Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium
Date3 August 1984 (heats & final)
Competitors23 from 16 nations
Winning time8:24.96 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tiffany Cohen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Michele Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Sarah Hardcastle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  1980
1988  

The final of the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics was held at the McDonald's Olympic Swim Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on August 3, 1984. [1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Tracey Wickham  (AUS)8:24.62 Edmonton, Canada 5 August 1978
Olympic recordOlympic flag.svg  Michelle Ford  (AUS)8:28.90 Moscow, Soviet Union 26 July 1980

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationTimeRecord
3 AugustFinal A Tiffany Cohen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:24.95 OR

Results

Heats

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

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124 Michele Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:32.64Q
225 Anna McVann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:35.19Q
314 Sarah Hardcastle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:35.87Q
415 Carla Lasi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:41.84Q, NR
534 Tiffany Cohen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:41.86Q
636 Karen Ward Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:45.37Q
722 Monica Olmi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:45.83Q
835 Jolande van der Meer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:46.58Q
932 Ann Linder Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8:50.80
1026 Donna McGinnis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:51.71
1116 Birgit Kowalczik Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 8:53.34
1231 Irma Huerta Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:56.18
1333 Susie Baumer Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:56.40
1413 Annabelle Cripps Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:58.09
1523 Laurence Bensimon Flag of France.svg  France 9:01.75
1617 Nadia Krüger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 9:07.95
1737 Lisa Ann Wen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9:09.73
1827 Junko Sakurai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9:13.27
1928 Karen Slowing-Aceituno Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 9:20.68
2011 Chang Hui-chien Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9:34.93
12 Sofia Dara Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS
21 Hadar Rubinstein Flag of Israel.svg  Israel DNS
38 Rosa Fuentes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNS

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Tiffany Cohen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:24.96 OR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Michele Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:30.73
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Sarah Hardcastle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:32.60 NR
45 Anna McVann Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:37.94
56 Carla Lasi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:42.45
68 Jolande van der Meer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:42.86
71 Monica Olmi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:47.32
87 Karen Ward Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:48.12

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References

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