Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
August 14	Heat 4	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...		8:18.06	OR
August 16	Final	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...		8:14.10	OR	WR

During the competition, Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca Adlington

Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...

broke the Olympic Record in a preliminary heat. Thus, prior to the running of the final heat, Brooke Bennett

Brooke Bennett

Brooke Marie Bennett is an American swimmer and triple Olympic champion.-1996 Summer Olympics:Bennett’s first gold medal came in the 800 meter freestyle race at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

's 2000 time was no longer the most current record to beat.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Time
1	4	Au Hoi Shun Stephanie Au Hoishun Stephanie Stephanie Au Hoi-Shun is a swimmer from Hong Kong, China. She represented Hong Kong at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is currently the holder of Hong Kong long course records in 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle as well as 4×100 m medley relay, together...	8:41.66
2	5	Golda Marcus Golda Marcus Golda Lee Marcus is a two-time Olympic swimmer from El Salvador. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. As of June 2009, she holds the Salvadoran records in the 400, 800, and 1500 meter freestyles....	8:51.21
3	3	Eva Lehtonen	8:53.50
4	3	Karolina Paulina Szczepaniak	9:08.87

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	4	Susana Escobar Susana Escobar Susana Escobar is a Mexican swimmer and Olympian. As of October 2008, she attends and swims for the USA's University of Texas at Austin....	8:33.51
2	5	Kristel Köbrich Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....	8:34.25
3	1	Jördis Steinegger	8:36.40	NR
4	3	Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez Gabriella Fagundez is a Swedish swimmer. She currently holds 400 m freestyle , 800 m and 1500 m freestyle national records.-Long course :...	8:39.06
5	6	Reka Nagy Réka Nagy Réka Nagy is a Hungarian fashion model best known for winning Hungary's Next Top Model. She is currently signed with Visage Management in Budapest but has modeled in Milan, Paris and London.-Notes:...	8:40.38
6	8	Lynette Lim	8:45.56
7	2	Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli	8:50.18
8	7	Cai Lin Khoo	9:04.86

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	5	Camelia Potec Camelia Potec Camelia Potec is a female Romanian swimmer, who won the gold medal in the women's 200 m freestyle final at the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the Mare Nostrum in 2004.-References:* *...	8:19.70	Q
2	6	Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2462...	8:24.37	Q
3	4	Katie Hoff Katie Hoff Kathryn "Katie" Elise Hoff is an American swimmer. Hoff is strongest in the 200 and 400 meter individual medley, though she is a very capable swimmer in many events, ranging from the four 200 meter events to the 800 meter freestyle...	8:27.78
4	3	Flavia Rigamonti Flavia Rigamonti Flavia Rigamonti is a Swiss swimmer from Sorengo. As of 2010, she holds the Swiss Records in the women's 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles.At the 2007 World Championships, she set the European Record in the women's 1500 free ....	8:28.67
5	8	Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto Andreina Pinto is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Venezuela. She swam for Venezuela at the 2008 Olympics.She also swam at the:2007 World Championships2007 Pan American Games...	8:30.30	NR
6	1	Maiko Fujino	8:35.60
7	7	Tanya Hunks Tanya Hunks Tanya Hunks is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a medley and freestyle specialist. After having won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games Hunks competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*...	8:38.05
8	2	Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini Federica Pellegrini is an Italian swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the province of Venice, she is currently the women's 200 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle world record holder...	DNS

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	4	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...	8:18.06	Q, OR
2	2	Lotte Friis Lotte Friis Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...	8:21.74	Q
3	3	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...	8:22.81	Q, OC
4	1	Wendy Trott	8:26.21	AF
5	7	You Meihong You Meihong You Meihong is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:* http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2457...	8:31.11
6	6	Jaana Ehmcke Jaana Ehmcke Jaana Ehmcke is a German swimmer. She is trained by Jörg Hoffmann. In 2006, she took part in the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Helsinki. She also represented Germany in the women's 400 metre and 800 metre freestyle swimming races at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:...	8:39.51
7	5	Ai Shibata Ai Shibata is a Japanese swimmer. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the 800 meter freestyle race and became the first ever female gold medalist for Japan in a freestyle event....	8:41.63
8	8	Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou Eleftheria Evgenia Efstathiou is a Greek swimmer. She competed in the 400 and 800 metre freestyle and 200 metre butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics-References:...	8:41.65

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
1	5	Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle ....	8:21.95	Q
2	1	Elena Sokolova Elena Sokolova (swimmer) Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the...	8:23.07	Q
3	7	Cassandra Patten	8:25.91	Q
4	4	Kate Ziegler Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle ....	8:26.98
5	6	Coralie Balmy Coralie Balmy Coralie Balmy is a freestyle swimmer from France, who was born in Martinique . She won her first senior title at the 2008 European Aquatics Championships in Eindhoven in the 4×200 relay freestyle...	8:28.34
6	3	Erika Villaécija García Erika Villaecija Garcia Erika Villaécija García is a two-time Spanish Catalan Olympic swimmer from Barcelona. She swam at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	8:32.27
7	8	Melissa Gorman Melissa Gorman Melissa Anne Gorman is an Australian long distance swimmer.-Career:At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Gorman won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle....	8:32.34
8	2	Sophie Huber Sophie Huber Sophie Huber is a female freestyle swimmer from France, who competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.- References :*...	8:33.76

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time
	4	Rebecca Adlington Rebecca Adlington Rebecca "Becky" Adlington, OBE, is an English and British freestyle swimmer. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in the 400 m and 800 m, breaking the 19 year-old world record of Janet Evans in the 800 m final...	8:14.10
	6	Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi Alessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle ....	8:20.23
	3	Lotte Friis Lotte Friis Lotte Friis is a Danish swimmer from Allerød.Finishing third in the 1500 metre freestyle competition at the European Championships 2008 in Eindhoven she won her first major long course medal. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she won bronze in the 800 metre freestyle competition...	8:23.03
4	5	Camelia Alina Potec	8:23.11
5	1	Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu Li Xuanxu is a female Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-References:*http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/2462...	8:26.34
6	2	Kylie Palmer Kylie Palmer Kylie Jayne Palmer OAM , is an Australian distance freestyle swimmer.She attended Grace Lutheran College, Rothwell...	8:26.39
7	7	Elena Sokolova Elena Sokolova (swimmer) Elena Petrovna Sokolova is a Russian freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 800 m freestyle, placing 2nd in her heat and 7th in the final. She was also a member of the Russian 4×100 m freestyle relay, which placed 12th in the heats and did not advance to the...	8:29.79
8	8	Cassandra Patten	8:32.35

Q = Qualified, DSQ = Disqualified
WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record
AF = African Record, AS = Asian Record, ER = European Record, OC = Oceania Record
CR = Commonwealth Record, NR = National Record

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