Swimming at the 1991 Pan American Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1991 Pan American Games took place on 17 August. The last Pan American Games champion was Tami Bruce of US.

This race consisted of sixteen lengths of the pool, all in freestyle.

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final
The final was held on August 17.