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.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordRebecca Adlington 8:14.10 BeijingAugust 16, 2008Championship recordLotte Friis 8:15.92 RomeAugust 1, 2009
Results
Heats 32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 4 Rebecca Adlington 8:22.27 Q 2 5 5 Lotte Friis 8:23.07 Q 3 3 5 Chloe Sutton 8:27.72 Q 4 4 4 Kate Ziegler 8:28.28 Q 5 3 4 Katie Goldman 8:28.35 Q 6 3 7 Boglárka Kapás 8:28.40 Q 7 5 1 Lauren Boyle 8:28.50 Q, NR 8 3 6 Wendy Trott 8:28.75 Q 9 3 2 Kristel Köbrich 8:28.76 10 4 5 Shao Yiwen 8:29.05 11 5 2 Erika Villaécija García 8:29.13 12 5 7 Éva Risztov 8:29.16 13 4 7 Melissa Gorman 8:30.00 14 4 6 Camelia Potec 8:32.35 15 4 1 Andreina Pinto 8:33.62 16 5 6 Jazmin Carlin 8:34.33 17 3 3 Gráinne Murphy 8:35.17 18 4 8 Savannah King 8:41.93 19 5 3 Chen Qian 8:42.15 20 2 4 Patricia Castañeda 8:42.65 21 3 8 Nina Dittrich 8:43.89 22 5 8 Cecilia Biagioli 8:44.01 23 2 5 Spela Bohinc 8:45.86 24 2 2 Julia Hassler 8:46.00 NR 25 3 1 Marianna Lymperta 8:51.93 26 2 6 Cai Lin Khoo 8:57.17 27 2 3 Alexia Benitez 9:00.04 28 1 6 Samantha Arevalo 9:00.96 29 1 5 Shahd Osman 9:01.84 30 1 4 Daniela Miyahara 9:02.28 NR 31 2 7 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn 9:08.40 32 1 3 Simona Marinova 9:12.47 – 4 2 Mireia Belmonte García DNS – 4 3 Federica Pellegrini DNS
Final The final was held at 19:30.
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Rebecca Adlington 8:17.51 5 Lotte Friis 8:18.20 6 Kate Ziegler 8:23.36 4 3 Chloe Sutton 8:24.05 5 7 Boglárka Kapás 8:24.79 NR 6 2 Katie Goldman 8:29.20 7 8 Wendy Trott 8:30.45 8 1 Lauren Boyle 8:32.72
References
External links 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 800 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.