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

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]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
VenueWFCU Centre
Dates7 December (heats)
8 December (final)
Competitors32 from 27 nations
Winning time8:10.17
Medalists
 Leah Smith   United States
 Ashley Twichell   United States
 Kiah Melverton   Australia
2016 FINA World
Swimming Championships
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×50 mmenwomen
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×50 mmenwomen
4×100 mmenwomen
Mixed relay
4×50 mfreestylemedley

Records

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

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World recordMireia Belmonte Spain7:59.34Berlin10 August 2013
Championship recordMireia Belmonte Spain8:03.41Doha4 December 2014

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144Leah Smith United States8:07.67Q, AM
234Ashley Twichell United States8:16.08Q
333Kiah Melverton Australia8:23.51Q
442Olivia Anderson Canada8:24.65Q
545Katinka Hosszú Hungary8:25.00Q
624Delfina Pignatiello Argentina8:25.05Q, NR
732Zhang Yuhan China8:25.33Q
848Ariarne Titmus Australia8:25.85Q
943Sharon van Rouwendaal Netherlands8:27.41
1047Celine Rieder Germany8:28.50
1146Viviane Jungblut Brazil8:29.58
1231Hannah Miley Great Britain8:30.96
1338Yuna Kikuchi Japan8:33.06
1437Gaja Natlacen Slovenia8:34.59
1540Martina Elhenická Czech Republic8:34.60
1636Dong Jie China8:35.69
1739Diana Durães Portugal8:36.08
1841Misato Iwanaga Japan8:38.61
1949Julia Hassler Liechtenstein8:39.95
2030Tamila Holub Portugal8:41.46
2126Helena Moreno Costa Rica8:44.01NR
2227Souad Nefissa Cherouati Algeria8:45.40NR
2325Monique Olivier Luxembourg8:45.47
2423Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn Thailand8:54.90NR
2528Nejla Karić Bosnia and Herzegovina8:57.87NR
2621Daniella van den Berg Aruba8:58.72NR
2722Daniela Miyahara Coello Peru8:59.57
2814Rosalee Mira Santa Ana Philippines9:02.19NR
2915Gabriella Doueihy Lebanon9:03.93NR
3029Malavika Vishwanath India9:12.08
3113Fatima Alkaramova Azerbaijan9:25.50NR
3216Osisang Chilton Palau10:15.29NR
20Talita Te Flan Ivory CoastDNS
35Mireia Belmonte SpainDNS

Final

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

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Leah Smith United States8:10.17
5Ashley Twichell United States8:11.95
3Kiah Melverton Australia8:16.51
48Ariarne Titmus Australia8:17.95
51Zhang Yuhan China8:21.05
67Delfina Pignatiello Argentina8:26.41
76Olivia Anderson Canada8:30.16
82Katinka Hosszú Hungary8:36.76

References
  1. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  2. "Heats results".
  3. "Final results".
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