Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle


The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 25 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

Records

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

Results

Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
134Brooke Bennett8:32.38Q
233Dagmar Hase8:33.55Q
336Kerstin Kielgaß8:36.33Q
423Sarah Hardcastle8:37.54Q
526Irene Dalby8:37.73Q, NR
624Janet Evans8:38.08Q
735Kirsten Vlieghuis8:39.73Q
822Carla Geurts8:39.85Q
946Lin Chi-chan8:40.31NR
1047Eri Yamanoi8:40.47
1145Stacey Gartrell8:42.39
1243Pu Yiqi8:45.32
1344Hayley Lewis8:45.79
1437Nikki Dryden8:47.19
1532Olga Šplíchalová8:47.68
1621Sandra Cam8:48.33
1741Alicia Barrancos8:48.54
1827Itziar Esparza8:50.22
1931Stephanie Richardson8:52.61
2048Carla Negrea8:54.19
2142Aiko Miyake8:55.77
2238Mirjana Boševska8:57.52NR
2315Ravee Intporn-Udom9:01.14NR
2414Suh Hyun-soo9:03.22
2528Rita Kovács9:06.97
2616Maritza Chiaway9:09.12
2713Olga Korotayeva9:21.20
2812Daniela Menegon10:12.46
25Chen Yan

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Brooke Bennett8:27.89
5Dagmar Hase8:29.91
1Kirsten Vlieghuis8:30.84NR
43Kerstin Kielgaß8:31.06
52Irene Dalby8:38.34
67Janet Evans8:38.91
78Carla Geurts8:40.43
86Sarah Hardcastle8:41.75