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)
Venue	WFCU Centre
Dates	7 December (heats) 8 December (final)
Competitors	32 from 27 nations
Winning time	8:10.17
Medalists
Leah Smith    United States   Ashley Twichell    United States   Kiah Melverton    Australia

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
	4	Leah Smith	United States	8:10.17
	5	Ashley Twichell	United States	8:11.95
	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".