Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Template:Flagathlete | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | [2] |
| Olympic record | Template:FlagIOCathlete | 8:20.20 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
Results
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[3]
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 4 | Brooke Bennett | Template:FlagIOC | 8:27.89 | |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 5 | Dagmar Hase | Template:FlagIOC | 8:29.91 | |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | 1 | Kirsten Vlieghuis | Template:FlagIOC | 8:30.84 | NR |
| 4 | 3 | Kerstin Kielgaß | Template:FlagIOC | 8:31.06 | |
| 5 | 2 | Irene Dalby | Template:FlagIOC | 8:38.34 | |
| 6 | 7 | Janet Evans | Template:FlagIOC | 8:38.91 | |
| 7 | 8 | Carla Geurts | Template:FlagIOC | 8:40.43 | |
| 8 | 6 | Sarah Hardcastle | Template:FlagIOC | 8:41.75 |
References
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External links
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