800m Freestyle, Women 1968-2016

1968
1 Deborah Meyer USA 9'24"0
2 Pamela Kruse USA 9'35"7
3 Maria Teresa Ramirez MEX 9'38"5
4 Karen Moras AUS 9'38"6
5 Patricia Caretto USA 9'51"3
6 Angela Coughlan CAN 9'56"4
7 Denise Langford AUS 9'56"7
8 Laura Vaca MEX 10'02"5

1972
1 Keena Rothammer USA 8'53"68
2 Shane Gould AUS 8'56"39
3 Novella Calligaris ITA 8'57"46
4 Ann Simmons USA 8'57"62
5 Goudrun Wegner GDR 8'58"89
6 Jo Harshbarger USA 9'01"21
7 Hansje Bunschoten NED 9'16"69
8 Narelle Moras AUS 9'19"06

1976
1 Petra Thumer GDR 8'37"14
2 Shirley Babashoff USA 8'37"59
3 Wendy Weinberg USA 8'42"60
4 Rosemary Milgate AUS 8'47"21
5 Nicole Kramer USA 8'47"33
6 Shannon Smith CAN 8'48"15
7 Regina Jager GDR 8'50"40
8 Jennifer Turrall AUS 8'52"88

1980
1 Michelle Ford AUS 8'28"90
2 Ines Diers GDR 8'32"55
3 Heike Dahne GDR 8'33"48
4 Irina Aksyonova URS 8'38"05
5 Oksana Komissarova URS 8'42"04
6 Pascale Verbauwen BEL 8'44"84
7 Ines Geissler GDR 8'45"28
8 Yelena Ivanova URS 8'46"45

1984
1 Tiffany Cohen USA 8'24"95
2 Michele Richardson USA 8'30"73
3 Sarah Hardcastle GBR 8'32"60
4 Anna McVann AUS 8'37"94
5 Carla Lasi ITA 8'42"45
6 Jolanda Van derMeer NED 8'42"86
7 Monica Olmi ITA 8'47"32
8 Karen Ward CAN 8'48"12

1988
1 Janet Evans USA 8'20"20
2 Astrid Strauss GDR 8'22"09
3 Julie McDonald AUS 8'22"93
4 Anke Mohring AUS 8'22"93
5 Tami Bruce USA 8'30"86
6 Janelle Elford AUS 8'39"94
7 Isabelle Arnould BEL 8'37"47
8 Antoaneta Strumelieva BUL 8'41"05
12 Manuela Melchiorri ITA 8'40"63

1992
1 Janet Evans USA 8'25"52
2 Ayley Lewis AUS 8'30"34
3 Jana Henke GER 8'30"99
4 Philippa Langrell NZL 8'35"57
5 Irene Dalby NOR 8'37"12
6 Olga Splichalova TCH 8'37"66
7 Erika Hansen USA 8'39"25
8 Isabelle Arnould BEL 8'41"86

1996
1 Brooke Bennett USA 8'27"89
2 Dagmar Hase GER 8'29"91
3 Kirsten Vlieghuis NED 8'30"84
4 Kerstin Kielgass GER 8'31"06
5 Irene Dalby NOR 8'38"34
6 Janet Evans USA 8'38"91
7 Carla Louise Geurts NED 8'40"43
8 Sarah Hardcastle GBR 8'41"75

2000
1 Brooke Bennet USA 8'19"67
2 Yana Kloghkova UKR 8'22"66
3 Kaitlin Sandeno USA 8'24"29
4 Flavia Rigamonti SUI 8'25"91
5 Hannah Stockbauer GER 8'30"11
6 Hua Chen CHN 8'30"58
7 Jana Henke GER 8'31"97
8 Sachiko Yamada JPN 8'37"39

2004
1 Ai Shibata JPN 8'24"54
2 Laure Manaudou FRA 8'24"96
3 Diana Munz USA 8'26"61
4 Kalyn Keller USA 8'26"97
5 Erika Villaecija ESP 8'29"04
6 Rebecca Cooke GBR 8'29"37
7 Jana Henke GER 8'33"95
8 Simona Paduraru ROU 8'37"02

2008
1 Rebecca Adlington GBR 8'14"10
2 Alessia Filippi ITA 8'20"23
3 Lotte Friis DEN 8'23"03
4 Camelia Alina Potec ROU 8'23"11
5 Xuanxu Li CHN 8'26"34
6 Kylie Palmer 8'26"39
7 Elena Sokolova RUS 8'29"79
8 Cassandra Patten GBR 8'32"35

2012
1 Katie Ledecky USA 8'14"63
2 Mirela Garcia Belmonte ESP 8'18"76
3 Rebecca Adlington GBR 8'20"32
4 Lauren Boyle NZL 8'22"72
5 Lotte Friis DEN 8'23"86
6 Blogarka Kapas HUN 8'23"89
7 Coralie Balmy FRA 8'29"26
8 Andreina Pinto Perez VEN 8'29"28

2016
1 Katie Ledecky USA 8'04"79
2 Jazz Carlin GBR 8'16"17
3 Boglarka Kapas HUN 8'16"37
4 Mireia Belmonte Garcia ESP 8'18"55
5 Jessica Ashwood AUS 8'20"32
6 Leah Smith USA 8'20"95
7 Lotte Friis DEN 8'24"50
8 Sarah Kohler GER 8'27"75
DNS Martina de Memme ITA