Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20.[1]

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
VenueAthens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 19, 2004 (heats)
August 20, 2004 (final)
Competitors31 from 26 nations
Winning time8:24.54
Medalists
Ai Shibata  Japan
Laure Manaudou  France
Diana Munz  United States
Swimming at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mwomen
1500 mmen
Backstroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Breaststroke
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Butterfly
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
Individual medley
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
Freestyle relay
4×100 mmenwomen
4×200 mmenwomen
Medley relay
4×100 mmenwomen

Japan's Ai Shibata became the first Asian swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in long-distance freestyle swimming, outside the record time of 8:24.54. France's Laure Manaudou, who claimed the title in the 400 m freestyle, added a silver to her medal tally, with a time of 8:24.96. U.S. swimmer Diana Munz, on the other hand, edged out her teammate Kalyn Keller for the bronze medal by 0.36 of a second, clocking at 8:26.61.[2][3]

Records

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

World record Janet Evans (USA)8:16.22Tokyo, Japan20 August 1989
Olympic record Brooke Bennett (USA)8:19.67Seoul, South Korea22 September 2000

Results

Heats
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143Laure Manaudou France8:25.91Q
232Rebecca Cooke Great Britain8:28.47Q
335Ai Shibata Japan8:30.08Q
424Diana Munz United States8:30.87Q
523Jana Henke Germany8:31.86Q
645Kalyn Keller United States8:32.36Q
746Erika Villaécija García Spain8:33.61Q
826Simona Păduraru Romania8:34.15Q
922Sarah Paton Australia8:35.81
1036Linda Mackenzie Australia8:35.90
1142Chen Hua China8:36.24
1234Sachiko Yamada Japan8:36.48
1347Flavia Rigamonti Switzerland8:38.10
1444Hannah Stockbauer Germany8:38.17
1548Kristel Köbrich Chile8:40.41
1633Camelia Potec Romania8:41.20
1725Brittany Reimer Canada8:41.55
1821Marianna Lymperta Greece8:42.65
1931Jana Pechanová Czech Republic8:47.38
2027Olga Beresnyeva Ukraine8:57.96
2112Golda Marcus El Salvador8:59.81
2214Kwon You-ri South Korea9:01.42
2313Jelena Petrova Estonia9:01.62
2438Rebecca Linton New Zealand9:02.41
2517Heather Roffey Cayman Islands9:02.88
2628Ivanka Moralieva Bulgaria9:03.13
2716Paola Duguet Colombia9:06.96
2815Anita Galić Croatia9:10.91
2911Khadija Ciss Senegal9:20.06
37Éva Risztov HungaryDNS
41Anja Čarman SloveniaDNS

Final
RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
3Ai Shibata Japan8:24.54
4Laure Manaudou France8:24.96
6Diana Munz United States8:26.61
47Kalyn Keller United States8:26.97
51Erika Villaécija García Spain8:29.04
65Rebecca Cooke Great Britain8:29.37
72Jana Henke Germany8:33.95
88Simona Păduraru Romania8:37.02

References
  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Japan's Ai Shibata Wins the Women's 800 With Back-Half Surge". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "Shibata wins women's 800m freestyle". Reuters. ABC News Australia. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
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