The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | 6 December 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Schedule edit
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 11:06 | Final 1 |
| 19:08 | Final 2 |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.
| World Record |  Janet Evans (USA) |
8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 |
| Asian Record |  Sachiko Yamada (JPN) |
8:23.68 | Tokyo, Japan | 23 April 2004 |
| Games Record |  Chen Hua (CHN) |
8:25.36 | Busan, South Korea | 5 October 2002 |
Results edit
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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2 |  Yurie Yano (JPN) |
8:29.51 | |
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2 | Yang Jieqiao (CHN) |
8:38.35 | |
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2 | Maiko Fujino (JPN) |
8:42.31 | |
| 4 | 2 |  Jung Ji-yeon (KOR) |
8:44.46 | |
| 5 | 2 | Li Mo (CHN) |
8:52.42 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lee Ji-eun (KOR) |
8:53.60 | |
| 7 | 2 |  Quah Ting Wen (SIN) |
9:01.01 | |
| 8 | 1 |  Carmen Nam (HKG) |
9:03.72 | |
| 9 | 2 |  Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) |
9:05.88 | |
| 10 | 1 |  Ong Ming Xiu (MAS) |
9:12.26 | |
| 11 | 1 |  Marichi Gandionco (PHI) |
9:14.80 | |
| 12 | 1 | Tan Pei Shan (SIN) |
9:21.10 | |
| 13 | 1 |  Imara Fahim (SRI) |
10:18.89 |