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

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2014 South American Games
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Dates	March 8, 2014 (heats & finals)
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Winning time	8:35.41
Medalists
Andreina Pinto    Venezuela   Kristel Köbrich    Chile   Cecilia Biagioli    Argentina
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 South American Games took place on March 8 at the Estadio Nacional. ^[1] The last champion was Andreina Pinto of Venezuela. ^[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session. ^{[3] [4]}

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record	Katie Ledecky  (USA)	8:13.86	Barcelona, Spain	August 3, 2013
South American Games record	Andreina Pinto  (VEN)	8:40.05	Medellín, Colombia	March 27, 2010

Results

All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

CR

Championships record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

The first round was held on March 8, at 10:30, and the final was held on March 8, at 18:30. ^{[3] [4]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	4	Andreina Pinto	Venezuela	8:35.41	CR
	2	5	Kristel Köbrich	Chile	8:37.19
	2	6	Cecilia Biagioli	Argentina	8:45.68
4	2	3	Samantha Arevalo	Ecuador	8:50.30
5	1	4	Julia Arino	Argentina	9:02.79
6	2	2	Carolina Bilich	Brazil	9:05.85
7	2	1	Annagrazia Bonsanti	Venezuela	9:07.77
8	2	7	Júlia Gerotto	Brazil	9:07.92
9	1	3	Maria Serrano	Ecuador	9:13.18
10	1	5	Daniela Miyahara Coello	Peru	9:16.69
11	2	8	María Álvarez	Colombia	9:17.56
12	1	2	Alondra Castillo Sulca	Bolivia	10:06.23
12	1	6	Paloma Riveras Ortiz	Paraguay	10:06.23

References

1. "Results of the 800-metre freestyle timed final at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
2. "2010 South American Games - Full Results" (PDF). Best Swimming. March 7, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
3. "800-metre freestyle heats at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 8, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
4. "800-metre freestyle "final" at 2014 South American Games" (PDF). 2014 South American Games Official Site. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.