Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Venue Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Dates27 July 2014 (2014-07-27) (heats)
28 July 2014 (2014-07-28) (final)
Competitors18 from 10 nations
Winning time8:18.11 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Jazmin Carlin  Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Silver medal icon.svg   Lauren Boyle  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Brittany MacLean  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 27 and 28 July at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

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The medals were presented by Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of Glasgow 2014 and the quaichs were presented by Kenn Banks, President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Anguilla.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Katie Ledecky  (USA)8:11.00 Shenandoah, United States 22 June 2014 [1]
Commonwealth recordFlag of England.svg  Rebecca Adlington  (ENG)8:14.10 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Tracey Wickham  (AUS)8:24.62 Edmonton, Canada 3 August 1978

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
27 JulyHeat Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8.22.69GR
28 JulyFinal Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:18.11GR

Results

Heats

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134 Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:22.69Q, GR
224 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:24.85Q
323 Alanna Bowles Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:25.19Q
425 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:27.32Q
535 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:34.21Q
637 Camilla Hattersley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:36.15Q
732 Hannah Miley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:36.16Q
836 Laura Crockart Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:37.22Q
931 Ellena Jones Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:37.64
=1022 Aisha Thornton Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:41.02
27 Emma Robinson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
1238 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 8:41.39
1326 Tabitha Baumann Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:44.94
1421 Khoo Cai Lin Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 8:54.45
1514 Lynette Lim Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 8:58.53
1615 Lani Cabrera Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 9:01.10
1713 Alexis Clarke Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 9:38.74
33 Ellie Faulkner Flag of England.svg  England DNS

Second reserve swim-off

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
15 Emma Robinson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:41.94
24 Aisha Thornton Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:42.85

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg4 Jazmin Carlin Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 8:18.11 GR
Silver medal icon.svg5 Lauren Boyle Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8:20.59
Bronze medal icon.svg6 Brittany MacLean Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8:20.91
43 Alanna Bowles Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:24.74
51 Hannah Miley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:28.15
62 Jessica Ashwood Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:29.32
77 Camilla Hattersley Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8:33.83
88 Laura Crockart Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8:41.64

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References

  1. ↑ "Katie Ledecky Smashes 800 Free World Record in Conroe, Texas". swimswam.com. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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