Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Template:Flagathlete | 8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 |
| Olympic record | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 8:28.90 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 26 July 1980 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nation | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | Final A | Tiffany Cohen | Template:FlagIOC | 8:24.95 | Template:OlyR |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 2 | Tiffany Cohen | Template:FlagIOC | 8:24.96 | Template:OlyR |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 4 | Michele Richardson | Template:FlagIOC | 8:30.73 | |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 3 | Sarah Hardcastle | Template:FlagIOC | 8:32.60 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Anna McVann | Template:FlagIOC | 8:37.94 | |
| 5 | 6 | Carla Lasi | Template:FlagIOC | 8:42.45 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jolande van der Meer | Template:FlagIOC | 8:42.86 | |
| 7 | 1 | Monica Olmi | Template:FlagIOC | 8:47.32 | |
| 8 | 7 | Karen Ward | Template:FlagIOC | 8:48.12 |
References
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External links
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