Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The final of the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984.[1]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueMcDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Winning time8:24.96 OR
Medalists
Tiffany Cohen  United States
Michele Richardson  United States
Sarah Hardcastle  Great Britain

Records

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

World record Tracey Wickham (AUS)8:24.62Edmonton, Canada5 August 1978
Olympic record Michelle Ford (AUS)8:28.90Moscow, Soviet Union26 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
3 AugustFinal ATiffany Cohen United States8:24.96OR

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Michele Richardson United States8:32.64Q
225Anna McVann Australia8:35.19Q
314Sarah Hardcastle Great Britain8:35.87Q
415Carla Lasi Italy8:41.84Q, NR
534Tiffany Cohen United States8:41.86Q
636Karen Ward Canada8:45.37Q
722Monica Olmi Italy8:45.83Q
835Jolande van der Meer Netherlands8:46.58Q
932Ann Linder Sweden8:50.80
1026Donna McGinnis Canada8:51.71
1116Birgit Kowalczik West Germany8:53.34
1231Irma Huerta Mexico8:56.18
1333Susie Baumer Australia8:56.40
1413Annabelle Cripps Great Britain8:58.09
1523Laurence Bensimon France9:01.75
1617Nadia Krüger Switzerland9:07.95
1737Lisa Ann Wen Chinese Taipei9:09.73
1827Junko Sakurai Japan9:13.27
1928Karen Slowing-Aceituno Guatemala9:20.68
2011Chang Hui-chien Chinese Taipei9:34.93
12Sofia Dara GreeceDNS
21Hadar Rubinstein IsraelDNS
38Rosa Fuentes MexicoDNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
2Tiffany Cohen United States8:24.96OR
4Michele Richardson United States8:30.73
3Sarah Hardcastle Great Britain8:32.60NR
45Anna McVann Australia8:37.94
56Carla Lasi Italy8:42.45
68Jolande van der Meer Netherlands8:42.86
71Monica Olmi Italy8:47.32
87Karen Ward Canada8:48.12

References

  1. "Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  2. "Los Angeles 1984: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Los Angeles 1984. LA84 Foundation. pp. 494–495. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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