Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.[1]

Women's 800 Metre Freestyle
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20–21 August
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time8:15.54
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Hungary

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Katie Ledecky   United States 8:11.00 Shenandoah 22 June 2014
European record Rebecca Adlington   United Kingdom 8:14.10 Beijing 16 August 2008
Championship record Laure Manaudou   France 8:19.29 Budapest 2 August 2006

Results

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Heats

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The heats were held at 10:40.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 8:22.70 Q
2 2 5 Mireia Belmonte   Spain 8:25.22 Q
3 3 5 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 8:28.87 Q
4 2 3 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 8:31.02 Q
5 2 6 Sarah Köhler   Germany 8:31.03 Q
6 3 4 Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:31.04 Q
7 2 7 Tjasa Oder   Slovenia 8:31.14 Q
8 3 7 Martina Caramignoli   Italy 8:32.58 Q
9 3 3 Aurore Ponsele   Italy 8:33.07
10 3 1 Diletta Carli   Italy 8:34.96
11 3 0 Spela Perse   Slovenia 8:37.73
12 3 8 Gaja Natlacen   Slovenia 8:37.95
13 2 1 Julia Hassler   Liechtenstein 8:38.33
14 3 2 María Vilas   Spain 8:41.43
15 2 2 Leonie Beck   Germany 8:43.54
16 2 8 Julie Lauridsen   Denmark 8:45.78
17 3 6 Beatriz Gómez Cortés   Spain 8:46.11
18 2 9 Martina Elhenická   Czech Republic 8:58.10
19 1 5 Barbora Picková   Czech Republic 9:05.85
20 2 0 Maj Howardsen   Denmark 9:07.73
21 3 9 Andrea Basaraba   Serbia 9:10.14
22 1 3 Alena Benešová   Czech Republic 9:10.77
23 1 4 Anna-Marie Benešová   Czech Republic 9:32.03

Final

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The final was held at 18:07.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 8:15.54 CR
  5 Mireia Belmonte   Spain 8:21.22
  3 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 8:22.06
4 7 Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:27.21
5 6 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 8:28.28
6 8 Martina Caramignoli   Italy 8:30.47
7 2 Sarah Köhler   Germany 8:30.94
8 1 Tjasa Oder   Slovenia 8:31.09

References

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