| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Aquatics Centre, Paris La Défense Arena | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 2 August 2024 (Heats) 3 August 2024 (Final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:11.04 | ||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 2 to 3 August 2024 at the Paris Aquatics Centre.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
8:04.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 | |
| Olympic record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
8:04.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 |
Qualification
Further information: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – QualificationEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). For this event, the OQT was 8:26.71. World Aquatics then considered athletes qualifying through universality; NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, providing the spaces had not already been taken by athletes from that nation who had achieved the OQT. Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), which was 8:29.24 for this event. In total, 11 athletes qualified through achieving the OQT, 12 athletes qualified through universality places and two athletes qualified through achieving the OCT.
Competition format
The competition consists of two rounds: heats and a final. The swimmers with the best 8 times in the heats advance to the final. Swim-offs are used as necessary to break ties for advancement to the next round.
Schedule
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2024 | 11:40 | Heats |
| 3 August 2024 | 21:28 | Final |
Results
Heats
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
8:16.62 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Paige Madden | United States |
8:18.48 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Ariarne Titmus |  Australia |
8:19.87 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Lani Pallister | Australia |
8:20.21 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Isabel Marie Gose |  Germany |
8:20.63 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Simona Quadarella |  Italy |
8:20.89 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Erika Fairweather |  New Zealand |
8:22.22 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova |  France |
8:22.99 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Li Bingjie |  China |
8:27.92 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Maria Fernanda Costa |  Brazil |
8:32.20 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Gan Ching Hwee |  Singapore |
8:32.37 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Eve Thomas | New Zealand |
8:33.25 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Ajna Késely |  Hungary |
8:36.13 | |
| 14 | 2 | 1 | Agostina Hein |  Argentina |
8:37.43 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
8:46.46 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Jamila Boulakbech |  Tunisia |
9:21.38 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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4 | Katie Ledecky | United States |
8:11.04 | |
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3 | Ariarne Titmus | Australia |
8:12.29 | OC |
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5 | Paige Madden | United States |
8:13.00 | |
| 4 | 7 | Simona Quadarella | Italy |
8:14.55 | NR |
| 5 | 2 | Isabel Marie Gose | Germany |
8:17.82 | |
| 6 | 6 | Lani Pallister | Australia |
8:21.09 | |
| 7 | 8 | Anastasiya Kirpichnikova | France |
8:22.80 | |
| 8 | 1 | Erika Fairweather | New Zealand |
8:23.27 |
References
- "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Schedule". Paris 2024.
- ^ Crouse, Karen (12 August 2016). "Katie Ledecky Smashes World Record in the 800-Meter Freestyle". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Entries list - Swimming, World Aquatics, archived from the original on 12 July 2024, retrieved 18 December 2024
- "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- "Results" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
| Olympic champions in women's 800 m freestyle | |
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