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

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Women's 800 metre freestyle ; at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Manchester Aquatics Centre
Dates	1 August (heats); 2 August (final)
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Winning time	8:28.54
Medalists
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 and 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records

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

World record	Janet Evans	8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	20 August 1989
Games record	Tracey Wickham	8:24.62	Edmonton, Canada	5 August 1978

The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 1 August	10:00	Heats
Friday 2 August	20:33	Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Rebecca Cooke	England	8:33.31	Q
2	1	4	Amanda Pascoe	Australia	8:40.88	Q
3	1	3	Janelle Atkinson	Jamaica	8:41.91	Q
4	2	5	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	8:43.77	Q
5	1	5	Nathalie Brown	England	8:46.51	Q
6	2	3	Caroline Saxby	England	8:53.51	Q
7	2	6	Danielle Bell	Canada	8:54.11	Q
8	2	2	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	9:12.14	Q
9	1	6	Dawn Jason	Wales	9:12.71
10	2	7	Roberta Callus	Malta	9:38.16

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Rebecca Cooke	England	8:28.54
	5	Amanda Pascoe	Australia	8:34.19
	3	Janelle Atkinson	Jamaica	8:36.23
4	6	Jennifer Reilly	Australia	8:41.79
5	2	Nathalie Brown	England	8:41.81
6	7	Caroline Saxby	England	8:44.85
7	1	Danielle Bell	Canada	8:55.34
8	8	Natalie du Toit	South Africa	9:13.57