Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Georgia Tech Aquatic Center | ||||||||||||
Date | 25 July 1996 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:27.89 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | women | |
1500 m | men | |
Backstroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | |
Olympic record | 8:20.20 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Final
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Brooke Bennett | 8:27.89 | |||
5 | Dagmar Hase | 8:29.91 | |||
1 | Kirsten Vlieghuis | 8:30.84 | NR | ||
4 | 3 | Kerstin Kielgaß | 8:31.06 | ||
5 | 2 | Irene Dalby | 8:38.34 | ||
6 | 7 | Janet Evans | 8:38.91 | ||
7 | 8 | Carla Geurts | 8:40.43 | ||
8 | 6 | Sarah Hardcastle | 8:41.75 |
References
- ↑ "Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 40. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ↑ "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. p. 40. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
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