The women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2025 Summer World University Games in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany was held from 18 to 19 July 2025. Mila Nikanorov from the United States won the gold medal, Francisca Martins from Portugal took the silver medal and Ruka Takezawa from Japan earned the bronze medal.
Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Date Time Round 18 July 11:24 Heats 19 July 20:22 Final
Records Prior to the competition, the world and Universiade records were as follows. Category Swimmer Record Date Place Event World record Katie Ledecky 8:04.12 3 May 2025 Fort Lauderdale, United States TYR Swim Pro Series Universiade record Simona Quadarella 8:20.54 26 August 2017 Taipei, Chinese Taipei 2017 Summer Universiade
Results Heats All entered athletes competed across multiple seeded heats in the morning session. Swimmers with the top 8 fastest times advanced, regardless of which individual heat they swam.
Rank Heat Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 2 4 8:36.12 2 2 2 8:37.23 3 3 6 8:37.52 4 2 5 8:37.83 5 3 5 8:37.90 6 3 1 8:38.01 7 2 3 8:38.13 8 3 4 8:38.15 9 3 7 Han Da-kyung 8:41.62 10 3 3 8:41.71 11 2 7 8:46.55 12 1 4 8:46.79 13 3 2 8:49.30 14 3 8 8:49.35 15 2 1 8:51.63 16 2 6 8:56.59 17 1 3 9:00.29 18 1 5 9:12.45
Final The fastest 8 swimmers competed in a single race to determine the gold, silver and bronze medalists.
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes 4 8:27.61 1 8:30.76 2 8:30.95 4 8 8:32.67 5 7 8:36.51 6 3 8:36.87 7 6 8:38.40 8 5 8:39.36
External links Swimming Rhine Ruhr 2025
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