Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800-metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001 (heats)
23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors24
Winning time8 minutes 24.66 seconds
Medalists
gold medal Hannah Stockbauer   Germany
silver medal Diana Munz   United States
bronze medal Kaitlin Sandeno   United States
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Main article: Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships

The women's 800-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] took place 22 July, and the final[2] was held on 23 July.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows:

World record  Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989
Championship record  Janet Evans (USA) 8:24.05 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991

Results

Heats

Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Hannah Stockbauer  Germany 8:31.79 Q
2 Diana Munz  United States 8:33.09 Q
3 Kaitlin Sandeno  United States 8:35.51 Q
4 Jana Pechanová  Czech Republic 8:36.87 Q
5 Rebecca Cooke  United Kingdom 8:37.21 Q
6 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 8:37.27 Q
7 Chen Hua  China 8:37.52 Q
8 Flavia Rigamonti  Switzerland 8:40.33 Q
9 Irina Oufimtseva  Russia 8:40.55
10 Camelia Potec  Romania 8:41.35
11 Charlene Benzie  Australia 8:43.60
12 Amanda Pascoe  Australia 8:43.79
13 Nayara Ribeiro  Brazil 8:43.85
14 Chantal Strasser  Switzerland 8:44.78
15 Yumi Kida  Japan 8:44.95
16 Alexandra Malanina  Russia 8:47.54
17 Marianna Lymperta  Greece 8:47.61
18 Fabiana Susini  Italy 8:48.62
19 Peggy Buchse  Germany 8:50.47
20 Cecilia Biagioli  Argentina 8:54.00
21 Patricia Villareal  Mexico 8:54.49
22 Ivanka Moralieva  Bulgaria 9:01.22
23 Lin Chi-Chan  Chinese Taipei 9:01.74
24 Kuan Chia-Hsien  Chinese Taipei 9:28.82

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hannah Stockbauer  Germany 8:24.66
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diana Munz  United States 8:28.84
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kaitlin Sandeno  United States 8:31.45
4 Chen Hua  China 8:31.66
5 Flavia Rigamonti  Switzerland 8:33.79
6 Rebecca Cooke  United Kingdom 8:36.67
7 Jana Pechanová  Czech Republic 8:39.32
8 Sachiko Yamada  Japan 8:45.05

Key: WR = World record

References

  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.