Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 20–21 August.[1]

Women's 800 Metre Freestyle
at the Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships
Dates20–21 August
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning time8:15.54
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    Hungary

Records edit

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

Name Nation Time Location Date
World record Katie Ledecky   United States 8:11.00 Shenandoah 22 June 2014
European record Rebecca Adlington   United Kingdom 8:14.10 Beijing 16 August 2008
Championship record Laure Manaudou   France 8:19.29 Budapest 2 August 2006

Results edit

Heats edit

The heats were held at 10:40.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 8:22.70 Q
2 2 5 Mireia Belmonte   Spain 8:25.22 Q
3 3 5 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 8:28.87 Q
4 2 3 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 8:31.02 Q
5 2 6 Sarah Köhler   Germany 8:31.03 Q
6 3 4 Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:31.04 Q
7 2 7 Tjasa Oder   Slovenia 8:31.14 Q
8 3 7 Martina Caramignoli   Italy 8:32.58 Q
9 3 3 Aurore Ponsele   Italy 8:33.07
10 3 1 Diletta Carli   Italy 8:34.96
11 3 0 Spela Perse   Slovenia 8:37.73
12 3 8 Gaja Natlacen   Slovenia 8:37.95
13 2 1 Julia Hassler   Liechtenstein 8:38.33
14 3 2 María Vilas   Spain 8:41.43
15 2 2 Leonie Beck   Germany 8:43.54
16 2 8 Julie Lauridsen   Denmark 8:45.78
17 3 6 Beatriz Gómez Cortés   Spain 8:46.11
18 2 9 Martina Elhenická   Czech Republic 8:58.10
19 1 5 Barbora Picková   Czech Republic 9:05.85
20 2 0 Maj Howardsen   Denmark 9:07.73
21 3 9 Andrea Basaraba   Serbia 9:10.14
22 1 3 Alena Benešová   Czech Republic 9:10.77
23 1 4 Anna-Marie Benešová   Czech Republic 9:32.03

Final edit

The final was held at 18:07.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Jazmin Carlin   Great Britain 8:15.54 CR
  5 Mireia Belmonte   Spain 8:21.22
  3 Boglárka Kapás   Hungary 8:22.06
4 7 Lotte Friis   Denmark 8:27.21
5 6 Sharon van Rouwendaal   Netherlands 8:28.28
6 8 Martina Caramignoli   Italy 8:30.47
7 2 Sarah Köhler   Germany 8:30.94
8 1 Tjasa Oder   Slovenia 8:31.09

References edit