The Women's 800-metre freestyle competition at the 2019 World Championships was held on 26 and 27 July 2019.ScheduleStart list Defending champion Katie Ledecky successfully defended her title in 8:13.58 with a final lap comeback against Italy's Simona Quadarella.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Results Heats The heats were started on 26 July at 12:05.Heats results
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 5 Leah Smith 8:17.23 Q 2 5 4 Katie Ledecky 8:17.42 Q 3 5 3 Ariarne Titmus 8:19.43 Q 4 4 5 Simona Quadarella 8:20.86 Q 5 4 4 Wang Jianjiahe 8:20.91 Q 6 4 3 Sarah Köhler 8:22.95 Q 7 5 7 Mireia Belmonte 8:28.22 Q 8 4 6 Kiah Melverton 8:29.70 Q 9 5 1 Tjaša Oder 8:30.97 10 5 6 Ajna Késely 8:32.34 11 5 8 Jimena Pérez 8:32.38 12 5 2 Anna Egorova 8:34.73 13 4 1 Julia Hassler 8:34.91 14 3 3 Giulia Gabbrielleschi 8:35.03 15 4 7 Li Bingjie 8:37.41 16 5 0 Anastasiya Kirpichnikova 8:37.90 17 3 5 Tamila Holub 8:38.77 18 4 8 Mackenzie Padington 8:39.58 19 5 9 Viviane Jungblut 8:42.52 20 4 9 Diana Durães 8:44.37 21 3 6 Eve Thomas 8:44.65 22 3 4 Marlene Kahler 8:45.13 23 3 2 Gan Ching Hwee 8:47.88 24 3 8 Duné Coetzee 8:47.97 25 2 5 Matea Sumajstorčić 8:48.61 NR 26 3 7 Han Da-kyung 8:49.90 27 4 2 Boglárka Kapás 8:50.13 28 3 9 Hanna Eriksson 8:52.14 29 2 2 Arianna Valloni 8:52.85 30 2 4 Ho Nam Wai 8:53.37 31 2 3 Laura Lahtinen 8:54.94 32 3 0 Nicole Oliva 8:55.50 33 2 6 Ammiga Himathongkom 8:57.83 34 2 8 Julia Arino 9:04.02 35 2 7 Souad Cherouati 9:12.30 36 1 4 Eva Petrovska 9:12.71 37 2 0 Gabriella Doueihy 9:19.78 38 1 3 Talita Te Flan 9:21.19 39 1 5 Raya Embury-Brown 9:22.69 40 2 1 Diana Zlobina 9:31.05 3 1 Joanna Evans 4 0 Kristel Köbrich
Final The final was started on 27 July at 21:25.Final results
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Katie Ledecky 8:13.58 6 Simona Quadarella 8:14.99 NR 3 Ariarne Titmus 8:15.70 OC 4 7 Sarah Köhler 8:16.43 NR 5 4 Leah Smith 8:17.10 6 2 Wang Jianjiahe 8:18.57 7 8 Kiah Melverton 8:25.07 8 1 Mireia Belmonte 8:25.51
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