Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships |
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Victory Ceremony
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Dates | 7 August (heats) 8 August (final) |
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Competitors | 43 from 35 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:07.39 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2015 FINA World Championships Kazan, Russia |
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Diving | |||||
Individual | |||||
1 m | men | women | |||
3 m | men | women | |||
10 m | men | women | |||
Synchronised | |||||
3 m | men | women | |||
10 m | men | women | |||
Mixed | 3 m | 10 m | |||
Team | |||||
High diving | |||||
Open water swimming | |||||
5 km | men | women | |||
10 km | men | women | |||
25 km | men | women | |||
Team | team | ||||
Swimming | |||||
Freestyle | |||||
50 m | men | women | |||
100 m | men | women | |||
200 m | men | women | |||
400 m | men | women | |||
800 m | men | women | |||
1500 m | men | women | |||
Backstroke | |||||
50 m | men | women | |||
100 m | men | women | |||
200 m | men | women | |||
Breaststroke | |||||
50 m | men | women | |||
100 m | men | women | |||
200 m | men | women | |||
Butterfly | |||||
50 m | men | women | |||
100 m | men | women | |||
200 m | men | women | |||
Individual medley | |||||
200 m | men | women | |||
400 m | men | women | |||
Freestyle relay | |||||
4×100 m | men | women | |||
4×200 m | men | women | |||
Medley relay | |||||
4×100 m | men | women | |||
Mixed relay | |||||
4×100 m | freestyle | medley | |||
Synchronised swimming | |||||
Solo | technical | free | |||
Duet | technical | free | |||
Team | technical | free | |||
combination | |||||
Mixed duet | technical | free | |||
Water polo | |||||
The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.[1]
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Records
Prior to the championships, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 8:11.00 | Shenandoah, United States | 22 June 2014 |
Championship record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 8:13.86 | Barcelona, Spain | 3 August 2013 |
During the competition, prior to this 800 metre event, on 04 August 2015, Katie Ledecky set a new championship record in the 1500 metre freestyle final; her 800-meter mark was at 8:13.25.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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4 August | Women's 1500 m freestyle finals | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8:13.25† | CR |
8 August | Final | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8:07.39 | WR |
Legend: † – en route to final mark
Results
Heats
The heats were held at 11:17[2]
Final
The final was held on 8 August at 18:55.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States | 8:07.39 | WR | |
6 | Lauren Boyle | New Zealand | 8:17.65 | OC | |
2 | Jazmin Carlin | Great Britain | 8:18.15 | ||
4 | 5 | Jessica Ashwood | Australia | 8:18.41 | NR |
5 | 3 | Lotte Friis | Denmark | 8:21.36 | |
6 | 8 | Boglárka Kapás | Hungary | 8:22.93 | |
7 | 1 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 8:23.67 | |
8 | 7 | Sharon van Rouwendaal | Netherlands | 8:24.12 | NR |