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

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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
gold medal Leah Smith   United States
silver medal Ashley Twichell   United States
bronze medal Kiah Melverton   Australia
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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

Results

Heats

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

Final

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Leah Smith  United States 8:10.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ashley Twichell  United States 8:11.95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

References

  1. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-12-06. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  2. ^ "Heats results".
  3. ^ "Final results". Archived from the original on 2017-03-29. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
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