The Women's 800 Freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 29 – 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary heats were held in the Championships morning session on 29 July,[1] with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim-again in the event's Final on 30 July.[2]
| Women's 800m Freestyle at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Dates | 29 July (heats) 30 July (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 33 from 23 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8 minutes 25.31 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were:
- WR: 8:16.22, Janet Evans (USA), swum 20 August 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
- CR: 8:23.66, Hannah Stockbauer (Germany), swum 26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain
Note: no new World or Championships records were set during this competition.
Results edit
Preliminary heats edit
Final heat edit
| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kate Ziegler |  USA |
8:25.31 | |
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Brittany Reimer |  Canada |
8:27.59 | |
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Ai Shibata |  Japan |
8:27.86 | |
| 4 | Flavia Rigamonti |  Switzerland |
8:28.74 | |
| 5 | Camelia Potec |  Romania |
8:34.40 | |
| 6 | Erika Villaécija |  Spain |
8:36.34 | |
| 7 | Rebecca Cooke |  Great Britain |
8:37.98 | |
| 8 | Jana Henke |  Germany |
8:38.23 |
References edit
- ^ Worlds 2005 results: Women's 800m Freestyle Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ Worlds 2005 results: Women's 800m Freestyle Final Archived 7 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-23.