan  Turkey 8:32.54
16 4 8 Miyu Namba  Japan 8:34.62
17 2 8 Gan Ching Hwee  Singapore 8:36.31
18 2 2 Emma Finlin  Canada 8:36.47
19 2 5 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 8:37.09
20 4 2 Yang Peiqi  China 8:37.16
21 4 9 Jimena Pérez Blanco  Spain 8:37.40
22 3 2 Merve Tuncel  Turkey 8:39.47
23 3 8 Ángela Martínez  Spain 8:39.60
24 2 3 Bettina Fábián  Hungary 8:39.63
25 3 9 Tamila Holub  Portugal 8:42.90
26 2 7 Han Da-kyung  South Korea 8:43.68
27 2 4 Gabrielle Roncatto  Brazil 8:48.36
28 2 0 Artemis Vasilaki  Greece 8:49.61
29 2 1 Imani de Jong  Netherlands 8:50.81
30 1 6 Diana Taszhanova  Kazakhstan 8:51.46 NR
31 1 4 Maria Bramont-Arias  Peru 8:59.52
32 1 5 Eva Petrovska  North Macedonia 9:06.00
33 1 3 Sasha Gatt  Malta 9:08.63
34 2 9 Võ Thị Mỹ Tiên  Vietnam 9:15.23

Final[edit]

The final was held on 29 July at 21:23.[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:08.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Li Bingjie  China 8:13.31 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 8:13.59 =OC
4 7 Simona Quadarella  Italy 8:16.46
5 1 Isabel Gose  Germany 8:17.95
6 8 Jillian Cox  United States 8:19.73
7 2 Lani Pallister  Australia 8:21.33
8 3 Erika Fairweather  New Zealand 8:28.21

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  2. ^ Sutherland, James (13 January 2023). "World Aquatics Announces Competition Schedule For 2023 World Championships In Fukuoka". SwimSwam. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Start list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Records book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 21 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Heats results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Final results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 29 July 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2023.
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