Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | August 19, 2004 (heats) August 20, 2004 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 8:24.54 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Swimming at the 2004 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 | women |
Medley relay | ||
4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 800 metre
Japan's Ai Shibata became the first Asian swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in long-distance freestyle swimming, outside the record time of 8:24.54. France's Laure Manaudou, who claimed the title in the 400 m freestyle, added a silver to her medal tally, with a time of 8:24.96. U.S. swimmer Diana Munz, on the other hand, edged out her teammate Kalyn Keller for the bronze medal by 0.36 of a second, clocking at 8:26.61.[2][3]
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 |
Olympic record | Brooke Bennett (USA) | 8:19.67 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
Results
Heats
Final
Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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3 | Ai Shibata | Japan | 8:24.54 | ||
4 | Laure Manaudou | France | 8:24.96 | ||
6 | Diana Munz | United States | 8:26.61 | ||
4 | 7 | Kalyn Keller | United States | 8:26.97 | |
5 | 1 | Erika Villaécija | Spain | 8:29.04 | |
6 | 5 | Rebecca Cooke | Great Britain | 8:29.37 | |
7 | 2 | Jana Henke | Germany | 8:33.95 | |
8 | 8 | Simona Păduraru | Romania | 8:37.02 |
References
- ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "Shibata wins women's 800m freestyle". Reuters. ABC News Australia. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.