Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Records
[edit]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 | [2] |
| Olympic record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
8:04.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 | [2] |
Qualification
[edit]A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place since they have no swimmers attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[3][4]
Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[3]
Time standards
[edit]The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[5]
The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024 for this event:
| Women's events | ||
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| Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:26.71 | 8:29.24 |
* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.
ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.
Competition format
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Heats
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Schedule". Paris 2024.
- ^ a b Crouse, Karen (12 August 2016). "Katie Ledecky Smashes World Record in the 800-Meter Freestyle". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ Rieder, David (3 April 2022). "Event Changes Likely as Paris 2024 Moves to Nine-Day Schedule of Finals". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 3 October 2022.
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