Swimming at the 2012 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games
Host City: London, Great Britain
Venue(s): London Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Date Started: August 2, 2012
Date Finished: August 2, 2012
Format: Fastest eight swimmers advanced to final
| Gold: | Katie Ledecky |
| Silver: | Mireia Belmonte |
| Bronze: | Becky Adlington |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samantha Arevalo | 17 | Ecuador | ECU | 8:49.21 | 0.73 | |
| 2 | Pamela Benitez | 21 | El Salvador | ESA | 9:02.66 | 0.74 | |
| 3 | Daniella van den Berg | 16 | Aruba | ARU | 9:23.21 | 0.78 | |
| 4 | Simona Marinova | 18 | Macedonia | MKD | 9:28.41 | 0.93 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julia Hassler | 19 | Liechtenstein | LIE | 8:35.18 | 0.77 | |
| 2 | Katya Bachrouche | 22 | Lebanon | LIB | 8:35.88 | 0.76 | |
| 3 | Tjaša Oder | 18 | Slovenia | SLO | 8:41.82 | 0.87 | |
| 4 | Patricia Castañeda | 22 | Mexico | MEX | 8:44.44 | 0.80 | |
| 5 | Nina Dittrich | 21 | Austria | AUT | 8:45.41 | 0.87 | |
| 6 | Khoo Cai Lin | 23 | Malaysia | MAS | 8:51.18 | 0.72 | |
| 7 | Lynette Lim | 20 | Singapore | SIN | 8:52.92 | 0.65 | |
| 8 | Han Na-Gyeong | 19 | South Korea | KOR | 8:57.26 | 0.74 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katie Ledecky | 15 | United States | USA | 8:23.84 | 0.70 | Q |
| 2 | Mireia Belmonte | 21 | Spain | ESP | 8:25.26 | 0.72 | Q |
| 3 | Alexa Komarnycky | 22 | Canada | CAN | 8:28.11 | 0.85 | |
| 4 | Wendy Trott | 22 | South Africa | RSA | 8:28.98 | 0.76 | |
| 5 | Éva Risztov | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 8:29.06 | 0.81 | |
| 6 | Ellie Faulkner | 19 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:38.00 | 0.75 | |
| 7 | Yelena Sokolova | 21 | Russia | RUS | 8:42.73 | 0.81 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotte Friis | 24 | Denmark | DEN | 8:21.89 | 0.79 | Q |
| 2 | Boglárka Kapás | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 8:26.43 | 0.72 | Q |
| 2 | Andreina Pinto | 20 | Venezuela | VEN | 8:26.43 | 0.77 | Q |
| 4 | Coralie Balmy | 25 | France | FRA | 8:27.15 | 0.75 | Q |
| 5 | Kristel Köbrich | 26 | Chile | CHI | 8:29.55 | 0.85 | |
| 6 | Kylie Palmer | 22 | Australia | AUS | 8:35.75 | 0.74 | |
| 7 | Camelia Potec | 30 | Romania | ROU | 8:38.44 | 0.85 | |
| 8 | Xin Xin | 15 | China | CHN | 8:40.88 | 0.86 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T | RT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Becky Adlington | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 8:21.78 | 0.77 | Q |
| 2 | Lauren Boyle | 24 | New Zealand | NZL | 8:25.91 | 0.80 | Q |
| 3 | Shao Yiwen | 17 | China | CHN | 8:27.78 | 0.68 | |
| 4 | Erika Villaecija | 28 | Spain | ESP | 8:27.99 | 0.76 | |
| 5 | Savannah King | 20 | Canada | CAN | 8:29.72 | 0.79 | |
| 6 | Cecilia Biagioli | 27 | Argentina | ARG | 8:33.97 | 0.81 | |
| 7 | Jess Ashwood | 19 | Australia | AUS | 8:37.21 | 0.77 | |
| 8 | Kate Ziegler | 24 | United States | USA | 8:37.38 | 0.83 |