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2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueTokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center
Dates9 August (timed finals)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time8:09.13
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    United States
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 9 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.[1] The defending champion was Katie Ledecky of United States.[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. Early heat was swum at the end of the preliminary heats on that day from slowest to fastest. The fastest timed final heat was swum with the finals.[3]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:04.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Pan Pacific Championships record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:11.35 Gold Coast, Australia 21 August 2014

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

The timed final was held on 9 August from 10:00 to the slowest heats and from 17:30 to the fastest heat.[4]

Only two swimmers from each country was classified in the award ranking.[3]

Total ranking

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Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Katie Ledecky  United States 8:09.13 CR
2 3 Ariarne Titmus  Australia 8:17.07 OC
3 3 Leah Smith  United States 8:17.21
4 3 Kiah Melverton  Australia 8:25.64
5 2 Erica Sullivan  United States 8:26.27
6 2 Haley Anderson  United States 8:27.13
7 2 Madeleine Gough  Australia 8:27.28
8 2 Ashley Twichell  United States 8:29.36
9 3 Waka Kobori  Japan 8:31.89
10 3 Mackenzie Padington  Canada 8:34.49
11 2 Chase Travis  United States 8:37.86
12 3 Yukimi Moriyama  Japan 8:41.44
13 2 Kate Sanderson  Canada 8:43.99
14 3 Zhang Ke  China 8:44.17
15 2 Nicole Oliva  Philippines 8:53.21
16 1 Rosalee Santa Ana  Philippines 9:12.04
17 1 Osisang Chilton  Palau 10:40.45
18 1 Mineri Gomez  Guam 10:58.33

Award ranking

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katie Ledecky  United States 8:09.13 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ariarne Titmus  Australia 8:17.07 OC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leah Smith  United States 8:17.21
4 Kiah Melverton  Australia 8:25.64
5 Waka Kobori  Japan 8:31.89
6 Mackenzie Padington  Canada 8:34.49
7 Yukimi Moriyama  Japan 8:41.44
8 Kate Sanderson  Canada 8:43.99

References

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  1. ^ "Schedule Pan Pacs 2018". Pan Pacs 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Pan Pacs 2018 – Information Bulletin #2" (PDF). Pan Pacs 2018. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Women 800m Freestyle Timed-Finals" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.