Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue Aoti Aquatics Centre
Date November 17, 2010 (2010-11-17)
Competitors 12 from 8 nations
Medalists
   China
   China
   Japan
Swimming at the
2010 Asian Games

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

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 12 competitors from 8 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Li Xuanxu and Shao Yiwen from China won the gold and silver medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Maiko Fujino won the bronze medal.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:13 Final 1
19:14 Final 2

Records

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

World Record  Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:14.10 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Asian Record  Chen Qian (CHN) 8:20.36 Jinan, China 23 October 2009
Games Record  Chen Hua (CHN) 8:25.36 Busan, South Korea 5 October 2002

Results

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st 2  Li Xuanxu (CHN) 8:23.55 GR
2nd 2  Shao Yiwen (CHN) 8:24.14
3rd 2  Maiko Fujino (JPN) 8:33.55
4 1  Seo Youn-jeong (KOR) 8:48.74
5 1  Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (THA) 8:52.94
6 1  Erica Totten (PHI) 8:54.11
7 2  Khoo Cai Lin (MAS) 8:54.34
8 2  Rutai Santadvatana (THA) 8:55.93
9 1  Carmen Nam (HKG) 9:01.93
10 2  Lynette Lim (SIN) 9:02.60
11 2  Natasha Tang (HKG) 9:05.37
12 2  Kim Ga-eul (KOR) 9:13.16

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