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Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle
at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships
Venue Palau Sant Jordi
Dates 25 July (prelims);
26 July (final)
Winning time 8 minutes 23.66 seconds
Medalists
gold medal     Germany
silver medal     United States
bronze medal     Great Britain
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The Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 25–26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary heats swam during the morning session on July 25, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim the race again in the Final during the evening session on July 26.

Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:


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