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Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and July 30 with the final.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time8:17.51
Medalists
gold medal Rebecca Adlington   Great Britain
silver medal Lotte Friis   Denmark
bronze medal Kate Ziegler   United States
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Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Rebecca Adlington   United Kingdom 8:14.10 Beijing August 16, 2008
Championship record Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:15.92 Rome August 1, 2009

Results edit

Heats edit

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Rebecca Adlington   Great Britain 8:22.27 Q
2 5 5 Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:23.07 Q
3 3 5 Chloe Sutton   United States 8:27.72 Q
4 4 4 Kate Ziegler   United States 8:28.28 Q
5 3 4 Katie Goldman   Australia 8:28.35 Q
6 3 7 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 8:28.40 Q
7 5 1 Lauren Boyle   New Zealand 8:28.50 Q, NR
8 3 6 Wendy Trott   South Africa 8:28.75 Q
9 3 2 Kristel Köbrich   Chile 8:28.76
10 4 5 Shao Yiwen   China 8:29.05
11 5 2 Erika Villaécija García   Spain 8:29.13
12 5 7 Éva Risztov   Hungary 8:29.16
13 4 7 Melissa Gorman   Australia 8:30.00
14 4 6 Camelia Potec   Romania 8:32.35
15 4 1 Andreina Pinto   Venezuela 8:33.62
16 5 6 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 8:34.33
17 3 3 Gráinne Murphy   Ireland 8:35.17
18 4 8 Savannah King   Canada 8:41.93
19 5 3 Chen Qian   China 8:42.15
20 2 4 Patricia Castañeda   Mexico 8:42.65
21 3 8 Nina Dittrich   Austria 8:43.89
22 5 8 Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina 8:44.01
23 2 5 Spela Bohinc   Slovenia 8:45.86
24 2 2 Julia Hassler   Liechtenstein 8:46.00 NR
25 3 1 Marianna Lymperta   Greece 8:51.93
26 2 6 Cai Lin Khoo   Malaysia 8:57.17
27 2 3 Alexia Benitez   El Salvador 9:00.04
28 1 6 Samantha Arevalo   Ecuador 9:00.96
29 1 5 Shahd Osman   Egypt 9:01.84
30 1 4 Daniela Kaori Miyahara   Peru 9:02.28 NR
31 2 7 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn   Thailand 9:08.40
32 1 3 Simona Marinova   North Macedonia 9:12.47
– 4 2 Mireia Belmonte García   Spain DNS
– 4 3 Federica Pellegrini   Italy DNS

Final edit

The final was held at 19:30.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Rebecca Adlington   Great Britain 8:17.51
  5 Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:18.20
  6 Kate Ziegler   United States 8:23.36
4 3 Chloe Sutton   United States 8:24.05
5 7 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 8:24.79 NR
6 2 Katie Goldman   Australia 8:29.20
7 8 Wendy Trott   South Africa 8:30.45
8 1 Lauren Boyle   New Zealand 8:32.72

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[permanent dead link]

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