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Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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The heats for the Women's 800 m Freestyle race at the 2009 World Championships took place on the morning of 31 July and the final will take place in the evening session of 1 August at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy.

Records

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

World record  Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:14.10 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Championship record  Kate Ziegler (USA) 8:18.52 Melbourne, Australia 31 March 2007

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Time Record
1 August Final Lotte Friis Denmark Denmark 8:15.92 CR

Heats

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Rank Name Nationality Time Heat Lane Notes
1 Rebecca Adlington  Great Britain 8:20.53 5 4
2 Joanne Jackson  Great Britain 8:20.80 3 4
3 Camelia Potec  Romania 8:22.03 4 4
4 Alessia Filippi  Italy 8:24.03 5 5
5 Lotte Friis  Denmark 8:25.72 4 5
6 Erika Villaécija García  Spain 8:26.58 5 3
7 Wendy Trott  South Africa 8:27.26 3 3
8 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 8:27.90 3 2 SA
8 Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne  France 8:27.90 4 6
10 Chloe Sutton  United States 8:29.25 5 6
11 Coralie Balmy  France 8:31.39 4 3
12 Eider Santamaria  Spain 8:33.51 4 2
13 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:34.17 3 6
14 Ren Junni  China 8:36.14 4 1
15 Melissa Gorman  Australia 8:36.37 3 7
16 Jordis Steinegger  Austria 8:36.82 5 8
17 Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto  Mexico 8:36.98 3 9 NR
18 Blair Evans  Australia 8:38.10 5 2
19 Elena Sokolova  Russia 8:39.09 3 5
20 Nuala Murphy  Ireland 8:39.17 4 9 NR
21 Maiko Fujino  Japan 8:40.18 5 1
22 Gráinne Murphy  Ireland 8:40.23 5 9
23 Susana Escobar  Mexico 8:41.10 4 8
24 Lynette Lim  Singapore 8:42.16 2 2
25 Natsumi Iwashita  Japan 8:44.43 3 1
26 Swann Oberson   Switzerland 8:44.93 2 4
27 Yanel Pinto  Venezuela 8:45.45 2 1
28 Haley Anderson  United States 8:45.91 4 7
29 Nina Cesar  Slovenia 8:47.51 5 7
30 Savannah King  Canada 8:48.01 5 0
31 Iris Matthey   Switzerland 8:49.28 2 5
32 Yang Chin-Kuei  Chinese Taipei 8:49.70 2 6
33 Nina Dittrich  Austria 8:51.65 3 0
34 Erica Cirila Totten  Philippines 8:53.34 2 8 NR
35 Cho Youn Soo  South Korea 8:56.08 2 7
36 Nika Karlina Petric  Slovenia 8:56.71 3 8
37 Samantha Arevalo  Ecuador 9:05.74 2 0
38 Khoo Cai Lin  Malaysia 9:05.77 2 3
39 Koh Hui Yu  Singapore 9:10.25 1 5
40 Andrea Cedron  Peru 9:14.90 1 4
41 Nada Abbas  Egypt 9:15.62 2 9
42 Ting Sheng-Yo  Chinese Taipei 9:20.80 1 3
43 Daniela Miyahara Coello  Peru 9:25.02 1 6
44 Miriam Hatamleh  Jordan 9:39.87 1 2
45 Nicole Huerta  Dominican Republic 9:53.98 1 7
46 Ghulam Sakina  Pakistan 10:05.79 1 1 NR
47 Tieri Erasito  Fiji 10:52.89 1 8
Federica Pellegrini  Italy DNS 1 0
Paula Zukowska  Poland DNS 1 9
Tanya Hunks  Canada DNS 4 0

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Lane Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lotte Friis[1]  Denmark 8:15.92 2 CR, NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joanne Jackson[2]  Great Britain 8:16.66 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alessia Filippi[3]  Italy 8:17.21 6 NR
4 Rebecca Adlington[2][4]  Great Britain 8:17.90 4
5 Camelia Potec  Romania 8:20.44 3
6 Erika Villaécija García  Spain 8:25.97 7
7 Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne  France 8:26.35 8
8 Wendy Trott  South Africa 8:29.61 1
9 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 8:30.10 0

References

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  1. ^ Virgo, Paul; Oxley, Sonia (2009-08-01). "Dane Friis controls final for freestyle gold". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  2. ^ a b "Britain's Jackson secures silver". BBC. 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  3. ^ Bryan, Rebecca (2009-08-01). "Phelps rises to challenge in triumph over Cavic". AFP. Google. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  4. ^ Hart, Simon (2009-08-01). "Rebecca Adlington fourth as Michael Phelps breaks 100m butterfly world record in Rome". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2009-08-01.