| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Piscines Bernat Picornell | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 July 1992 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:25.52 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
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]
Records
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
Heats
Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q).[3]
Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Janet Evans | United States |
8:25.52 | |
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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
- ^ "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.
- ^ Dimond, Jeff (October 1989). "Swim and Deliver" (PDF). Swimming World and Junior Swimmer. 30 (10): 41–44. Retrieved 8 June 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
External links
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