The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2026 European Aquatics Championships was held on 10 and 11 August 2026.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows: Name Nation Time Location Date World record Katie Ledecky 8:04.12 Fort Lauderdale 3 May 2025 European record Simona Quadarella 8:12.81 Singapore 2 August 2025 Championship record Jazmin Carlin 8:15.54 Berlin 21 August 2014
Results Heats The heats were started on 10 August at 11:46.
Qualification Rules: The 8 fastest from the heats qualify to the final.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 3 4 Simona Quadarella 8:23.17 Q 2 2 4 Isabel Gose 8:26.01 Q 3 3 5 Vivien Jackl 8:28.87 Q 4 2 5 Maya Werner 8:32.79 Q 5 3 7 Thilda Häll 8:33.12 Q, NR 6 3 6 Artemis Vasilaki 8:33.76 Q 7 2 3 Francisca Martins 8:35.94 Q 8 2 6 María de Valdés 8:36.76 Q 9 3 3 Sarah Dumont 8:39.60 10 3 2 Arina Pantina Neutral Athletes B 8:40.86 11 2 8 Malla Hämäläinen 8:41.02 12 2 0 Hanne Stamnesfet Næss 8:41.51 13 2 1 Bea Hovda 8:42.64 14 3 8 Anna Kalandadze 8:43.29 15 2 7 Anna Arshavskaia Neutral Athletes B 8:43.87 16 2 2 Klaudia Tarasiewicz 8:46.10 17 3 0 Vanna Djakovic 8:47.63 18 1 3 Ada Hakkarainen 8:50.02 19 3 1 Marte Hieke van der Kamp 8:51.88 20 1 5 Lou Jominet 9:01.38 21 1 4 Leonie-Sarah Josephine Tenzer 9:06.94
Final The final took place on the evening of 11 August.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes4Simona Quadarella8:15.555Isabel Gose8:18.446Maya Werner8:22.5547Artemis Vasilaki8:26.3853Vivien Jackl8:26.9162Thilda Häll8:31.52NR78María de Valdés8:37.2381Francisca Martins8:41.50
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