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

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium
Date	23 August 2018
Competitors	16 from 10 nations
Winning time	8:18.55 GR
Medalists
Wang Jianjiahe    China   Li Bingjie    China   Waka Kobori    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2018 Asian Games took place on 23 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 23 August 2018	09:38	Slowest heat
	18:37	Fastest heat

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:04.79	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Asian Record	Li Bingjie (CHN)	8:15.46	Budapest, Hungary	29 July 2017
Games Record	Li Xuanxu (CHN)	8:23.55	Guangzhou, China	17 November 2010

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Wang Jianjiahe (CHN)	8:18.55	GR
	2	Li Bingjie (CHN)	8:28.14
	2	Waka Kobori (JPN)	8:30.65
4	2	Yukimi Moriyama (JPN)	8:40.71
5	2	Gan Ching Hwee (SGP)	8:47.07
6	2	Han Da-kyung (KOR)	8:48.38
7	1	Ho Nam Wai (HKG)	8:53.16
8	2	Ammiga Himathongkom (THA)	8:53.47
9	2	Choi Jung-min (KOR)	9:01.36
10	1	Adinda Larasati Dewi (INA)	9:04.25
11	1	Lam Hoi Kiu (HKG)	9:04.91
12	1	Ressa Kania Dewi (INA)	9:06.48
13	1	Chantal Liew (SGP)	9:13.87
14	1	Mai Thị Linh (VIE)	9:18.91
15	1	Gabriella Doueihy (LBN)	9:23.22
16	1	Erdenegiin Tselmeg (MGL)	10:22.18