Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Sajik Swimming Pool
Date	5 October 2002
Competitors	11 from 8 nations
Medalists

The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Saturday, 5 October 2002	10:00	Final 1
Saturday, 5 October 2002	19:00	Final 2

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World record	Janet Evans (USA)	8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	20 August 1989
Asian record	Zhang Liang (CHN)	8:26.48	Guangzhou, China	18 November 2001
Games record	Luo Ping (CHN)	8:31.57	Hiroshima, Japan	7 October 1994

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Chen Hua (CHN)	8:25.36	AR
	2	Sachiko Yamada (JPN)	8:28.77
	2	Zhang Yan (CHN)	8:44.80
4	2	Madoka Ochi (JPN)	8:57.47
5	2	Kim Mi-ryung (KOR)	9:01.89
6	2	Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA)	9:05.22
7	2	Sia Wai Yen (MAS)	9:10.56
8	1	Cho A-rum (KOR)	9:10.70
9	1	Võ Thị Thanh Vy (VIE)	9:11.74
10	1	U-Nice Chan (SGP)	9:27.13
11	2	Lizza Danila (PHI)	9:27.92

References

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Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games

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