Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and July 30 with the final.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time8:17.51
Medalists
    Great Britain
    Denmark
    United States

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordRebecca Adlington United Kingdom8:14.10BeijingAugust 16, 2008
Championship recordLotte Friis Denmark8:15.92RomeAugust 1, 2009

Results

Heats

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
154Rebecca Adlington Great Britain8:22.27Q
255Lotte Friis Denmark8:23.07Q
335Chloe Sutton United States8:27.72Q
444Kate Ziegler United States8:28.28Q
534Katie Goldman Australia8:28.35Q
637Boglárka Kapás Hungary8:28.40Q
751Lauren Boyle New Zealand8:28.50Q, NR
836Wendy Trott South Africa8:28.75Q
932Kristel Köbrich Chile8:28.76
1045Shao Yiwen China8:29.05
1152Erika Villaécija García Spain8:29.13
1257Éva Risztov Hungary8:29.16
1347Melissa Gorman Australia8:30.00
1446Camelia Potec Romania8:32.35
1541Andreina Pinto Venezuela8:33.62
1656Jazmin Carlin Great Britain8:34.33
1733Gráinne Murphy Ireland8:35.17
1848Savannah King Canada8:41.93
1953Chen Qian China8:42.15
2024Patricia Castañeda Mexico8:42.65
2138Nina Dittrich Austria8:43.89
2258Cecilia Biagioli Argentina8:44.01
2325Spela Bohinc Slovenia8:45.86
2422Julia Hassler Liechtenstein8:46.00NR
2531Marianna Lymperta Greece8:51.93
2626Cai Lin Khoo Malaysia8:57.17
2723Alexia Benitez El Salvador9:00.04
2816Samantha Arevalo Ecuador9:00.96
2915Shahd Osman Egypt9:01.84
3014Daniela Kaori Miyahara Peru9:02.28NR
3127Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn Thailand9:08.40
3213Simona Marinova North Macedonia9:12.47
42Mireia Belmonte García SpainDNS
43Federica Pellegrini ItalyDNS

Final

The final was held at 19:30.[2]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Rebecca Adlington Great Britain8:17.51
5Lotte Friis Denmark8:18.20
6Kate Ziegler United States8:23.36
43Chloe Sutton United States8:24.05
57Boglárka Kapás Hungary8:24.79NR
62Katie Goldman Australia8:29.20
78Wendy Trott South Africa8:30.45
81Lauren Boyle New Zealand8:32.72

References

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