Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date30 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors26 from 19 nations
Winning time8:25.52
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Hayley Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Jana Henke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  1988
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.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989 [2]
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Janet Evans  (USA)8:20.20 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q). [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
144 Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:32.69Q
245 Hayley Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:33.04Q
325 Jana Henke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:35.11Q
424 Erika Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:36.56Q
533 Phillippa Langrell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:38.43Q, NR
635 Irene Dalby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:38.58Q
746 Isabelle Arnould Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:40.86Q
826 Olga Šplíchalová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8:42.16Q
936 Kerstin Kielgaß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:43.52
1043 Beatrice Căşlaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:44.17
1122 Carla Negrea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:48.36
1223 Manuela Melchiorri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:50.14
1327 Samantha Foggo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:50.17
1441 Sandra Cam Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:50.91
1534 Julie McDonald Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:51.59
1647 Itziar Esparza Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:55.65
1737 Elizabeth Arnold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:56.04
1831 Judit Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:58.16 NR
1932 Jeanine Steenkamp South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa 8:59.62 AF
2038 María José Marenco Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:09.41
2121 Laura Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:10.31
2214 Claudia Fortin Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras 9:10.54
2313 Thanya Sridama Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 9:10.58
2442 Yan Ming Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9:14.63
2548 Erika González Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 9:17.18
15 May Ooi Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DNS

Final

[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:25.52
Silver medal icon.svg5 Hayley Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:30.34
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Jana Henke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:30.99
42 Phillippa Langrell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:35.57 NR
57 Irene Dalby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:37.12
68 Olga Šplíchalová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8:37.66
76 Erika Hansen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:39.25
81 Isabelle Arnould Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:41.86

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References

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