The women's 800-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 23 July. The heats took place 22 July, and the final was held on 23 July.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows: World record 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989Championship record 8:24.05 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991
Results
Heats Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes 1 Hannah Stockbauer 8:31.79 Q 2 Diana Munz 8:33.09 Q 3 Kaitlin Sandeno 8:35.51 Q 4 Jana Pechanová 8:36.87 Q 5 Rebecca Cooke 8:37.21 Q 6 Sachiko Yamada 8:37.27 Q 7 Chen Hua 8:37.52 Q 8 Flavia Rigamonti 8:40.33 Q 9 Irina Oufimtseva 8:40.55 10 Camelia Potec 8:41.35 11 Charlene Benzie 8:43.60 12 Amanda Pascoe 8:43.79 13 Nayara Ribeiro 8:43.85 14 Chantal Strasser 8:44.78 15 Yumi Kida 8:44.95 16 Alexandra Malanina 8:47.54 17 Marianna Lymperta 8:47.61 18 Fabiana Susini 8:48.62 19 Peggy Buchse 8:50.47 20 Cecilia Biagioli 8:54.00 21 Patricia Villareal 8:54.49 22 Ivanka Moralieva 9:01.22 23 Lin Chi-Chan 9:01.74 24 Kuan Chia-Hsien 9:28.82
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Hannah Stockbauer 8:24.66 Diana Munz 8:28.84 Kaitlin Sandeno 8:31.45 4 Chen Hua 8:31.66 5 Flavia Rigamonti 8:33.79 6 Rebecca Cooke 8:36.67 7 Jana Pechanová 8:39.32 8 Sachiko Yamada 8:45.05
Key: WR = World record
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