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Ledecky Secures Seventh Straight 800m Freestyle World Title

Her championship-record swim underscores her unrivaled consistency in global finals, with Australian Lani Pallister and Canadian Summer McIntosh closing the gap with personal bests.

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Swimming - World Aquatics Championships - Women 800m Freestyle Finals - World Aquatics Championships Arena, Singapore - August 2, 2025 Canada's Summer Mcintosh, Katie Ledecky of the U.S. and Australia's Lani Pallister in action during the final
Swimming - World Aquatics Championships - Women 800m Freestyle - World Aquatics Championships Arena, Singapore - August 1, 2025 Katie Ledecky of the U.S. in action during heat 3 REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Overview

  • Katie Ledecky won the women’s 800m freestyle at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore in a championship-record 8:05.62.
  • With this victory, Ledecky extended her perfect record in global 800m finals to 11-0, a streak dating back to her 2012 Olympic gold.
  • Australia’s Lani Pallister claimed silver in a breakthrough 8:05.98, her first time under 8:06 and the fastest non-Ledecky/McIntosh time ever recorded.
  • Canada’s Summer McIntosh took bronze in 8:07.29, ending her bid to match Michael Phelps’s mark of five individual golds at a single world championships.
  • All three podium finishers posted sub-8:10 times, highlighting a deepening field and an intensifying generational rivalry in women’s distance swimming.