The heats for the Women's 800 m Freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 31 July and the final will take place in the evening session of 1 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.
Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and competition records were as follows:
| World record |  Rebecca Adlington (GBR) |
8:14.10 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2008 |
| Championship record |  Kate Ziegler (USA) |
8:18.52 | Melbourne, Australia | 31 March 2007 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August | Final | Lotte Friis |  Denmark |
8:15.92 | CR |
Heats
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Heat | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Adlington | Great Britain |
8:20.53 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2 | Joanne Jackson | Great Britain |
8:20.80 | 3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Camelia Potec |  Romania |
8:22.03 | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | Alessia Filippi |  Italy |
8:24.03 | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | Lotte Friis | Denmark |
8:25.72 | 4 | 5 | |
| 6 | Erika Villaécija García |  Spain |
8:26.58 | 5 | 3 | |
| 7 | Wendy Trott |  South Africa |
8:27.26 | 3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Kristel Köbrich |  Chile |
8:27.90 | 3 | 2 | SA |
| 8 | Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne |  France |
8:27.90 | 4 | 6 | |
| 10 | Chloe Sutton | United States |
8:29.25 | 5 | 6 | |
| 11 | Coralie Balmy | France |
8:31.39 | 4 | 3 | |
| 12 | Eider Santamaria | Spain |
8:33.51 | 4 | 2 | |
| 13 | Andreina Pinto |  Venezuela |
8:34.17 | 3 | 6 | |
| 14 | Ren Junni |  China |
8:36.14 | 4 | 1 | |
| 15 | Melissa Gorman |  Australia |
8:36.37 | 3 | 7 | |
| 16 | Jordis Steinegger |  Austria |
8:36.82 | 5 | 8 | |
| 17 | Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto |  Mexico |
8:36.98 | 3 | 9 | NR |
| 18 | Blair Evans | Australia |
8:38.10 | 5 | 2 | |
| 19 | Elena Sokolova |  Russia |
8:39.09 | 3 | 5 | |
| 20 | Nuala Murphy |  Ireland |
8:39.17 | 4 | 9 | NR |
| 21 | Maiko Fujino |  Japan |
8:40.18 | 5 | 1 | |
| 22 | Gráinne Murphy | Ireland |
8:40.23 | 5 | 9 | |
| 23 | Susana Escobar | Mexico |
8:41.10 | 4 | 8 | |
| 24 | Lynette Lim |  Singapore |
8:42.16 | 2 | 2 | |
| 25 | Natsumi Iwashita | Japan |
8:44.43 | 3 | 1 | |
| 26 | Swann Oberson |  Switzerland |
8:44.93 | 2 | 4 | |
| 27 | Yanel Pinto | Venezuela |
8:45.45 | 2 | 1 | |
| 28 | Haley Anderson | United States |
8:45.91 | 4 | 7 | |
| 29 | Nina Cesar |  Slovenia |
8:47.51 | 5 | 7 | |
| 30 | Savannah King |  Canada |
8:48.01 | 5 | 0 | |
| 31 | Iris Matthey | Switzerland |
8:49.28 | 2 | 5 | |
| 32 | Yang Chin-Kuei |  Chinese Taipei |
8:49.70 | 2 | 6 | |
| 33 | Nina Dittrich | Austria |
8:51.65 | 3 | 0 | |
| 34 | Erica Cirila Totten |  Philippines |
8:53.34 | 2 | 8 | NR |
| 35 | Cho Youn Soo |  South Korea |
8:56.08 | 2 | 7 | |
| 36 | Nika Karlina Petric | Slovenia |
8:56.71 | 3 | 8 | |
| 37 | Samantha Arevalo |  Ecuador |
9:05.74 | 2 | 0 | |
| 38 | Khoo Cai Lin |  Malaysia |
9:05.77 | 2 | 3 | |
| 39 | Koh Hui Yu | Singapore |
9:10.25 | 1 | 5 | |
| 40 | Andrea Cedron |  Peru |
9:14.90 | 1 | 4 | |
| 41 | Nada Abbas |  Egypt |
9:15.62 | 2 | 9 | |
| 42 | Ting Sheng-Yo | Chinese Taipei |
9:20.80 | 1 | 3 | |
| 43 | Daniela Miyahara Coello | Peru |
9:25.02 | 1 | 6 | |
| 44 | Miriam Hatamleh |  Jordan |
9:39.87 | 1 | 2 | |
| 45 | Nicole Huerta |  Dominican Republic |
9:53.98 | 1 | 7 | |
| 46 | Ghulam Sakina |  Pakistan |
10:05.79 | 1 | 1 | NR |
| 47 | Tieri Erasito |  Fiji |
10:52.89 | 1 | 8 | |
| — | Federica Pellegrini | Italy |
DNS | 1 | 0 | |
| — | Paula Zukowska |  Poland |
DNS | 1 | 9 | |
| — | Tanya Hunks | Canada |
DNS | 4 | 0 |
Final
edit| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Lotte Friis[1] | Denmark |
8:15.92 | 2 | CR, NR |
 |
Joanne Jackson[2] | Great Britain |
8:16.66 | 5 | |
 |
Alessia Filippi[3] | Italy |
8:17.21 | 6 | NR |
| 4 | Rebecca Adlington[2][4] | Great Britain |
8:17.90 | 4 | |
| 5 | Camelia Potec | Romania |
8:20.44 | 3 | |
| 6 | Erika Villaécija García | Spain |
8:25.97 | 7 | |
| 7 | Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne | France |
8:26.35 | 8 | |
| 8 | Wendy Trott | South Africa |
8:29.61 | 1 | |
| 9 | Kristel Köbrich | Chile |
8:30.10 | 0 |
References
edit- ^ Virgo, Paul; Oxley, Sonia (2009-08-01). "Dane Friis controls final for freestyle gold". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ a b "Britain's Jackson secures silver". BBC. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ Bryan, Rebecca (2009-08-01). "Phelps rises to challenge in triumph over Cavic". AFP. Google. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ Hart, Simon (2009-08-01). "Rebecca Adlington fourth as Michael Phelps breaks 100m butterfly world record in Rome". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-01.