Swimming 2020/Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle of Swimming 2020 during the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 29-31 July 2021 in the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With 31 athletes competing, the event was won by Kathleen Ledecky from United States, with Ariarne Titmus from Australia taking the silver medal and Simona Quadarella from Italy taking bronze.

Format[]

The competition exists out of two rounds, each with races of up to nine athletes. In the first round, the eight fastest athletes qualify for the final. The fastest competitor in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview[]

Thirty-one athletes qualified for the event with defending Olympic champion and world champion Kathleen Ledecky as the top favorite for the event. Wang Jianjiahe had been the second-fastest athlete during the qualification period but was still almost four seconds slower than the American, but still seemed to have the edge over European champion Simona Quadarella, 400 metres world champion Ariarne Titmus, and Sarah Kohler. Other potential outsiders and medal contenders also included Kiah Melverton, young talent Katie Grimes, and Anastasiia Kirpichnikova.

Athlete	Nationality
Arianna Valloni	San Marino
Han Da-kyung	South Korea
Eve Thomas	New Zealand
Kristel Kobrich	Chile
Viviane Jungblut	Brazil
Katja Fain	Slovenia
Anh Vien Nguyen Thi Anh	Vietnam
Deniz Ertan	Turkey
Tamila Holub	Portugal
Summer McIntosh	Canada
Miyu Namba	Japan
Waka Kobori	Japan
Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein
Jimena Perez Blanco	Spain
Marlene Kahler	Austria
Li Bingjie	China
Ajna Kesely	Hungary
Kiah Melverton	Australia
Wang Jianjiahe	China
Ariarne Titmus	Australia
Anastasiia Kirpichnikova	ROC
Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina
Isabel Gose	Germany
Anna Egorova	ROC
Martina Rita Caramignoli	Italy
Sarah Kohler	Germany
Kathleen Ledecky	United States
Simona Quadarella	Italy
Katie Grimes	United States
Mireia Belmonte	Spain
Merve Tuncel	Turkey

Current Records[]

Record	Date	Nat.	Name	Time
WR	12 August 2016		Katie Ledecky	8:04.79
OR	12 August 2016		Katie Ledecky	8:04.79

Summary[]

Round 1[]

Heat 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Eve Thomas	8:32.51	PR
2		Kristel Kobrich	8:32.58
3		Viviane Jungblut	8:38.88
4		Katja Fain	8:41.13
5		Han Da-kyung	8:46.66
6		Arianna Vallioni	8:54.78
7		Anh Vien Nguyen Thi Anh	9:03.56

Heat 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Summer McIntosh	8:25.04	PR
2		Julia Hassler	8:26.99	NR
3		Waka Kobori	8:28.90
4		Miyu Namba	8:32.04
5		Jimena Perez Blanco	8:33.98
6		Marlene Kahler	8:36.16
7		Deniz Ertan	8:36.29
8		Tamila Holub	8:40.04

Heat 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Anastasiia Kirpichnikova	8:18.77	Q, PR
2		Ariarne Titmus	8:18.99	Q
3		Kiah Melverton	8:20.45	Q
4		Wang Jianjiahe	8:20.58	Q
5		Isabel Gose	8:21.79	PR
6		Li Bingjie	8:22.49
7		Ajna Kesely	8:26.20
8		Delfina Pignatiello	8:44.85

Heat 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kathleen Ledecky	8:15.67	Q
2		Katie Grimes	8:17.05	Q, PR
3		Simona Quadarella	8:17.32	Q
4		Sarah Kohler	8:17.33	Q
5		Merve Tuncel	8:25.62
6		Mireia Belmonte	8:26.71
7		Martina Rita Caramignoli	8:33.15
8		Anna Egorova	DNS

Final[]

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Kathleen Ledecky	8:12.57
2		Ariarne Titmus	8:13.83	AR
3		Simona Quadarella	8:18.35
4		Katie Grimes	8:19.38
5		Wang Jianjiahe	8:21.93
6		Kiah Melverton	8:22.25
7		Sarah Kohler	8:24.56
8		Anastasiia Kirpichnikova	8:26.30

Results[]

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Kathleen Ledecky	United States
	Ariarne Titmus	Australia
	Simona Quadarella	Italy
4	Katie Grimes	United States
5	Wang Jianjiahe	China
6	Kiah Melverton	Australia
7	Sarah Kohler	Germany
8	Anastasiia Kirpichnikova	ROC
9	Isabel Gose	Germany
10	Li Bingjie	China
11	Summer McIntosh	Canada
12	Merve Tuncel	Turkey
13	Ajna Kesely	Hungary
14	Mireia Belmonte	Spain
15	Julia Hassler	Liechtenstein
16	Waka Kobori	Japan
17	Miyu Namba	Japan
18	Eve Thomas	New Zealand
19	Kristel Kobrich	Chile
20	Martina Rita Caramignoli	Italy
21	Jimena Perez Blanco	Spain
22	Marlene Kahler	Austria
23	Deniz Ertan	Turkey
24	Viviane Jungblut	Brazil
25	Tamila Holub	Portugal
26	Katja Fain	Slovenia
27	Delfina Pignatiello	Argentina
28	Han Da-kyung	South Korea
29	Arianna Valloni	Italy
30	Anh Vien Nguyen Thi Anh	Vietnam
-	Anna Egorova	ROC

2020 Summer Olympic Games
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Men
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Women
Freestyle	Backstroke
50 m	100 m
100 m	200 m
200 m	Breaststroke
400 m	100 m
800 m	200 m
1500 m
Butterfly	Individual Medley
100 m	200 m
200 m	400 m
Freestyle Relay
4x100 m	4x100 m medley
4x200 m	10 km open water
Mixed
4x100 m medley