Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:25.52 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.[1]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | [2] |
Olympic record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:20.20 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q).[3]
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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4 | Janet Evans | United States | 8:25.52 | ||
5 | Hayley Lewis | Australia | 8:30.34 | ||
3 | Jana Henke | Germany | 8:30.99 | ||
4 | 2 | Phillippa Langrell | New Zealand | 8:35.57 | NR |
5 | 7 | Irene Dalby | Norway | 8:37.12 | |
6 | 8 | Olga Šplíchalová | Czechoslovakia | 8:37.66 | |
7 | 6 | Erika Hansen | United States | 8:39.25 | |
8 | 1 | Isabelle Arnould | Belgium | 8:41.86 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Dimond, Jeff (October 1989). "Swim and Deliver" (PDF). Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 30 (10): 41–44. Retrieved 8 June 2008.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.