Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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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.
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Swimming at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
The Swimming portion of the 2011 FINA World Championships was held July 24–31 at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China. Swimming is one of five aquatic disciplines at the championships.-Qualifying criteria:...
at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
2011 World Aquatics Championships
The 14th FINA World Championships were held at July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming...
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 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 | Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... |
August 16, 2008 | |
| Championship record | 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... |
8:15.92 | Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... |
August 1, 2009 |
No new world or competition records were set during this competition.
Heats
32 swimmers participated in 5 heats.| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 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... |
8:22.27 | Q | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 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... |
8:23.07 | Q | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 5 | Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American... |
8:27.72 | Q | ||||||||
| 4 | 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 .... |
8:28.28 | Q | ||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 4 | Katie Goldman | 8:28.35 | Q | ||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Boglárka Kapás Boglárka Kapás Boglárka Kapás is a female freestyle swimmer from Hungary. She was the youngest member of the Hungarian Olympic Squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.... |
8:28.40 | Q | ||||||||
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... |
8:28.50 | Q, NR | ||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Wendy Trott | 8:28.75 | Q | ||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 2 | 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.... |
8:28.76 | |||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 5 | Shao Yiwen | 8:29.05 | |||||||||
| 11 | 5 | 2 | 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.... |
8:29.13 | |||||||||
| 12 | 5 | 7 | Éva Risztov Éva Risztov Éva Risztov is a Hungarian female swimmer.She won four silver medals at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships and three silver medals at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships... |
8:29.16 | |||||||||
| 13 | 4 | 7 | 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.... |
8:30.00 | |||||||||
| 14 | 4 | 6 | 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:* *... |
8:32.35 | >- | 15 | 4 | 1 | 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 Championships*2007 Pan American Games... |
8:33.62 | |||
| 16 | 5 | 6 | Jazmin Carlin Jazmin Carlin Jazmin Roxy Carlin is a Welsh freestyle swimmer.-Career:Carlin was born in Swindon, Wiltshire. Carlin returned 'home' to Swansea, Wales, with her parents in 2006, where she trains at the Wales National Pool... |
8:34.33 | |||||||||
| 17 | 3 | 3 | Gráinne Murphy Gráinne Murphy Gráinne Murphy from Ballinaboola, New Ross, Co. Wexford is an Irish swimmer representing Ireland at international level. She was a triple gold medallist at the 2009 European Junior Swimming Championships and was awarded Texaco Young Sportstar Award 2009... |
8:35.17 | |||||||||
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Savannah King Savannah King Savannah King is a female swimmer from Canada, who mostly competes in the freestyle events. She claimed a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.... |
8:41.93 | |||||||||
| 19 | 5 | 3 | Chen Qian Chen Qian (swimmer) -External links:*Swim Rankings *... |
8:42.15 | |||||||||
| 20 | 2 | 4 | Patricia Castañeda | 8:42.65 | |||||||||
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Nina Dittrich | 8:43.89 | |||||||||
| 22 | 5 | 8 | Cecilia Biagioli Cecilia Biagioli Cecilia Elizabeth Biagioli is an Olympic and national record-holding swimmer from Argentina. She swam for Argentina at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.... |
8:44.01 | |||||||||
| 23 | 2 | 5 | Spela Bohinc | 8:45.86 | |||||||||
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Julia Hassler | 8:46.00 | NR | ||||||||
| 25 | 3 | 1 | Marianna Lymperta | 8:51.93 | |||||||||
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Cai Lin Khoo | 8:57.17 | |||||||||
| 27 | 2 | 3 | Alexia Benitez | 9:00.04 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1 | 6 | Samantha Arevalo | 9:00.96 | |||||||||
| 29 | 1 | 5 | Shahd Osman | 9:01.84 | |||||||||
| 30 | 1 | 4 | Daniela Kaori Miyahara | 9:02.28 | NR | ||||||||
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn | 9:08.40 | |||||||||
| 32 | 1 | 3 | Simona Marinova | 9:12.47 | |||||||||
| – | 4 | 2 | Mireia Belmonte García Mireia Belmonte Garcia Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish medley, freestyle and butterfly swimmer. In 2006 she was the Junior World Champion in 400 m freestyle and 400 m individual mmedley, and the Junior European Champion in 200 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley... |
DNS | |||||||||
| – | 4 | 3 | 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 |
Final
The final was held at 19:30.| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
8:17.51 | |||
| 5 | 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... |
8:18.20 | |||
| 6 | Kate Ziegler Kate Ziegler Kate Marie Ziegler is an American long-distance swimmer. She currently holds the world record in the 1500-meter freestyle .... |
8:23.36 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton Chloe Sutton is an American swimmer who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Sutton has won a total of five medals in major international competition, three gold, one silver, and one bronze spanning the Open Water Championships, the Pan Pacific Championships, and the Pan American... |
8:24.05 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Boglárka Kapás Boglárka Kapás Boglárka Kapás is a female freestyle swimmer from Hungary. She was the youngest member of the Hungarian Olympic Squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.... |
8:24.79 | NR | |
| 6 | 2 | Katie Goldman | 8:29.20 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Wendy Trott | 8:30.45 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lauren Boyle Lauren Boyle Lauren Marie Boyle is a New Zealand swimming competitor. She won a bronze medal with Helen Norfolk, Alison Fitch and Melissa Ingram in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.... |
8:32.72 |
External links
- 2011 World Aquatics Championships: Women's 800 metre freestyle start list, from OmegaTiming.com; retrieved 2011-07-23.