Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
Date25 July 1996 (heats & final)
Competitors29 from 23 nations
Winning time8:27.89
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Brooke Bennett Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Dagmar Hase Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Kirsten Vlieghuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1992
2000  

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States. [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 A (Q). [3]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Brooke Bennett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:32.38Q
233 Dagmar Hase Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:33.55Q
336 Kerstin Kielgaß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:36.33Q
423 Sarah Hardcastle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:37.54Q
526 Irene Dalby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:37.73Q, NR
624 Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:38.08Q
735 Kirsten Vlieghuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:39.73Q
822 Carla Geurts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:39.85Q
946 Lin Chi-chan Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 8:40.31 NR
1047 Eri Yamanoi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8:40.47
1145 Stacey Gartrell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:42.39
1243 Pu Yiqi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:45.32
1344 Hayley Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:45.79
1437 Nikki Dryden Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:47.19
1532 Olga Šplíchalová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8:47.68
1621 Sandra Cam Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8:48.33
1741 Alicia Barrancos Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8:48.54
1827 Itziar Esparza Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:50.22
1931 Stephanie Richardson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:52.61
2048 Carla Negrea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:54.19
2142 Aiko Miyake Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8:55.77
2238 Mirjana Boševska Flag of Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 8:57.52 NR
2315 Ravee Intporn-Udom Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 9:01.14 NR
2414 Suh Hyun-soo Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 9:03.22
2528 Rita Kovács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 9:06.97
2616 Maritza Chiaway Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 9:09.12
2713 Olga Korotayeva Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 9:21.20
2812 Daniela Menegon Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland 10:12.46
25 Chen Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNS

Final

[4]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Brooke Bennett Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:27.89
Silver medal icon.svg5 Dagmar Hase Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:29.91
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Kirsten Vlieghuis Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:30.84 NR
43 Kerstin Kielgaß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:31.06
52 Irene Dalby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 8:38.34
67 Janet Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:38.91
78 Carla Geurts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8:40.43
86 Sarah Hardcastle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:41.75

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References

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  4. "Atlanta 1996: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Final" (PDF). Atlanta 1996 . LA84 Foundation. p. 40. Retrieved 12 September 2017.