Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue	Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center
Date	25 September 2014
Competitors	15 from 9 nations
Medalists
Bi Yirong    China   Xu Danlu    China   Asami Chida    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Asian Games

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2014 Asian Games took place on 25 September 2014 at Munhak Park Tae-hwan Aquatics Center.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Thursday, 25 September 2014	09:00	Slowest heat
	19:40	Fastest heat

Records

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

World Record	Katie Ledecky (USA)	8:11.00	Gold Coast, Australia	21 August 2014
Asian Record	Xin Xin (CHN)	8:19.43	Shenyang, China	10 September 2013
Games Record	Li Xuanxu (CHN)	8:23.55	Guangzhou, China	17 November 2010

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Bi Yirong (CHN)	8:27.54
	2	Xu Danlu (CHN)	8:33.89
	2	Asami Chida (JPN)	8:34.66
4	2	Jo Hyeon-ju (KOR)	8:42.31
5	2	Sarisa Suwannachet (THA)	8:43.00
6	2	Chihiro Igarashi (JPN)	8:44.47
7	1	Lynette Lim (SIN)	8:52.45
8	2	Khoo Cai Lin (MAS)	8:53.51
9	2	Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (THA)	8:57.60
10	1	Rachel Tseng (SIN)	8:58.59
11	1	Teng Yu-wen (TPE)	9:06.43
12	1	Yang Ming-hsuan (TPE)	9:06.51
13	1	Heather Cheng (HKG)	9:23.40
14	1	Gabriella Doueihy (LIB)	9:36.29
15	1	Tam Hoi Lam (HKG)	9:36.75

References

• Results

External links

• Official website