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

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Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Venue	Campclar Aquatic Center
Location	Tarragona, Spain
Dates	23 June
Competitors	13 from 8 nations
Winning time	8:21.44
Medalists
Simona Quadarella    Italy   Mireia Belmonte    Spain   Tjaša Oder    Slovenia

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.^[1]

Records

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

World record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:04.79	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Mediterranean Games record	Alessia Filippi (ITA)	8:20.78	Pescara, Italy	30 June 2009

Results

The heats were held at 09:30 and 17:30.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	4	Simona Quadarella	Italy	8:21.44
	2	6	Mireia Belmonte	Spain	8:26.55
	2	5	Tjaša Oder	Slovenia	8:28.91
4	2	2	Diana Durães	Portugal	8:29.33	NR
5	2	1	Jimena Pérez	Spain	8:36.41
6	2	3	Diletta Carli	Italy	8:38.44
7	2	7	Tamila Holub	Portugal	8:44.78
8	2	8	Sara Račnik	Slovenia	8:50.00
9	1	4	Kalliopi Araouzou	Greece	8:50.51
10	1	3	Arianna Valloni	San Marino	8:51.84	NR
11	1	5	Beril Böcekler	Turkey	8:52.97
12	1	6	Afroditi Katsiara	Greece	9:03.11
13	1	2	Gabriella Doueihy	Lebanon	9:10.16

References

1. "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
2. Heats results