The Women's 800m Freestyle event at the 10th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam on 25–26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. Preliminary[1] heats swam during the morning session on July 25, with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim the race again in the Final[2] during the evening session on July 26.
| Women's 800m Freestyle at the 2003 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Palau Sant Jordi | |||||||||
| Dates | 25 July (prelims); 26 July (final) | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8 minutes 23.66 seconds | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Prior to the event, the World (WR) and Championship (CR) records were:
- WR: 8:16.22 swum by Janet Evans (USA) on August 20, 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
- CR: 8:24.05 swum by Janet Evans (USA) on January 12, 1991 in Perth, Australia
Results
editFinal
edit| Place | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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| 1 | Hannah Stockbauer |  Germany |
8:23.66 | CR |
| 2 | Diana Munz |  USA |
8:24.19 | |
| 3 | Rebecca Cooke |  Great Britain |
8:28.45 | |
| 4 | Brittany Reimer |  Canada |
8:28.73 | |
| 5 | Jana Henke | Germany |
8:30.12 | |
| 6 | Éva Risztov |  Hungary |
8:35.70 | |
| 7 | Regina Sytch |  Russia |
8:39.96 | |
| 8 | Chen Hua |  China |
8:46.78 |
Preliminaries
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References
edit- ^ FINA Worlds 2003 results: Women's 800m Free - prelims. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-25; retrieved 2013-07-19.
- ^ FINA Worlds 2003 results: Women's 800m Free - final. Published by Omega Timing (official timer) on 2003-07-26; retrieved 2013-07-19.