Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date:	30 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors:	26
Nations:	19
Gold:	Janet Evans
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Hayley Lewis
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Jana Henke
Bronzenoc:	GER
Win Value:	8:25.52
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

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.

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4			8:32.69	Q
2	4	5			8:33.04	Q
3	2	5			8:35.11	Q
4	2	4			8:36.56	Q
5	3	3			8:38.43	Q, NR
6	3	5			8:38.58	Q
7	4	6			8:40.86	Q
8	2	6			8:42.16	Q
9	3	6			8:43.52
10	4	3			8:44.17
11	2	2			8:48.36
12	2	3			8:50.14
13	2	7			8:50.17
14	4	1			8:50.91
15	3	4			8:51.59
16	4	7			8:55.65
17	3	7			8:56.04
18	3	1			8:58.16	NR
19	3	2			8:59.62	AF
20	3	8			9:09.41
21	2	1			9:10.31
22	1	4			9:10.54
23	1	3			9:10.58
24	4	2			9:14.63
25	4	8			9:17.18
	1	5

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			8:25.52
	5			8:30.34
	3			8:30.99
4	2			8:35.57	NR
5	7			8:37.12
6	8			8:37.66
7	6			8:39.25
8	1			8:41.86

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SWI/womens-800-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 375. 2 September 2017.
3. Web site: Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final. PDF. Barcelona 1992. LA84 Foundation. 375. 2 September 2017.