Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Records

World Record	Janet Evans (USA)	Tokyo, Japan	8:16.22	20 August 1989
Olympic Record	Brooke Bennett (USA)	Sydney, Australia	8:19.67	22 September 2000

Medals

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Ai Shibata, JPN	Laure Manaudou, FRA	Diana Munz, USA

Heat 1

1. Golda Marcus, El Salvador 8:59.81
2. Kwon You-Ri, Korea 9:01.42
3. Jelena Petrova, Estonia 9:01.62
4. Heather Roffey, Cayman Islands 9:02.88
5. Paola Duguet, Colombia 9:06.96
6. Anita Galić, Croatia 9:10.91
7. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 9:20.06

Heat 2

1. Diana Munz, United States 8:30.87 -Q
2. Jana Henke, Germany 8:31.06 -Q
3. Simona Păduraru, Romania 8:34.15 -Q
4. Sarah Paton, Australia 8:35.81
5. Brittany Reimer, Canada 8:41.55
6. Marianna Lymperta, Greece 8:42.65
7. Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine 8:57.96
8. Ivanka Moralieva, Bulgaria 9:03.13

Heat 3

1. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:28.47 -Q
2. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:30.08 -Q
3. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 8:35.90
4. Sachiko Yamada, Japan 8:36.48
5. Camelia Potec, Romania 8:41.20
6. Jana Pechanova, Czech Republic 8:47.38
7. Rebecca Linton, New Zealand 9:02.41
8. Eva Risztov, Hungary Did not start

Heat 4

1. Laure Manaudou, France 8:25.91 -Q
2. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:32.36 -Q
3. Erika Villaecija, Spain 8:33.61 -Q
4. Hua Chen, China 8:36.24
5. Flavia Rigamonti, Switzerland 8:38.10
6. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany 8:38.17
7. Kristel Kobrich, Chile 8:40.41
8. Anja Carman, Slovenia Did not start

Heats ranking

1. Laure Manaudou, France 8:25.91 -Q
2. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:28.47 -Q
3. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:30.08 -Q
4. Diana Munz, United States 8:30.87 -Q
5. Jana Henke, Germany 8:31.06 -Q
6. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:32.36 -Q
7. Erika Villaecija, Spain 8:33.61 -Q
8. Simona Paduraru, Romania 8:34.15 -Q
9. Sarah Paton, Australia 8:35.81
10. Linda Mackenzie, Australia 8:35.90
11. Hua Chen, China 8:36.24
12. Sachiko Yamada, Japan 8:36.48
13. Flavia Rigamonti, Switzerland 8:38.10
14. Hannah Stockbauer, Germany 8:38.17
15. Kristel Kobrich, Chile 8:40.41
16. Camelia Potec, Romania 8:41.20
17. Brittany Reimer, Canada 8:41.55
18. Marianna Lymperta, Greece 8:42.65
19. Jana Pechanova, Czech Republic 8:47.38
20. Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine 8:57.96
21. Golda Marcus, El Salvador 8:59.81
22. Kwon You-Ri, Korea 9:01.42
23. Jelena Petrova, Estonia 9:01.62
24. Rebecca Linton, New Zealand 9:02.41
25. Heather Roffey, Cayman Islands 9:02.88
26. Ivanka Moralieva, Bulgaria 9:03.13
27. Paola Duguet, Colombia 9:06.96
28. Anita Galic, Croatia 9:10.91
29. Khadija Ciss, Senegal 9:20.06
30. Eva Risztov, Hungary Did not start
31. Anja Carman, Slovenia Did not start

Final

1. Ai Shibata, Japan 8:24.54
2. Laure Manaudou, France 8:24.96
3. Diana Munz, United States 8:26.61
4. Kalyn Keller, United States 8:26.97
5. Erika Villaecija, Spain 8:29.04
6. Rebecca Cooke, Great Britain 8:29.37
7. Jana Henke, Germany 8:33.95
8. Simona Paduraru, Romania 8:37.02