Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games took place at KL Sports City.

## Records

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

| World record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | Julie McDonald (AUS) | 8:22.93 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
| Games record | Tracey Wickham (AUS) | 8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sarah Collings | England | 8:46.52 | Q |
| 2 | Rachel Harris | Australia | 8:43.96 | Q |
| 3 | Tamee Ebert | Canada | 8:52.07 | Q |
| 4 | Emily Pedrazzini | Australia | 8:52.24 | Q |
| 5 | Joanne Malar | Canada | 8:52.28 | Q |
| 6 | Nadine Neumann | Australia | 8:59.93 | Q |
| 7 | Janelle Atkinson | Jamaica | 9:01.78 | Q |
| 8 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada | 9:06.47 | Q |
| 9 | Teo Mui Nyee | Malaysia | 9:14.46 | |
| 10 | Kristina Abbott | Cayman Islands | 9:45.34 | |
| 11 | Anita Kruger | Namibia | 9:48.72 | |
| 12 | Alicia Mullan | Bermuda | 9:55.27 | |
| 13 | Sophie Li | Mauritius | 10:24.37 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Rachel Harris | Australia | 8:42.32 |
| | 2 | Joanne Malar | Canada | 8:43.96 |
| | 4 | Sarah Collings | England | 8:45.56 |
| 4 | 6 | Emily Pedrazzini | Australia | 8:45.87 |
| 5 | 1 | Janelle Atkinson | Jamaica | 8:51.54 |
| 6 | 3 | Tamee Ebert | Canada | 8:52.99 |
| 7 | 8 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada | 8:54.24 |
| 8 | 7 | Nadine Neumann | Australia | 8:55.36 |
