Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenueHamad Aquatic Centre
Date6 December
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Medalists
    Japan
    China
    Japan

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 6 December 200611:06Final 1
19:08Final 2

Records

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

World Record Janet Evans (USA)8:16.22Tokyo, Japan20 August 1989
Asian Record Sachiko Yamada (JPN)8:23.68Tokyo, Japan23 April 2004
Games Record Chen Hua (CHN)8:25.36Busan, South Korea5 October 2002

Results

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
2 Yurie Yano (JPN)8:29.51
2 Yang Jieqiao (CHN)8:38.35
2 Maiko Fujino (JPN)8:42.31
42 Jung Ji-yeon (KOR)8:44.46
52 Li Mo (CHN)8:52.42
62 Lee Ji-eun (KOR)8:53.60
72 Quah Ting Wen (SIN)9:01.01
81 Carmen Nam (HKG)9:03.72
92 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)9:05.88
101 Ong Ming Xiu (MAS)9:12.26
111 Marichi Gandionco (PHI)9:14.80
121 Tan Pei Shan (SIN)9:21.10
131 Imara Fahim (SRI)10:18.89

References

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