Swimming at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships
DatesMay 23, 2012 (heats)
May 24, 2012 (final)
Competitors15 from 12 nations
Winning time8:26.49
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships took place May 23 and 24. The heats took place on May 23, the final on May 24. [1]

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Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world, European and championship records were as follows.

NameNationTimeLocationDate
World record
European record
Rebecca Adlington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8:14.10 Beijing August 16, 2008
Championship record Laure Manaudou Flag of France.svg  France 8:19.29 Budapest August 2, 2006

Results

Heats

16 swimmers participated in 2 heats. [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
115 Coralie Balmy Flag of France.svg  France 8:32.45Q
225 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:33.44Q
323 Melanie Costa Schmid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:34.00Q
414 Erika Villaécija García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:36.07Q
524 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:36.18Q
613 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:37.05Q
717 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 8:40.38Q, NR
822 Martina de Memme Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:41.46Q
926 Alessia Filippi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:41.51
1016 Isabelle Härle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:43.00
1121 Spela Bohinc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 8:52.22
1212 Nina Dittrich Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8:55.23
1327 Donata Kilijanska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8:56.77
1428 Sigrún Brá Sverrisdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 9:16.50
1518 Cecilia Eysturdal Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 9:40.31
11 Theodora Giareni Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS

Final

The final was held at 17:02. [3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg2 Boglárka Kapás Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:26.49
Silver medal icon.svg4 Coralie Balmy Flag of France.svg  France 8:27.79
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Éva Risztov Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:27.87
46 Erika Villaécija García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:29.21
53 Melanie Costa Schmid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:29.71
67 Camelia Potec Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 8:37.01
71 Julia Hassler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 8:38.18 NR
88 Martina de Memme Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:38.86

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