Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date:	25 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors:	29
Nations:	23
Gold:	Brooke Bennett
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Dagmar Hase
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Kirsten Vlieghuis
Bronzenoc:	NED
Win Value:	8:27.89
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.^[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 A (Q).^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4			8:32.38	Q
2	3	3			8:33.55	Q
3	3	6			8:36.33	Q
4	2	3			8:37.54	Q
5	2	6			8:37.73	Q, NR
6	2	4			8:38.08	Q
7	3	5			8:39.73	Q
8	2	2			8:39.85	Q
9	4	6			8:40.31	NR
10	4	7			8:40.47
11	4	5			8:42.39
12	4	3			8:45.32
13	4	4			8:45.79
14	3	7			8:47.19
15	3	2			8:47.68
16	2	1			8:48.33
17	4	1			8:48.54
18	2	7			8:50.22
19	3	1			8:52.61
20	4	8			8:54.19
21	4	2			8:55.77
22	3	8			8:57.52	NR
23	1	5			9:01.14	NR
24	1	4			9:03.22
25	2	8			9:06.97
26	1	6			9:09.12
27	1	3			9:21.20
28	1	2			10:12.46
	2	5

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			8:27.89
	5			8:29.91
	1			8:30.84	NR
4	3			8:31.06
5	2			8:38.34
6	7			8:38.91
7	8			8:40.43
8	6			8:41.75

External links

• Official Report
• USA Swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SWI/womens-800-metres-freestyle.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2020 . Sports Reference.
2. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 40. 12 September 2017.
3. Web site: Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final. PDF. Atlanta 1996. LA84 Foundation. 40. 12 September 2017.