Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenueHamad Aquatic Centre
Date6 December 2006
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Japan

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 6 December 200611:06Final 1
19:08Final 2

Records

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

World Record Janet Evans (USA)8:16.22Tokyo, Japan20 August 1989
Asian Record Sachiko Yamada (JPN)8:23.68Tokyo, Japan23 April 2004
Games Record Chen Hua (CHN)8:25.36Busan, South Korea5 October 2002

Results

Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)2 Yurie Yano (JPN)8:29.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s)2 Yang Jieqiao (CHN)8:38.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2 Maiko Fujino (JPN)8:42.31
42 Jung Ji-yeon (KOR)8:44.46
52 Li Mo (CHN)8:52.42
62 Lee Ji-eun (KOR)8:53.60
72 Quah Ting Wen (SIN)9:01.01
81 Carmen Nam (HKG)9:03.72
92 Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)9:05.88
101 Ong Ming Xiu (MAS)9:12.26
111 Marichi Gandionco (PHI)9:14.80
121 Tan Pei Shan (SIN)9:21.10
131 Imara Fahim (SRI)10:18.89

References

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