Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800-metre freestyle event at the 2001 World Aquatic Championships took place 23 July. The heats[1] took place 22 July, and the final[2] was held on 23 July.

Women's 800-metre freestyle
at the 2001 FINA World Championships
Dates22 July 2001 (heats)
23 July 2001 (final)
Competitors24
Winning time8 minutes 24.66 seconds
Medalists
gold medal    Germany
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    United States
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Records

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

World record   Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989
Championship record   Janet Evans (USA) 8:24.05 Perth, Australia 12 January 1991

Results

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Heats

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Rank Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1 Hannah Stockbauer   Germany 8:31.79 Q
2 Diana Munz   United States 8:33.09 Q
3 Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 8:35.51 Q
4 Jana Pechanová   Czech Republic 8:36.87 Q
5 Rebecca Cooke   United Kingdom 8:37.21 Q
6 Sachiko Yamada   Japan 8:37.27 Q
7 Chen Hua   China 8:37.52 Q
8 Flavia Rigamonti   Switzerland 8:40.33 Q
9 Irina Oufimtseva   Russia 8:40.55
10 Camelia Potec   Romania 8:41.35
11 Charlene Benzie   Australia 8:43.60
12 Amanda Pascoe   Australia 8:43.79
13 Nayara Ribeiro   Brazil 8:43.85
14 Chantal Strasser   Switzerland 8:44.78
15 Yumi Kida   Japan 8:44.95
16 Alexandra Malanina   Russia 8:47.54
17 Marianna Lymperta   Greece 8:47.61
18 Fabiana Susini   Italy 8:48.62
19 Peggy Buchse   Germany 8:50.47
20 Cecilia Biagioli   Argentina 8:54.00
21 Patricia Villareal   Mexico 8:54.49
22 Ivanka Moralieva   Bulgaria 9:01.22
23 Lin Chi-Chan   Chinese Taipei 9:01.74
24 Kuan Chia-Hsien   Chinese Taipei 9:28.82

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Hannah Stockbauer   Germany 8:24.66
  Diana Munz   United States 8:28.84
  Kaitlin Sandeno   United States 8:31.45
4 Chen Hua   China 8:31.66
5 Flavia Rigamonti   Switzerland 8:33.79
6 Rebecca Cooke   United Kingdom 8:36.67
7 Jana Pechanová   Czech Republic 8:39.32
8 Sachiko Yamada   Japan 8:45.05

Key: WR = World record

References

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  1. ^ "Heats Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Final Results". FINA. Archived from the original on 21 August 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2023.