Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:25.52 | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Janet Evans (USA) | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | [2] |
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| Olympic record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:20.20 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q).[3]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 4 | Janet Evans | United States | 8:32.69 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 5 | Hayley Lewis |  Australia | 8:33.04 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Jana Henke |  Germany | 8:35.11 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Erika Hansen | United States | 8:36.56 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Phillippa Langrell |  New Zealand | 8:38.43 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 3 | 5 | Irene Dalby |  Norway | 8:38.58 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 6 | Isabelle Arnould |  Belgium | 8:40.86 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Olga Šplíchalová |  Czechoslovakia | 8:42.16 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 6 | Kerstin Kielgaß | Germany | 8:43.52 | |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | Beatrice Câșlaru |  Romania | 8:44.17 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Carla Negrea | Romania | 8:48.36 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Manuela Melchiorri |  Italy | 8:50.14 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Samantha Foggo |  Great Britain | 8:50.17 | |
| 14 | 4 | 1 | Sandra Cam | Belgium | 8:50.91 | |
| 15 | 3 | 4 | Julie McDonald | Australia | 8:51.59 | |
| 16 | 4 | 7 | Itziar Esparza |  Spain | 8:55.65 | |
| 17 | 3 | 7 | Elizabeth Arnold | Great Britain | 8:56.04 | |
| 18 | 3 | 1 | Judit Kiss |  Hungary | 8:58.16 | NR |
| 19 | 3 | 2 | Jeanine Steenkamp |  South Africa | 8:59.62 | AF |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | María José Marenco |  El Salvador | 9:09.41 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Laura Sánchez |  Mexico | 9:10.31 | |
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Claudia Fortin |  Honduras | 9:10.54 | |
| 23 | 1 | 3 | Thanya Sridama |  Thailand | 9:10.58 | |
| 24 | 4 | 2 | Yan Ming |  China | 9:14.63 | |
| 25 | 4 | 8 | Erika González | Mexico | 9:17.18 | |
| 1 | 5 | May Ooi |  Singapore | DNS |
Final
edit| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4 | Janet Evans | United States | 8:25.52 | |
 | 5 | Hayley Lewis | Australia | 8:30.34 | |
 | 3 | Jana Henke | Germany | 8:30.99 | |
| 4 | 2 | Phillippa Langrell | New Zealand | 8:35.57 | NR |
| 5 | 7 | Irene Dalby | Norway | 8:37.12 | |
| 6 | 8 | Olga Šplíchalová | Czechoslovakia | 8:37.66 | |
| 7 | 6 | Erika Hansen | United States | 8:39.25 | |
| 8 | 1 | Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:41.86 |
References
edit- ↑ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ↑ Dimond, Jeff (October 1989). "Swim and Deliver" (PDF). Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 30 (10): 41–44. Retrieved 8 June 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ↑ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.