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

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Competitors	31 from 26 nations
Medalists
Ai Shibata   Japan   Laure Manaudou   France   Diana Munz   United States
«2000	2008»

Swimming events at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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

These are the results of the Women's 800 metre freestyle, one of sixteen events for female competitors in Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Records

World Record	Janet Evans (USA)	Tokyo, Japan	8:16.22	20 August 1989
Olympic Record	Brooke Bennett (USA)	Sydney, Australia	8:19.67	22 September 2000

Heat 1

1. Golda Marcus, El Salvador -- 8:59.81
2. Kwon You-Ri, South Korea -- 9:01.42
3. Jelena Petrova, Estonia -- 9:01.62
4. Heather Roffey, Cayman Islands -- 9:02.88
5. Paola Duguet, Colombia -- 9:06.96
6. Anita Galić, Croatia -- 9:10.91
7. Khadija Ciss, Senegal -- 9:20.06

Heat 2

1. Diana Munz, United States -- 8:30.87 -Q
2. Jana Henke, Germany -- 8:31.06 -Q
3. Simona Păduraru, Romania -- 8:34.15 -Q
4. Sarah Paton, Australia -- 8:35.81
5. Brittany Reimer, Canada -- 8:41.55
6. Marianna Lymperta, Greece -- 8:42.65
7. Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine -- 8:57.96
8. Ivanka Moralieva, Bulgaria -- 9:03.13

Heat 3

1. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain -- 8:28.47 -Q
2. Ai Shibata, Japan -- 8:30.08 -Q
3. Linda Mackenzie, Australia -- 8:35.90
4. Sachiko Yamada, Japan -- 8:36.48
5. Camelia Potec, Romania -- 8:41.20
6. Jana Pechanová, Czech Republic -- 8:47.38
7. Rebecca Linton, New Zealand -- 9:02.41

- Éva Risztov, Hungary -- DNS

Heat 4

1. Laure Manaudou, France -- 8:25.91 -Q
2. Kalyn Keller, United States -- 8:32.36 -Q
3. Erika Villaécija García, Spain -- 8:33.61 -Q
4. Hua Chen, China -- 8:36.24
5. Flavia Rigamonti, Switzerland -- 8:38.10
6. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany -- 8:38.17
7. Kristel Köbrich, Chile -- 8:40.41

- Anja Čarman, Slovenia -- DNS

DNS= Did not swim

Heats ranking

1. Laure Manaudou, France 8:25.91 -Q
2. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:28.47 -Q
3. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:30.08 -Q
4. Diana Munz, United States 8:30.87 -Q
5. Jana Henke, Germany 8:31.06 -Q
6. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:32.36 -Q
7. Erika Villaécija García, Spain 8:33.61 -Q
8. Simona Paduraru, Romania 8:34.15 -Q
9. Sarah Paton, Australia 8:35.81
10. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 8:35.90
11. Hua Chen, China 8:36.24
12. Sachiko Yamada, Japan 8:36.48
13. Flavia Rigamonti, Switzerland 8:38.10
14. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany 8:38.17
15. Kristel Kobrich, Chile 8:40.41
16. Camelia Potec, Romania 8:41.20
17. Brittany Reimer, Canada 8:41.55
18. Marianna Lymperta, Greece 8:42.65
19. Jana Pechanová, Czech Republic 8:47.38
20. Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine 8:57.96
21. Golda Marcus, El Salvador 8:59.81
22. Kwon You-Ri, Korea 9:01.42
23. Jelena Petrova, Estonia 9:01.62
24. Rebecca Linton, New Zealand 9:02.41
25. Heather Roffey, Cayman Islands 9:02.88
26. Ivanka Moralieva, Bulgaria 9:03.13
27. Paola Duguet, Colombia 9:06.96
28. Anita Galic, Croatia 9:10.91
29. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 9:20.06

• Éva Risztov, Hungary DNS
• Anja Čarman, Slovenia DNS

Final

1. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:24.54
2. Laure Manaudou, France 8:24.96
3. Diana Munz, United States 8:26.61
4. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:26.97
5. Erika Villaécija García, Spain 8:29.04
6. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:29.37
7. Jana Henke, Germany 8:33.95
8. Simona Paduraru, Romania 8:37.02

References

• Official Olympic Report