Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 1998 Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | KL Sports City | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 8:42.23 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games took place at KL Sports City.
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:
| World record |  Janet Evans (USA) |
8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 | [1] |
| Commonwealth record |  Julie McDonald (AUS) |
8:22.93 | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 | [2] |
| Games record |  Tracey Wickham (AUS) |
8:24.62 | Edmonton, Canada | 5 August 1978 | [1] |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Collings |  England |
8:46.52 | Q |
| 2 | Rachel Harris | Australia |
8:43.96 | Q |
| 3 | Tamee Ebert |  Canada |
8:52.07 | Q |
| 4 | Emily Pedrazzini | Australia |
8:52.24 | Q |
| 5 | Joanne Malar | Canada |
8:52.28 | Q |
| 6 | Nadine Neumann | Australia |
8:59.93 | Q |
| 7 | Janelle Atkinson |  Jamaica |
9:01.78 | Q |
| 8 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada |
9:06.47 | Q |
| 9 | Teo Mui Nyee |  Malaysia |
9:14.46 | |
| 10 | Kristina Abbott |  Cayman Islands |
9:45.34 | |
| 11 | Anita Kruger |  Namibia |
9:48.72 | |
| 12 | Alicia Mullan |  Bermuda |
9:55.27 | |
| 13 | Sophie Li |  Mauritius |
10:24.37 |
Final
[edit]| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5 | Rachel Harris | Australia |
8:42.32 | |
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2 | Joanne Malar | Canada |
8:43.96 | |
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4 | Sarah Collings | England |
8:45.56 | |
| 4 | 6 | Emily Pedrazzini | Australia |
8:45.87 | |
| 5 | 1 | Janelle Atkinson | Jamaica |
8:51.54 | |
| 6 | 3 | Tamee Ebert | Canada |
8:52.99 | |
| 7 | 8 | Andrea Schwartz | Canada |
8:54.24 | |
| 8 | 7 | Nadine Neumann | Australia |
8:55.36 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Women's 800m freestyle - heats". 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Rankings". FINA.
- ^ a b "1998 Commonwealth Games". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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