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

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]

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
← 1988
1996 →

Records edit

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 edit

Heats edit

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 Căşlaru   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 edit

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Janet Evans   United States 8:25.52
  5 Hayley Lewis   Australia 8:30.34
  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 edit

  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.[permanent dead link]
  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.

External links edit

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