2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle
at the 2012 Short Course Worlds
Dates 13 December 2012
Winning time 8:08.62
Medalists
    New Zealand
    Denmark
    United States

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) took place 13 December 2012 at the Sinan Erdem Dome. This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordCamille Muffat France8:01.06Angers16 November 2012
Championship recordRebecca Adlington United Kingdom8:08.25Manchester10 April 2008

No new records were set during this competition.

Results

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)47Lauren Boyle New Zealand8:08.62OC
2nd, silver medalist(s)44Lotte Friis Denmark8:10.99
3rd, bronze medalist(s)43Chloe Sutton United States8:15.53
442Hannah Miley Great Britain8:16.09
545Erika Villaécija García Spain8:16.90
641Rebecca Mann United States8:19.27
715Xu Danlu China8:22.88
848Ellie Faulkner Great Britain8:22.96
946Melanie Costa Spain8:23.56
1014Zhou Lili China8:25.19
1135Marie Kamimura Japan8:28.09
1231Samantha Arevalo Ecuador8:28.31NR
1332Asami Chida Japan8:28.60
1436Julia Hassler Liechtenstein8:29.77
1530Evelyn Verrasztó Hungary8:30.42
1633Tjasa Oder Slovenia8:31.14
1738Michelle Weber South Africa8:35.62
1837Virginia Bardach Argentina8:42.35
1934Jessica Pengelly South Africa8:49.07
2028Lani Cabrera Barbados8:57.56NR
2123Maria Gabriela Santis Mejia Guatemala8:59.19
2239Raina Saumi Grahana Indonesia8:59.74
2325Daniela Miyahara Peru9:01.06
2427Fatima Eugenia Flores El Salvador9:09.66
2521Angie Galdamez Honduras9:14.38
2626Ana Semiruncic Moldova9:14.46
2722Erika García-Naranjo Peru9:21.55
2824Valerie Gruest Guatemala9:22.55
2913Monica Saili Samoa9:23.63
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