Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | KL Sports City | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:42.23 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games took place at KL Sports City.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record | File:Flag of the United States.svg Janet Evans (USA) | 8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | [1] |
| Commonwealth record | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Julie McDonald (AUS) | 8:22.93 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 | [2] |
| Games record | File:Flag of Australia.svg Tracey Wickham (AUS) | 8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 | [1] |
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Results
Heats
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Sarah Collings | File:Flag of England.svg England | 8:46.52 | Q |
| 2 | Rachel Harris | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 8:43.96 | Q |
| 3 | Tamee Ebert | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:52.07 | Q |
| 4 | Emily Pedrazzini | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 8:52.24 | Q |
| 5 | Joanne Malar | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:52.28 | Q |
| 6 | Nadine Neumann | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 8:59.93 | Q |
| 7 | Janelle Atkinson | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 9:01.78 | Q |
| 8 | Andrea Schwartz | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 9:06.47 | Q |
| 9 | Teo Mui Nyee | File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | 9:14.46 | |
| 10 | Kristina Abbott | File:Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg Cayman Islands | 9:45.34 | |
| 11 | Anita Kruger | File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia | 9:48.72 | |
| 12 | Alicia Mullan | File:Flag of Bermuda (1910–1999).svg Bermuda | 9:55.27 | |
| 13 | Sophie Li | File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius | 10:24.37 |
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Final
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 5 | Rachel Harris | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 8:42.32 | |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 2 | Joanne Malar | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:43.96 | |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | 4 | Sarah Collings | File:Flag of England.svg England | 8:45.56 | |
| 4 | 6 | Emily Pedrazzini | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 8:45.87 | |
| 5 | 1 | Janelle Atkinson | File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica | 8:51.54 | |
| 6 | 3 | Tamee Ebert | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:52.99 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrea Schwartz | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8:54.24 | |
| 8 | 7 | Nadine Neumann | File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia | 8:55.36 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Women's 800m freestyle - heats". 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ↑ "Rankings". FINA.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "1998 Commonwealth Games". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
