--- description: Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record during her 800-meter freestyle preliminary race Thursday. She'll swim for gold in the event on Friday. title: Katie Ledecky Just Broke Another Olympic Record image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Katie Ledecky Just Broke Another Olympic Record by [Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2016 6:14 PM CUT by [Sports Illustrated](/author/sports-illustrated/) ## Sports Illustrated Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 11, 2016 6:14 PM CUT Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record during her 800-meter freestyle preliminary race Thursday. Ledecky has already won four medals—including three gold—at the Rio games. During a heat for the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky finished the race in an Olympic-record time of 8:12.86. Earlier this week, Ledecky won gold in both the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. She also has a gold medal from the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, and a silver from the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. In the 200-meter event, Ledecky set a world record. The final for the 800-meter freestyle will take place Friday. _This_ [_article_](http://Katie Ledecky set an Olympic record during her 800-meter freestyle preliminary race Thursday. Ledecky has already won four medals—including three gold—at the Rio games. During a heat for the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky finished the race in an Olympic-record time of 8:12.86. Save Now on Alive!® Gummy Vitamins Earlier this week, Ledecky won gold in both the 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. She also has a gold medal from the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, and a silver from the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. In the 200-meter event, Ledecky set a world record. The final for the 800-meter freestyle will take place Friday. "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_SI.com_](http://si.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4448806/katie-ledecky-breaks-olympic-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4448806/katie-ledecky-breaks-olympic-record/"},"headline":"Katie Ledecky Just Broke Another Olympic Record","datePublished":"2016-08-11T18:14:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:56:00.699Z","description":"It's her second record of Rio","url":"https://time.com/4448806/katie-ledecky-breaks-olympic-record/","keywords":["Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sports Illustrated","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4448806/katie-ledecky-breaks-olympic-record/","name":"Katie Ledecky Just Broke Another Olympic Record"}}]}] ```