Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Hamad Aquatic Centre | |||||||||
| Date | December 6, 2006 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games  | ||||
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 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 | ||
Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games
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.
Schedule
All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 6 December 2006 | 11:06 | Final 1 |
| 19:08 | 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 |  Sachiko Yamada (JPN) | 8:23.68 | Tokyo, Japan | 23 April 2004 |
| Games Record |  Chen Hua (CHN) | 8:25.36 | Busan, South Korea | 5 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 | |
| 4 | 2 |  Jung Ji-yeon (KOR) | 8:44.46 | |
| 5 | 2 | Li Mo (CHN) | 8:52.42 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lee Ji-eun (KOR) | 8:53.60 | |
| 7 | 2 |  Quah Ting Wen (SIN) | 9:01.01 | |
| 8 | 1 |  Carmen Nam (HKG) | 9:03.72 | |
| 9 | 2 |  Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA) | 9:05.88 | |
| 10 | 1 |  Ong Ming Xiu (MAS) | 9:12.26 | |
| 11 | 1 |  Marichi Gandionco (PHI) | 9:14.80 | |
| 12 | 1 | Tan Pei Shan (SIN) | 9:21.10 | |
| 13 | 1 |  Imara Fahim (SRI) | 10:18.89 |
References
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