The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place between 20–21 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea.[1]
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool | ||||||||||||
Date | 23 September 1988 (heats) 24 September 1988 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 27 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Janet Evans (USA) | 8:17.12 | Orlando, United States | 22 March 1988 |
Olympic record | Tiffany Cohen (USA) | 8:24.96 | Los Angeles, United States | 3 August 1984 |
The following records were established during the competition:
Date | Round | Name | Nation | Zeit | Record |
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24 September | Final A | Janet Evans | Vereinigte Staaten | 8:20.20 | OR |
Results
editHeats
editRule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q).[2]
Final
editRank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Zeit | Notes |
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5 | Janet Evans | Vereinigte Staaten | 8:20.20 | OR | |
4 | Astrid Strauss | East Germany | 8:22.09 | ||
3 | Julie McDonald | Australien | 8:22.93 | OC | |
4 | 6 | Anke Möhring | East Germany | 8:23.09 | |
5 | 2 | Tami Bruce | Vereinigte Staaten | 8:30.86 | |
6 | 7 | Janelle Elford | Australien | 8:30.94 | |
7 | 1 | Isabelle Arnould | Belgien | 8:37.47 | |
8 | 8 | Antoaneta Strumenlieva | Bulgarien | 8:41.05 |
References
edit- ^ "Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. pp. 421–422. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Seoul 1988: Swimming – Women's 800m Freestyle Finals" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 422. Retrieved 2 April 2017.