Swimming at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 24 and 25 August 2017.

Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.

The following new records were set during this competition.

Heats
The heats were held on 24 August at 10:25.

Final
The final was held on 25 August at 19:02.