Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
VenueCampclar Aquatic Center
LocationTarragona, Spain
Dates23 June
Competitors13 from 8 nations
Winning time8:21.44
Medalists
gold medal    Italy
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Slovenia

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:04.79 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016
Mediterranean Games record  Alessia Filippi (ITA) 8:20.78 Pescara, Italy 30 June 2009

Results

The heats were held at 09:30 and 17:30.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 4 Simona Quadarella  Italy 8:21.44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 6 Mireia Belmonte  Spain 8:26.55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 5 Tjaša Oder  Slovenia 8:28.91
4 2 2 Diana Durães  Portugal 8:29.33 NR
5 2 1 Jimena Pérez  Spain 8:36.41
6 2 3 Diletta Carli  Italy 8:38.44
7 2 7 Tamila Holub  Portugal 8:44.78
8 2 8 Sara Račnik  Slovenia 8:50.00
9 1 4 Kalliopi Araouzou  Greece 8:50.51
10 1 3 Arianna Valloni  San Marino 8:51.84 NR
11 1 5 Beril Böcekler  Turkey 8:52.97
12 1 6 Afroditi Katsiara  Greece 9:03.11
13 1 2 Gabriella Doueihy  Lebanon 9:10.16

References

  1. ^ "2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule" (PDF). tarragona2018.cat. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  2. ^ Heats results