2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 800m Freestyle (Women)
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sport | swim |
discipline | 800 meters freestyle |
gender | Women |
place | London Aquatics Center |
Attendees | 36 athletes from 30 countries |
Competition phase | 2nd / 3rd August 2012 |
The contest over 800 meters freestyle of women at the 2012 Olympics in London was on 2 and 3 August 2012 at London Aquatics Center held. 36 athletes took part.
There were five preliminary runs. The eight fastest swimmers of all heats qualified for the final, which was held on the same day.
Abbreviations:
WR = world record, OR = Olympic record, NR = national record
ER = European record , NAR = North American record , SAR = South American record, ASR = Asian record, AFR = African record, OZR = Oceania record
PB = personal best, JWB = annual world record
Existing records
World record |
Rebecca Adlington ( United Kingdom )
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8: 14.10 min | Beijing , People's Republic of China | August 16, 2008 |
Olympic record |
Title holder
Olympic champion |
Rebecca Adlington ( United Kingdom )
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8: 14.10 min | Beijing 2008 |
World Champion | 8: 17.51 min | Shanghai 2011 | |
European champion |
Boglárka Kapás ( Hungary )
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8: 26.49 min | Debrecen 2012 |
leader
Forward 1
2nd August 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Samantha Arevalo |
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8: 49.21 min | NO |
2 | Pamela Benitez |
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9: 02.66 min | |
3 | Daniella van den Berg |
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9: 23.21 min | |
4th | Simona Marinova |
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9: 28.41 min |
Forward 2
2nd August 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Julia Hassler |
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8: 35.18 min | NO |
2 | Katya Bachrouche |
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8: 35.88 min | |
3 | Tjaša Or |
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8: 41.82 min | |
4th | Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto |
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8: 44.44 min | |
5 | Nina Dittrich |
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8: 45.41 min | |
6th | Khoo Cai Lin |
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8: 51.18 min | |
7th | Lynette Lim |
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8: 52.92 min | |
8th | Han Na-Kyeong |
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8: 57.26 min |
Forward 3
2nd August 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Katie Ledecky |
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8: 23.84 min | |
2 | Mireia Belmonte |
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8: 25.26 min | |
3 | Alexa Komarnycky |
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8: 28.11 min | |
4th | Wendy Trott |
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8: 28.98 min | |
5 | Éva Risztov |
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8: 29.06 min | |
6th | Ellie Faulkner |
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8: 38.00 min | |
7th | Elena Sokolova |
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8: 42.73 min | |
- | Gráinne Murphy |
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DNS |
Forward 4
2nd August 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Lotte Friis |
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8: 21.89 min | |
2 | Boglárka Kapás |
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8: 26.43 min | |
2 | Andreina Pinto |
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8: 26.43 min | NO |
4th | Coralie Balmy |
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8: 27.15 min | |
5 | Kristel Köbrich |
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8: 29.55 min | |
6th | Kylie Palmer |
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8: 35.75 min | |
7th | Camelia Potec |
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8: 38.44 min | |
8th | Xin Xin |
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8: 40.88 min |
Forward 5
2nd August 2012
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Rebecca Adlington |
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8: 21.78 min | |
2 | Lauren Boyle |
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8: 25.91 min | NO |
3 | Shao Yiwen |
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8: 27.78 min | |
4th | Erika Villaécija |
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8: 27.99 min | |
5 | Savannah King |
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8: 29.72 min | |
6th | Cecilia Biagioli |
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8: 33.97 min | NO |
7th | Jessica Ashwood |
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8: 37.21 min | |
8th | Kate Ziegler |
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8: 37.38 min |
final
For the first time, all finalists struck in less than 8:30 minutes.
Katie Ledecky is the youngest winner of this distance and the seventh youngest Olympic champion in swimming. In addition, she swam the second fastest time ever achieved on this route.
Mireia Belmonte is the first Spanish medalist in this discipline.
August 3, 2012, 7:45 p.m. CET
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Katie Ledecky |
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8: 14.63 min | NAR |
2 | Mireia Belmonte |
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8: 18.76 min | NO |
3 | Rebecca Adlington |
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8: 20.32 min | |
4th | Lauren Boyle |
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8: 22.72 min | OZR |
5 | Lotte Friis |
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8: 23.86 min | |
6th | Boglárka Kapás |
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8: 23.89 min | NO |
7th | Coralie Balmy |
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8: 29.26 min | |
8th | Andreina Pinto |
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8: 29.28 min |
Video recordings
Picture gallery
Web links
- Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 800 m freestyle in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )