The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 12 and 13 December 2018.

Records Before the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows. Name Nation Time Location DateWorld recordMireia Belmonte7:59.34Berlin10 August 2013Championship recordMireia Belmonte8:03.41Doha4 December 2014

Results Heats The heats were started on 12 December at 11:25.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Wang Jianjiahe 8:07.59 Q 2 3 6 Leah Smith 8:12.28 Q 3 3 4 Sarah Köhler 8:15.15 Q 4 4 2 Simona Quadarella 8:16.68 Q 5 3 5 Li Bingjie 8:16.75 Q 6 3 3 Anna Egorova 8:19.45 Q 7 4 1 Hayley Anderson 8:19.52 Q 8 3 2 Mayuko Goto 8:19.93 Q 9 4 7 Yukimi Moriyama 8:22.23 10 3 7 Jimena Pérez 8:24.65 11 3 8 Katja Fain 8:25.89 12 2 5 Tamila Holub 8:29.58 13 4 8 Diana Durães 8:30.12 14 3 1 Marlene Kahler 8:31.49 15 4 0 Caitlin Deans 8:35.26 16 2 4 Beril Böcekler 8:36.33 17 3 0 Ho Nam Wai 8:39.55 18 3 9 Hayley McIntosh 8:40.35 19 4 9 Hanna Eriksson 8:43.36 20 2 2 Souad Cherouati 8:44.73 21 2 6 Delfina Dini 8:44.81 22 2 3 María Bramont-Arias 8:49.41 23 2 1 Chen Szu-an 8:54.36 24 2 7 Laura Benková 8:54.71 25 2 9 Kristina Miletić 8:55.97 26 2 0 Rosalee Mira Santa Ana 9:01.90 NR 27 1 3 Therese Soukup 9:22.68 28 1 4 Tiana Rabarijaona 9:44.98 29 1 5 Sonja Kapedani 2 8 Talita Te Flan DNS 4 3 Ariarne Titmus 4 5 Boglárka Kapás 4 6 Maddy Gough

Final The final was held on 13 December at 20:37.Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Wang Jianjiahe 8:04.35 6 Simona Quadarella 8:08.03 5 Leah Smith 8:08.75 4 2 Li Bingjie 8:09.81 5 3 Sarah Köhler 8:10.54 NR 6 7 Anna Egorova 8:12.65 7 1 Hayley Anderson 8:18.70 8 8 Mayuko Goto 8:22.10

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