Swimming at the 2014 South American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle


The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 8 at the Estadio Nacional. The last champion was Andreina Pinto of Venezuela.
This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:
World record8:13.86Barcelona, SpainAugust 3, 2013
South American Games record8:40.05Medellín, ColombiaMarch 27, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.
KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedCRChampionships recordNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

The first round was held on March 8, at 10:30, and the final was held on March 8, at 18:30.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
24Andreina Pinto8:35.41CR
25Kristel Köbrich8:37.19
26Cecilia Biagioli8:45.68
423Samantha Arevalo8:50.30
514Julia Arino9:02.79
622Carolina Bilich9:05.85
721Annagrazia Bonsanti9:07.77
827Júlia Gerotto9:07.92
913Maria Serrano9:13.18
1015Daniela Miyahara Coello9:16.69
1128Maria Alvarez Pugliese9:17.56
1212Alondra Castillo Sulca10:06.23
1216Paloma Riveras Ortiz10:06.23