Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 800 metre freestyle

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Girls' 800 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Venue Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Dates19 August
Competitors27 from 24 nations
Winning time8:35.39
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
  2010
2018  

The girls' 800 metre freestyle event in swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on 19 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre in Nanjing, China. [1]

Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 22 August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center in Nanjing, China.

2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2014 edition of the Summer Youth Olympics

The 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games, officially known as II Summer Youth Olympic Games, were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports, education and cultural festival for teenagers, held from 16 to 28 August 2014 in Nanjing, China. These were the second Olympic Games held in China after the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre football stadium

The Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre is used mostly for association football and also for athletics. It is located in Nanjing Hexi New City, covers an area of 89.6 hectares, with a total construction area of about 401,000 square meters.

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 sessions.

Results

The first round was held on August 19, at 11:02, and the final was held on August 19, at 18:00. [1]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg32 Simona Quadarella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8:35.39
Silver medal icon.svg44 Jimena Pérez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8:36.95
Bronze medal icon.svg31 Joanna Evans Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 8:39.75
448 Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 8:41.13
541 Allyson Macías Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:41.53
642 Bruna Primati Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:42.80
745 Melinda Novoszáth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 8:44.61
743 Patricia Wartenberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8:44.61
947 Monique Olivier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 8:47.71
1034 Natalia Jaspeado Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 8:49.76
1133 Viviane Jungblut Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8:50.49
1235 Florbela Machado Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8:54.50
1336 Tamila Holub Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8:57.83
1425 Valerie Gruest Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 8:58.78
1527 Daniella van den Berg Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba 8:59.38
1646 Michelle Weber Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9:00.16
1738 Angela Chieng Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 9:00.61
1837 Edith Mattens Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 9:01.61
1923 Jovana Đurić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 9:02.57
2026 Teng Yu-wen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 9:09.78
2122 Yael Danieli Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 9:15.99
2214 Hannah Gill Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 9:16.46
2315 Rebeca Quinteros Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 9:23.43
2428 Irene Kyza Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 9:24.58
2513 Chrystelle Doueihy Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 9:26.26
2624 Alina Ene Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 9:27.01
2721 Sunneva Friðriksdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 9:28.68

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References

  1. 1 2 "Results of the Girls' 800 metre freestyle heats at 2014 Summer Youth Olympics". Official Site. August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.