Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Victory Ceremony
Dates	7 August (heats) 8 August (final)
Competitors	43 from 35 nations
Winning time	8:07.39 WR
Medalists
Katie Ledecky    United States   Lauren Boyle    New Zealand   Jazmin Carlin    Great Britain
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The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships was held on 7 August with the heats and 8 August with the final.^[1]

Records

Prior to the championships, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:11.00	Shenandoah, United States	22 June 2014
Competition record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:13.86	Barcelona, Spain	3 August 2013

During the competition, prior to this 800 metre event, on 4 August 2015, Katie Ledecky set a new championship record in the 1500 metre freestyle final; her 800-meter mark was at 8:13.25.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
4 August	Women's 1500 m freestyle finals	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:13.25†	CR
8 August	Final	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:07.39	WR, CR

Legend: † – en route to final mark

Results

Heats

The heats were held at 11:17^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:19.42	Q
2	4	5	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	8:22.17	Q
3	5	6	Lotte Friis	Denmark	8:23.12	Q
4	5	5	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	8:23.66	Q
5	4	4	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	8:23.83	Q
6	4	6	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	8:24.83	Q, NR
7	4	2	Sarah Köhler	Germany	8:26.16	Q
8	5	3	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	8:26.96	Q
9	5	2	Leonie Beck	Germany	8:28.39
10	4	3	Becca Mann	United States	8:28.44
11	3	2	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	8:33.12
12	5	8	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	8:33.33
13	4	7	Melani Costa	Spain	8:34.89
14	5	9	Zhang Yuhan	China	8:35.17
15	4	1	Jessica Thielmann	Great Britain	8:36.88
16	5	7	Martina Caramignoli	Italy	8:38.56
17	4	8	Tjasa Oder	Slovenia	8:38.85
18	3	7	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	8:39.12
19	5	1	Erica Musso	Italy	8:39.55
20	2	5	Valerie Gruest	Guatemala	8:39.88
21	3	3	Samantha Arévalo	Ecuador	8:41.15
22	4	0	Beatriz Gómez Cortés	Spain	8:41.72
23	2	3	María Álvarez	Colombia	8:42.14	NR
24	3	0	Montserrat Ortuño	Mexico	8:42.83
25	3	4	Cao Yue	China	8:43.24
26	3	5	Leah Neale	Australia	8:44.38
27	4	9	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	8:44.86
28	3	9	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	8:45.37
29	3	6	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	8:49.96
30	2	4	Martina Elhenická	Czech Republic	8:53.08
31	2	6	Khoo Cai Lin	Malaysia	8:55.20
32	3	1	Jo Hyun-ju	South Korea	8:57.66
33	2	1	Daniela Miyahara	Peru	9:00.30
34	2	2	Rachel Tseng	Singapore	9:01.19
35	2	7	Daniella van den Berg	Aruba	9:03.71
36	2	9	Helena Moreno	Costa Rica	9:09.27
37	3	8	Valeriya Salamatina	Russia	9:11.78
38	2	8	Hannah Gill	Barbados	9:16.23
39	2	0	Talita Te Flan	Ivory Coast	9:16.89
40	1	4	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	9:18.30
41	1	5	Lena Rannvaardottir	Faroe Islands	9:35.53
42	1	3	Makaela Holowchak	Antigua and Barbuda	9:37.68
43	1	6	Victoria Chentsova	Northern Mariana Islands	9:48.87
	5	0	Coralie Balmy	France		DNS

Final

The final was held on 8 August at 18:55.^[3]

Kazan Arena after finish the final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Katie Ledecky	United States	8:07.39	WR
	6	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	8:17.65	OC
	2	Jazmin Carlin	Great Britain	8:18.15
4	5	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	8:18.41	NR
5	3	Lotte Friis	Denmark	8:21.36
6	8	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	8:22.93
7	1	Sarah Köhler	Germany	8:23.67
8	7	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	8:24.12	NR

References

1. Start list
2. Heats results
3. Final results