Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
VenuePiscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors26 from 19 nations
Winning time8:25.52
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Janet Evans  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hayley Lewis  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jana Henke  Germany
Swimming at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Freestyle
50 mmenwomen
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 m
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 mmen
Medley relay
4 × 100 mmenwomen

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

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

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q).[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 4 Janet Evans  United States 8:32.69 Q
2 4 5 Hayley Lewis  Australia 8:33.04 Q
3 2 5 Jana Henke  Germany 8:35.11 Q
4 2 4 Erika Hansen  United States 8:36.56 Q
5 3 3 Phillippa Langrell  New Zealand 8:38.43 Q, NR
6 3 5 Irene Dalby  Norway 8:38.58 Q
7 4 6 Isabelle Arnould  Belgium 8:40.86 Q
8 2 6 Olga Šplíchalová  Czechoslovakia 8:42.16 Q
9 3 6 Kerstin Kielgaß  Germany 8:43.52
10 4 3 Beatrice Câșlaru  Romania 8:44.17
11 2 2 Carla Negrea  Romania 8:48.36
12 2 3 Manuela Melchiorri  Italy 8:50.14
13 2 7 Samantha Foggo  Great Britain 8:50.17
14 4 1 Sandra Cam  Belgium 8:50.91
15 3 4 Julie McDonald  Australia 8:51.59
16 4 7 Itziar Esparza  Spain 8:55.65
17 3 7 Elizabeth Arnold  Great Britain 8:56.04
18 3 1 Judit Kiss  Hungary 8:58.16 NR
19 3 2 Jeanine Steenkamp  South Africa 8:59.62 AF
20 3 8 María José Marenco  El Salvador 9:09.41
21 2 1 Laura Sánchez  Mexico 9:10.31
22 1 4 Claudia Fortin  Honduras 9:10.54
23 1 3 Thanya Sridama  Thailand 9:10.58
24 4 2 Yan Ming  China 9:14.63
25 4 8 Erika González  Mexico 9:17.18
1 5 May Ooi  Singapore DNS

Final

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Janet Evans  United States 8:25.52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Hayley Lewis  Australia 8:30.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Dimond, Jeff (October 1989). "Swim and Deliver" (PDF). Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 30 (10): 41–44. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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