Swimming at the 2018 Mediterranean Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle explained

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Event:	Women's 800 metre freestyle
Games:	2018 Mediterranean Games
Dates:	23 June
Venue:	Campclar Aquatic Center
Location:	Tarragona, Spain
Competitors:	13
Nations:	8
Win Value:	8:21.44
Gold:	Simona Quadarella
Gold Nation:	ITA
Silver:	Mireia Belmonte
Silver Nation:	ESP
Bronze:	Tjaša Oder
Bronze Nation:	SLO
Prev:	2013
Next:	2022

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held on 23 June 2018 at the Campclar Aquatic Center.^[1]

Records

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

World record		8:04.79	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	12 August 2016
Mediterranean Games record		8:20.78	Pescara, Italy	30 June 2009

Results

The heats were held at 09:30 and 17:30.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	4	Simona Quadarella		8:21.44
	2	6	Mireia Belmonte		8:26.55
	2	5	Tjaša Oder		8:28.91
	2	2	Diana Durães		8:29.33	NR
	2	1	Jimena Pérez		8:36.41
	2	3	Diletta Carli		8:38.44
	2	7	Tamila Holub		8:44.78
	2	8	Sara Račnik		8:50.00
	1	4	Kalliopi Araouzou		8:50.51
10	1	3	Arianna Valloni		8:51.84	NR
11	1	5	Beril Böcekler		8:52.97
12	1	6	Afroditi Katsiara		9:03.11
13	1	2	Gabriella Doueihy		9:10.16

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 Mediterranean Games – Swimming schedule. tarragona2018.cat. 23 June 2018.
2. https://tarragona2018-reports.s3.amazonaws.com/SWM/MED18_SWMW800MFR------------------------_C76_v1.pdf Heats results