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Women's 800-metre freestyle at the 2001 FINA World Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 22 July 2001 (heats) 23 July 2001 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 24 | |||||||||
Winning time | 8 minutes 24.66 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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2001 FINA World Championships | ||
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Diving | ||
Individual | ||
1 m | men | women |
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Synchronised | ||
3 m | men | women |
10 m | men | women |
Open water swimming | ||
5 km | men | women |
10 km | men | women |
25 km | men | women |
Swimming | ||
Freestyle | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
Backstroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Breaststroke | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Butterfly | ||
50 m | men | women |
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
Individual medley | ||
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
Freestyle relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
4×200 m | men | women |
Medley relay | ||
4×100 m | men | women |
Synchronised swimming | ||
Solo | women | |
Duet | women | |
Team | women | |
Water polo | ||
Tournament | men | women |
The women's 800-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 23 July. The heats [1] took place 22 July, and the final [2] was held on 23 July.
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.
Name | Nation | Time | Location | Date | |
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World record | Janet Evans | United States | 8:16.22 | Tokyo | 20 Aug 1989 |
Championship record | Janet Evans | United States | 8:24.05 | Perth | 12 Jan 1991 |
Rank | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Hannah Stockbauer | Germany | 8:31.79 | Q |
2 | Diana Munz | United States | 8:33.09 | Q |
3 | Kaitlin Sandeno | United States | 8:35.51 | Q |
4 | Jana Pechanová | Czech Republic | 8:36.87 | Q |
5 | Rebecca Cooke | United Kingdom | 8:37.21 | Q |
6 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 8:37.27 | Q |
7 | Chen Hua | China | 8:37.52 | Q |
8 | Flavia Rigamonti | Switzerland | 8:40.33 | Q |
9 | Irina Oufimtseva | Russia | 8:40.55 | |
10 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 8:41.35 | |
11 | Charlene Benzie | Australia | 8:43.60 | |
12 | Amanda Pascoe | Australia | 8:43.79 | |
13 | Nayara Ribeiro | Brazil | 8:43.85 | |
14 | Chantal Strasser | Switzerland | 8:44.78 | |
15 | Yumi Kida | Japan | 8:44.95 | |
16 | Alexandra Malanina | Russia | 8:47.54 | |
17 | Marianna Lymperta | Greece | 8:47.61 | |
18 | Fabiana Susini | Italy | 8:48.62 | |
19 | Peggy Buchse | Germany | 8:50.47 | |
20 | Cecilia Biagioli | Argentina | 8:54.00 | |
21 | Patricia Villareal | Mexico | 8:54.49 | |
22 | Ivanka Moralieva | Bulgaria | 9:01.22 | |
23 | Lin Chi-Chan | Chinese Taipei | 9:01.74 | |
24 | Kuan Chia-Hsien | Chinese Taipei | 9:28.82 |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Hannah Stockbauer | Germany | 8:24.66 | ||
Diana Munz | United States | 8:28.84 | ||
Kaitlin Sandeno | United States | 8:31.45 | ||
4 | Chen Hua | China | 8:31.66 | |
5 | Flavia Rigamonti | Switzerland | 8:33.79 | |
6 | Rebecca Cooke | United Kingdom | 8:36.67 | |
7 | Jana Pechanová | Czech Republic | 8:39.32 | |
8 | Sachiko Yamada | Japan | 8:45.05 |
Key: WR = World record
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