2016 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 800m Freestyle (Women)

sport	swim
discipline	800 meters freestyle
gender	Women
place	Olympic Aquatics Stadium
Attendees	30 athletes from 21 countries
Competition phase	11./12. August 2016

The women's 800 meter freestyle competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 11 and 12, 2016 at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium . 30 athletes from 21 countries took part.

There were four preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final.

Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record

Existing records

World record	Katie Ledecky ( United States )	8: 06.68 min	Austin , USA	January 17, 2016
Olympic record	Rebecca Adlington ( United Kingdom )	8: 14.10 min	Beijing , China	August 16, 2008

Title holder

Olympic champion	Katie Ledecky ( United States )	8: 14.10 min	Beijing 2012
World Champion		8: 07.39 min	Kazan 2015
European champion	Boglárka Kapás ( Hungary )	8: 21.40 min	London 2016

leader

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Leonie Antonia Beck	Germany	8: 47.47 min
2	Arina Opyonyschewa	Russia	8: 48.89 min
3	Talita Marie Te Flan	Ivory Coast	9: 07.21 min

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	8: 25.55 min
2	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	8: 30.92 min
3	Camilla Hattersley	United Kingdom	8: 33.65 min
4th	Emma Robinson	New Zealand	8: 33.73 min
5	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	8: 34.34 min
6th	Joanna Evans	Bahamas	8: 42.93 min
7th	Leonie Antonia Beck	Germany	8: 47.47 min
-	Martina De Memme	Italy	-	Not started

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Lotte Friis	Denmark	8: 22.54 min
2	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	8: 22.57 min
3	Lauren Boyle	New Zealand	8: 25.84 min
4th	Brittany MacLean	Canada	8: 26.43 min
5	Zhang Yuhan	People's Republic of China	8: 35.32 min
6th	Maria Vilas	Spain	8: 36.43 min
7th	Tamsin Cook	Australia	8: 36.62 min
-	Anja Klinar	Slovenia	-	Not started

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	8: 12.86 min	OR
2	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	8: 19.43 min	NO
3	Jazmin Carlin	United Kingdom	8: 19.67 min
4th	Leah Smith	United States	8: 21.43 min
5	Sarah Koehler	Germany	8: 24.65 min
6th	Hou Yawen	People's Republic of China	8: 30.59 min
7th	Tjasa Or	Slovenia	8: 33.14 min
-	Sharon van Rouwendaal	Netherlands	-	Not started

final

August 13, 2016, 3:20 am CET

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Katie Ledecky	United States	8: 04.79 min	WR
2	Jazmin Carlin	United Kingdom	8: 16.17 min
3	Boglárka Kapás	Hungary	8: 16.37 min	NO
4th	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	8: 18.55 min	NO
5	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	8: 20.32 min
6th	Leah Smith	United States	8: 20.95 min
7th	Lotte Friis	Denmark	8: 24.50 min
8th	Sarah Koehler	Germany	8: 27.75 min

Web links

• Result of the preliminary runs
• Result of the final