The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 11 December 2024 at the Duna Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
The following record was established during the competition: Date Event Name Nationality Time Record 11 December Heat 4 Lani Pallister 8:01.95 CR
Results The slowest heats were started at 10:35, and the fastest heat at 19:14.
In a post race interview, Pallister said "I didn’t... think I’d get emotional this meet" while reflecting on swimming a time she was happy with. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 4 Lani Pallister 8:01.95 CR, NR 4 8 Isabel Gose 8:05.42 NR 4 6 Katie Grimes 8:05.90 4 4 3 Paige Madden 8:07.22 5 4 2 Simona Quadarella 8:09.39 6 4 5 Anastasiia Kirpichnikova 8:15.16 7 3 4 Ajna Késely 8:18.04 8 2 6 Gan Ching Hwee 8:18.85 NR 9 3 3 Sofia Diakova Neutral Athletes B 8:18.93 10 3 7 Eve Thomas 8:20.08 11 4 1 Kseniia Misharina Neutral Athletes B 8:20.81 12 3 6 Amelie Blocksidge 8:21.47 13 3 0 Gabrielle Roncatto 8:22.45 14 3 1 Vivien Jackl 8:22.79 15 4 7 Miyu Namba 8:23.66 16 2 2 Artemis Vasilaki 8:27.23 NR 17 3 9 Liang Xiaolan 8:27.57 18 3 5 Tiana Kritzinger 8:27.90 19 2 4 Kong Yaqi 8:28.46 20 3 2 Maria Fernanda Costa 8:29.21 21 2 8 Emma Finlin 8:29.96 22 2 1 Stephanie Houtman 8:30.32 23 3 8 Deniz Ertan 8:35.01 24 2 0 Sasha Gatt 8:35.15 NR 25 2 5 Delfina Dini 8:35.72 26 2 3 Ada Hakkarainen 8:36.86 27 2 7 Francisca Martins 8:38.96 28 1 4 Kyra Rabess 8:46.13 NR 29 1 3 Laura Benková 8:50.03 30 1 5 Gilaine Ma 8:58.06 2 9 Inana Soleman
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