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

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Piscines Bernat Picornell
Date	30 July 1992 (heats & final)
Competitors	26 from 19 nations
Winning time	8:25.52
Medalists
Janet Evans   United States Hayley Lewis   Australia Jana Henke   Germany
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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 record	Janet Evans  (USA)	8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	20 August 1989	[2]
Olympic record	Janet Evans  (USA)	8:20.20	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1988

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	4	Janet Evans	United States	8:32.69	Q
2	4	5	Hayley Lewis	Australia	8:33.04	Q
3	2	5	Jana Henke	Germany	8:35.11	Q
4	2	4	Erika Hansen	United States	8:36.56	Q
5	3	3	Phillippa Langrell	New Zealand	8:38.43	Q, NR
6	3	5	Irene Dalby	Norway	8:38.58	Q
7	4	6	Isabelle Arnould	Belgium	8:40.86	Q
8	2	6	Olga Šplíchalová	Czechoslovakia	8:42.16	Q
9	3	6	Kerstin Kielgaß	Germany	8:43.52
10	4	3	Beatrice Câșlaru	Romania	8:44.17
11	2	2	Carla Negrea	Romania	8:48.36
12	2	3	Manuela Melchiorri	Italy	8:50.14
13	2	7	Samantha Foggo	Great Britain	8:50.17
14	4	1	Sandra Cam	Belgium	8:50.91
15	3	4	Julie McDonald	Australia	8:51.59
16	4	7	Itziar Esparza	Spain	8:55.65
17	3	7	Elizabeth Arnold	Great Britain	8:56.04
18	3	1	Judit Kiss	Hungary	8:58.16	NR
19	3	2	Jeanine Steenkamp	South Africa	8:59.62	AF
20	3	8	María José Marenco	El Salvador	9:09.41
21	2	1	Laura Sánchez	Mexico	9:10.31
22	1	4	Claudia Fortin	Honduras	9:10.54
23	1	3	Thanya Sridama	Thailand	9:10.58
24	4	2	Yan Ming	China	9:14.63
25	4	8	Erika González	Mexico	9:17.18
	1	5	May Ooi	Singapore	DNS

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Janet Evans	United States	8:25.52
	5	Hayley Lewis	Australia	8:30.34
	3	Jana Henke	Germany	8:30.99
4	2	Phillippa Langrell	New Zealand	8:35.57	NR
5	7	Irene Dalby	Norway	8:37.12
6	8	Olga Šplíchalová	Czechoslovakia	8:37.66
7	6	Erika Hansen	United States	8:39.25
8	1	Isabelle Arnould	Belgium	8:41.86

References

1. "Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
2. Dimond, Jeff (October 1989). "Swim and Deliver" (PDF). Swimming World and Junior Swimmer . 30 (10): 41–44. Retrieved 8 June 2008.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
4. "Barcelona 1992: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Barcelona 1992 . LA84 Foundation. p. 375. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

External links

• Official Report