Overview

• Ledecky’s 8:05.62 swim in Singapore set a new championship record and marked her seventh straight world gold in the 800m free.
• Australia’s Lani Pallister surged to silver in 8:05.98, becoming the first swimmer besides Ledecky to break 8:10 at these championships.
• Canada’s Summer McIntosh touched third in 8:07.29, ending her bid to match Michael Phelps’s record of five individual titles at one meet.
• The victory brought Ledecky’s career total to 23 world championship golds and extended her unbeaten streak in global 800m finals since 2012.
• McIntosh closed the meet with four golds after earlier wins in the 400m freestyle, 200m butterfly and 200m individual medley.