2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Women's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
Venue	WFCU Centre
Dates	7 December (heats); 8 December (final)
Competitors	32 from 27 nations
Winning time	8:10.17
Medalists
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The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 7 and 8 December 2016.^[1]

Records

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

	Name	Nation	Time	Location	Date
World record	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	7:59.34	Berlin	10 August 2013
Championship record	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	8:03.41	Doha	4 December 2014

The heats were held at 11:31.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Leah Smith	United States	8:07.67	Q, AM
2	3	4	Ashley Twichell	United States	8:16.08	Q
3	3	3	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:23.51	Q
4	4	2	Olivia Anderson	Canada	8:24.65	Q
5	4	5	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	8:25.00	Q
6	2	4	Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina	8:25.05	Q, NR
7	3	2	Zhang Yuhan	China	8:25.33	Q
8	4	8	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:25.85	Q
9	4	3	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	8:27.41
10	4	7	Celine Rieder	Germany	8:28.50
11	4	6	Viviane Jungblut	Brazil	8:29.58
12	3	1	Hannah Miley	Great Britain	8:30.96
13	3	8	Yuna Kikuchi	Japan	8:33.06
14	3	7	Gaja Natlacen	Slovenia	8:34.59
15	4	0	Martina Elhenická	Czech Republic	8:34.60
16	3	6	Dong Jie	China	8:35.69
17	3	9	Diana Durães	Portugal	8:36.08
18	4	1	Misato Iwanaga	Japan	8:38.61
19	4	9	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein	8:39.95
20	3	0	Tamila Holub	Portugal	8:41.46
21	2	6	Helena Moreno	Costa Rica	8:44.01	NR
22	2	7	Souad Nefissa Cherouati	Algeria	8:45.40	NR
23	2	5	Monique Olivier	Luxembourg	8:45.47
24	2	3	Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn	Thailand	8:54.90	NR
25	2	8	Nejla Karić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8:57.87	NR
26	2	1	Daniella van den Berg	Aruba	8:58.72	NR
27	2	2	Daniela Miyahara Coello	Peru	8:59.57
28	1	4	Rosalee Mira Santa Ana	Philippines	9:02.19	NR
29	1	5	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	9:03.93	NR
30	2	9	Malavika Vishwanath	India	9:12.08
31	1	3	Fatima Alkaramova	Azerbaijan	9:25.50	NR
32	1	6	Osisang Chilton	Palau	10:15.29	NR
	2	0	Talita Te Flan	Ivory Coast		DNS
	3	5	Mireia Belmonte	Spain		DNS

The final was held at 20:06.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Leah Smith	United States	8:10.17
	5	Ashley Twichell	United States	8:11.95
	3	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:16.51
4	8	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:17.95
5	1	Zhang Yuhan	China	8:21.05
6	7	Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina	8:26.41
7	6	Olivia Anderson	Canada	8:30.16
8	2	Katinka Hosszú	Hungary	8:36.76