Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
Appearance
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | KL Sports City | |||||||||
Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:42.23 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games took place at KL Sports City.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | [1] |
Commonwealth record | ![]() |
8:22.93 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 | [2] |
Games record | ![]() |
8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 | [1] |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Sarah Collings | ![]() |
8:46.52 | Q |
2 | Rachel Harris | ![]() |
8:43.96 | Q |
3 | Tamee Ebert | ![]() |
8:52.07 | Q |
4 | Emily Pedrazzini | ![]() |
8:52.24 | Q |
5 | Joanne Malar | ![]() |
8:52.28 | Q |
6 | Nadine Neumann | ![]() |
8:59.93 | Q |
7 | Janelle Atkinson | ![]() |
9:01.78 | Q |
8 | Andrea Schwartz | ![]() |
9:06.47 | Q |
9 | Teo Mui Nyee | ![]() |
9:14.46 | |
10 | Kristina Abbott | ![]() |
9:45.34 | |
11 | Anita Kruger | ![]() |
9:48.72 | |
12 | Alicia Mullan | ![]() |
9:55.27 | |
13 | Sophie Li | ![]() |
10:24.37 |
Final
[edit]Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Rachel Harris | ![]() |
8:42.32 | |
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2 | Joanne Malar | ![]() |
8:43.96 | |
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4 | Sarah Collings | ![]() |
8:45.56 | |
4 | 6 | Emily Pedrazzini | ![]() |
8:45.87 | |
5 | 1 | Janelle Atkinson | ![]() |
8:51.54 | |
6 | 3 | Tamee Ebert | ![]() |
8:52.99 | |
7 | 8 | Andrea Schwartz | ![]() |
8:54.24 | |
8 | 7 | Nadine Neumann | ![]() |
8:55.36 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Women's 800m freestyle - heats". 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Rankings". FINA.
- ^ a b "1998 Commonwealth Games". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.