Swimming at the 2013 Mediterranean Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Competition:	2013 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	June 23, 2013
Competitors:	10
Nations:	7
Venue:	Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool
Win Value:	8:33.17
Gold:	Martina De Memme
Goldnoc:	ITA
Silver:	Aurora Ponselé
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Claudia Dasca
Bronzenoc:	ESP

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on June 24 at the Mersin Olympic Swimming Pool in Mersin, Turkey.^[1]

The race consisted of sixteen length of the pool in freestyle.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time

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Sunday, 23 June 2013	10:40	Heat 1
	19:30	Heat 2

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Mediterranean Games records were as follows:

World record		8:14.10	Beijing, China	August 16, 2008
Mediterranean Games record		8:20.78	Pescara, Italy	June 30, 2009

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

Final

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	2	4		8:33.17
	2	5		8:40.70
	2	6		8:45.41
4	2	1		8:46.57
5	2	8		8:48.21
6	2	2		8:52.05
7	2	7		8:53.09
8	1	4		9:06.30
9	1	5		9:10.72
10	1	3		9:20.27

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sessions. Mersin 2013. 20 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130622023520/http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/disiplineDetails_SW.aspx. 22 June 2013.
2. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWW018302..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Women's 800m Freestyle Final 2 (Official)
3. http://info.mersin2013.gov.tr/pdf/SW/SWW018301..C73A1.ENG.1.0.pdf Swimming - Women's 800m Freestyle Final 1 (Official)