The Women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held on 24 and 25 August 2017.[1]
Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2017 Summer Universiade | ||||||||||
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Venue | National Taiwan Sport University Arena | |||||||||
Location | Taipei, Taiwan | |||||||||
Dates | 24 August (heats) 25 August (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 26 from 20 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8:20.54 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and Universiade records were as follows.
World record | Katie Ledecky (USA) | 8:04.79 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12 August 2016 |
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Competition record | Flavia Rigamonti (SUI) | 8:25.59 | Bangkok, Thailand | 9 August 2007 |
The following new records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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25 August | Final | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 8:20.54 | UR |
Results
editHeats
editThe heats were held on 24 August at 10:25.[2]
Final
editThe final was held on 25 August at 19:02.[3]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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6 | Simona Quadarella | Italy | 8:20.54 | UR | |
4 | Sarah Köhler | Germany | 8:21.67 | ||
1 | Joanna Evans | Bahamas | 8:31.18 | NR | |
4 | 7 | Kiah Melverton | Australia | 8:32.46 | |
5 | 3 | Camilla Hattersley | Great Britain | 8:32.84 | |
6 | 2 | Julia Hassler | Liechtenstein | 8:32.86 | NR |
7 | 5 | Hannah Moore | United States | 8:36.64 | |
8 | 8 | Kaersten Meitz | United States | 8:40.30 |
References
edit- ^ "2017 Summer Universiade – Swimming – Technical handbook" (PDF). data.2017.gov.taipei. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Final results