Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueSajik Swimming Pool
DateOctober 5, 2002 (2002-10-05)
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
   China
   Japan
   China
← 19982006
Swimming at the
2002 Asian Games

Freestyle
50 m men women
100 m men women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m women
1500 m men
Backstroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Breaststroke
100 m men women
200 m men women
Butterfly
100 m men women
200 m men women
Individual medley
200 m men women
400 m men women
Freestyle relay
4×100 m men women
4×200 m men women
Medley relay
4×100 m men women

The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Saturday, 5 October 2002 10:00 Final 1
19:00 Final 2

Records

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

World Record  Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989
Asian Record  Zhang Liang (CHN) 8:26.48 Guangzhou, China 18 November 2001
Games Record  Luo Ping (CHN) 8:31.57 Hiroshima, Japan 7 October 1994

Results

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)2  Chen Hua (CHN) 8:25.36 AR
2nd, silver medalist(s)2  Sachiko Yamada (JPN) 8:28.77
3rd, bronze medalist(s)2  Zhang Yan (CHN) 8:44.80
42  Madoka Ochi (JPN) 8:57.47
52  Kim Mi-ryung (KOR) 9:01.89
62  Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA) 9:05.22
72  Sia Wai Yen (MAS) 9:10.56
81  Cho A-rum (KOR) 9:10.70
91  Võ Thị Thanh Vy (VIE) 9:11.74
101  U-Nice Chan (SIN) 9:27.13
112  Lizza Danila (PHI) 9:27.92

References

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