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

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 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 |
