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

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.