Main article: Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2017 Summer Universiade | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Taiwan Sport University Arena | |||||||||
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||
| Dates | 24 August (heats) 25 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:20.54 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| ← 20152019 → | ||||||||||
The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 24 and 25 August 2017.
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
| World record |  Katie Ledecky (USA) |
8:04.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition record |  Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) |
8:25.59 | Bangkok, Thailand | 9 August 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August | Final | Simona Quadarella |  Italy |
8:20.54 | UR |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 24 August at 10:25.
Final
The final was held on 25 August at 19:02.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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6 | Simona Quadarella | Italy |
8:20.54 | UR |
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4 | Sarah Köhler |  Germany |
8:21.67 | |
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1 | Joanna Evans |  Bahamas |
8:31.18 | NR |
| 4 | 7 | Kiah Melverton |  Australia |
8:32.46 | |
| 5 | 3 | Camilla Hattersley |  Great Britain |
8:32.84 | |
| 6 | 2 | Julia Hassler |  Liechtenstein |
8:32.86 | NR |
| 7 | 5 | Hannah Moore |  United States |
8:36.64 | |
| 8 | 8 | Kaersten Meitz | United States |
8:40.30 |
References
- "2017 Summer Universiade – Swimming – Technical handbook" (PDF). data.2017.gov.taipei. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- Heats results
- Final results