Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games took place on 8 and 9 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
Dates	8 April (heats) 9 April (final)
Competitors	10 from 6 nations
Winning time	8:20.02
Medalists
Ariarne Titmus    Australia   Jessica Ashwood    Australia   Kiah Melverton    Australia

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:04.79	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Rebecca Adlington (ENG)	8:14.10	Beijing, China	16 August 2008
Games record	Jazmin Carlin (WAL)	8:18.11	Glasgow, Scotland	28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule is as follows:

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 8 April 2018	12:00	Heats
Monday 9 April 2018	19:43	Final

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	8:29.30	Q
2	2	4	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:32.78	Q
3	1	3	Camilla Hattersley	Scotland	8:35.62	Q
4	2	5	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	8:36.52	Q
5	1	5	Holly Hibbott	England	8:39.57	Q
6	2	3	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:42.01	Q
7	2	6	Ellena Jones	Wales	8:43.89	Q
8	1	6	Kate Beavon	South Africa	8:49.16	Q
9	2	2	Kristin Bellingan	South Africa	9:02.88
10	1	2	Alania Suttie	Samoa	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Ariarne Titmus	Australia	8:20.02
	4	Jessica Ashwood	Australia	8:27.60
	7	Kiah Melverton	Australia	8:28.59
4	2	Holly Hibbott	England	8:29.05
5	3	Camilla Hattersley	Scotland	8:32.65
6	6	Jazmin Carlin	Wales	8:37.45
7	1	Ellena Jones	Wales	8:43.94
8	8	Kate Beavon	South Africa	8:49.16