Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre
DateAugust 19, 2004 (heats)
August 20, 2004 (final)
Competitors31 from 26 nations
Winning time8:24.54
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Diana Munz Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2000
2008  

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20. [1] The winning margin was 0.42 seconds which as of 2023 remains the narrowest winning margin in this event at the Olympics.

Japan's Ai Shibata became the first Asian swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in long-distance freestyle swimming, outside the record time of 8:24.54. France's Laure Manaudou, who claimed the title in the 400 m freestyle, added a silver to her medal tally, with a time of 8:24.96. U.S. swimmer Diana Munz, on the other hand, edged out her teammate Kalyn Keller for the bronze medal by 0.36 of a second, clocking at 8:26.61. [2] [3]

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
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Brooke Bennett  (USA)8:19.67 Sydney, Australia 22 September 2000

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
143 Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 8:25.91Q
232 Rebecca Cooke Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8:28.47Q
335 Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:30.08Q
424 Diana Munz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:30.87Q
523 Jana Henke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:31.86Q
645 Kalyn Keller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:32.36Q
746 Erika Villaécija Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:33.61Q
826 Simona Păduraru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:34.15Q
922 Sarah Paton Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:35.81
1036 Linda Mackenzie Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:35.90
1142 Chen Hua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8:36.24
1234 Sachiko Yamada Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:36.48
1347 Flavia Rigamonti Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 8:38.10
1444 Hannah Stockbauer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:38.17
1548 Kristel Köbrich Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 8:40.41
1633 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:41.20
1725 Brittany Reimer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:41.55
1821 Marianna Lymperta Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 8:42.65
1931 Jana Pechanová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 8:47.38
2027 Olga Beresnyeva Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 8:57.96
2112 Golda Marcus Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 8:59.81
2214 Kwon You-ri Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 9:01.42
2313 Jelena Petrova Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 9:01.62
2438 Rebecca Linton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9:02.41
2517 Heather Roffey Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 9:02.88
2628 Ivanka Moralieva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 9:03.13
2716 Paola Duguet Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 9:06.96
2815 Anita Galić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 9:10.91
2911 Khadija Ciss Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 9:20.06
37 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNS
41 Anja Čarman Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DNS

Final

RankLaneSwimmerNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg3 Ai Shibata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 8:24.54
Silver medal icon.svg4 Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 8:24.96
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Diana Munz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:26.61
47 Kalyn Keller Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8:26.97
51 Erika Villaécija Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:29.04
65 Rebecca Cooke Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 8:29.37
72 Jana Henke Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:33.95
88 Simona Păduraru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:37.02

References

  1. "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
  2. Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Japan's Ai Shibata Wins the Women's 800 With Back-Half Surge". Swimming World Magazine . Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "Shibata wins women's 800m freestyle". Reuters . ABC News Australia. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.