Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date17 November
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Medalists
    China
    China
    Japan

There were 12 competitors from 8 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Li Xuanxu and Shao Yiwen from China won the gold and silver medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Maiko Fujino won the bronze medal.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 17 November 201010:13Slow heat
19:14Fast heat

Records

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

World Record Rebecca Adlington (GBR)8:14.10Beijing, China16 August 2008
Asian Record Chen Qian (CHN)8:20.36Jinan, China23 October 2009
Games Record Chen Hua (CHN)8:25.36Busan, South Korea5 October 2002

Results

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
2 Li Xuanxu (CHN)8:23.55GR
2 Shao Yiwen (CHN)8:24.14
2 Maiko Fujino (JPN)8:33.55
41 Seo Youn-jeong (KOR)8:48.74
51 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (THA)8:52.94
61 Erica Totten (PHI)8:54.11
72 Khoo Cai Lin (MAS)8:54.34
82 Rutai Santadvatana (THA)8:55.93
91 Carmen Nam (HKG)9:01.93
102 Lynette Lim (SIN)9:02.60
112 Natasha Tang (HKG)9:05.37
122 Kim Ga-eul (KOR)9:13.16

References

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