Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. It was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Asian Games
VenueSajik Swimming Pool
Date5 October 2002
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    Japan
bronze medal    China
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Schedule

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All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Saturday, 5 October 2002 10:00 Final 1
19:00 Final 2

Records

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

World Record   Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989
Asian Record   Zhang Liang (CHN) 8:26.48 Guangzhou, China 18 November 2001
Games Record   Luo Ping (CHN) 8:31.57 Hiroshima, Japan 7 October 1994

Results

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Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
  2   Chen Hua (CHN) 8:25.36 AR
  2   Sachiko Yamada (JPN) 8:28.77
  2   Zhang Yan (CHN) 8:44.80
4 2   Madoka Ochi (JPN) 8:57.47
5 2   Kim Mi-ryung (KOR) 9:01.89
6 2   Pilin Tachakittiranan (THA) 9:05.22
7 2   Sia Wai Yen (MAS) 9:10.56
8 1   Cho A-rum (KOR) 9:10.70
9 1   Võ Thị Thanh Vy (VIE) 9:11.74
10 1   U-Nice Chan (SIN) 9:27.13
11 2   Lizza Danila (PHI) 9:27.92

References

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