Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
DatesJuly 29, 2011 (heats)
July 30, 2011 (final)
Competitors34 from 28 nations
Winning time8:17.51
Medalists
gold medal Rebecca Adlington   Great Britain
silver medal Lotte Friis   Denmark
bronze medal Kate Ziegler   United States
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships was held on July 29 with the heats and July 30 with the final.

Records

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Rebecca Adlington  United Kingdom 8:14.10 Beijing August 16, 2008
Championship record Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:15.92 Rome August 1, 2009

Results

Heats

32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.[1]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 4 Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain 8:22.27 Q
2 5 5 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:23.07 Q
3 3 5 Chloe Sutton  United States 8:27.72 Q
4 4 4 Kate Ziegler  United States 8:28.28 Q
5 3 4 Katie Goldman  Australia 8:28.35 Q
6 3 7 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 8:28.40 Q
7 5 1 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 8:28.50 Q, NR
8 3 6 Wendy Trott  South Africa 8:28.75 Q
9 3 2 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 8:28.76
10 4 5 Shao Yiwen  China 8:29.05
11 5 2 Erika Villaécija García  Spain 8:29.13
12 5 7 Éva Risztov  Hungary 8:29.16
13 4 7 Melissa Gorman  Australia 8:30.00
14 4 6 Camelia Potec  Romania 8:32.35
15 4 1 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:33.62
16 5 6 Jazmin Carlin  Great Britain 8:34.33
17 3 3 Gráinne Murphy  Ireland 8:35.17
18 4 8 Savannah King  Canada 8:41.93
19 5 3 Chen Qian  China 8:42.15
20 2 4 Patricia Castañeda  Mexico 8:42.65
21 3 8 Nina Dittrich  Austria 8:43.89
22 5 8 Cecilia Biagioli  Argentina 8:44.01
23 2 5 Spela Bohinc  Slovenia 8:45.86
24 2 2 Julia Hassler  Liechtenstein 8:46.00 NR
25 3 1 Marianna Lymperta  Greece 8:51.93
26 2 6 Cai Lin Khoo  Malaysia 8:57.17
27 2 3 Alexia Benitez  El Salvador 9:00.04
28 1 6 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 9:00.96
29 1 5 Shahd Osman  Egypt 9:01.84
30 1 4 Daniela Kaori Miyahara  Peru 9:02.28 NR
31 2 7 Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn  Thailand 9:08.40
32 1 3 Simona Marinova  North Macedonia 9:12.47
– 4 2 Mireia Belmonte García  Spain DNS
– 4 3 Federica Pellegrini  Italy DNS

Final

The final was held at 19:30.[2]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain 8:17.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:18.20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Kate Ziegler  United States 8:23.36
4 3 Chloe Sutton  United States 8:24.05
5 7 Boglárka Kapás  Hungary 8:24.79 NR
6 2 Katie Goldman  Australia 8:29.20
7 8 Wendy Trott  South Africa 8:30.45
8 1 Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 8:32.72

References

  1. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-29.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[permanent dead link]

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