Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships took place on 2–3 August at the Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona, Spain.[1][2]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
VenuePalau Sant Jordi
DatesAugust 2, 2013 (heats)
August 3, 2013 (final)
Competitors38 from 32 nations
Winning time8:13.86 WR
Medalists
    United States
    Denmark
    New Zealand

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and championship records were:

World record  Rebecca Adlington (GBR)8:14.10Beijing, China16 August 2008[3][4]
Competition record  Lotte Friis (DEN)8:15.92Rome, Italy1 August 2009[5]

The following new records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
3 AugustFinalKatie Ledecky United States8:13.86WR, CR

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 2 August.[6]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Katie Ledecky United States8:20.65Q
225Lauren Boyle New Zealand8:21.00Q, OC
345Lotte Friis Denmark8:23.00Q
424Mireia Belmonte Spain8:25.03Q
533Boglárka Kapás Hungary8:25.26Q
637Martina de Memme Italy8:26.95Q
736Andreina Pinto Venezuela8:27.03Q
843Chloe Sutton United States8:27.41Q
934Jazmin Carlin Great Britain8:27.48
1023Jessica Ashwood Australia8:27.74
1122Kristel Köbrich Chile8:29.32
1242Shao Yiwen China8:29.71
1332Alexa Komarnycky Canada8:29.87
1435Xu Danlu China8:29.98
1531Sarah Köhler Germany8:34.72
1630Samantha Arevalo Ecuador8:35.99NR
1746Eleanor Faulkner Great Britain8:36.04
1841Isabelle Härle Germany8:36.83
1926Beatriz Gómez Cortes Spain8:37.26
2047Savannah King Canada8:40.35
2121Julia Hassler Liechtenstein8:40.89
2240Susana Escobar Mexico8:42.84
2328Tjasa Oder Slovenia8:42.96
2448Katya Bachrouche Lebanon8:50.08
2539Khoo Cai Lin Malaysia8:51.87
2638Carolina Bilich Brazil8:52.10
2749Virginia Bardach Argentina8:52.79
2820Kyna Pereira South Africa8:54.10
2929Andrea Basaraba Serbia8:58.04
3016Valerie Gruest Guatemala8:59.70
3114Benjaporn Sriphanomithorn Thailand9:05.32
3213Lani Cabrera Barbados9:08.84
3315Raina Ramdhani Indonesia9:10.75
3412Daniela Miyahara Peru9:15.94
3517Daniela Benavides Cuba9:38.20
3618San Khant Khant Su Myanmar10:03.20
3711Monica Saili Samoa10:11.46
3810Victoria Chentsova Northern Mariana Islands10:14.63
27Camille Muffat FranceDNS

Final

The final was held at 19:26.[7]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Katie Ledecky United States8:13.86WR
3Lotte Friis Denmark8:16.32
5Lauren Boyle New Zealand8:18.58OC
42Boglárka Kapás Hungary8:21.21NR
56Mireia Belmonte Spain8:21.99
68Chloe Sutton United States8:27.75
71Andreina Pinto Venezuela8:29.37
87Martina de Memme Italy8:37.29

References

  1. "BCN 2013 – Swimming: Schedule". FINA. 8 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. Start list
  3. Lohn, John (15 August 2008). "We Loved You While You Lasted Janet, Rebecca Adlington Erases Longest Standing World Record With Evans' Mark in 800 Free". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. "Adlington storms to second gold". BBC Sport. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  5. "FINA World Championships, Swimming: Denmark's Lotte Friis Clocks Second Fastest 800 Free for Meet Record, Win". Swimming World Magazine. 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  6. Heats Results
  7. Final Results
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