The Women's 800 Freestyle event at the 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships swam 29 – 30 July 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Preliminary heats were held in the Championships morning session on 29 July,[1] with the top-8 finishers advancing to swim-again in the event's Final on 30 July.[2]
Women's 800m Freestyle at the 2005 FINA World Aquatics Championships | ||||||||||
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Dates | 29 July (heats) 30 July (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 33 from 23 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 8 minutes 25.31 seconds | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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At the start of the event, the existing World (WR) and Championships (CR) records were:
- WR: 8:16.22, Janet Evans (USA), swum 20 August 1989 in Tokyo, Japan
- CR: 8:23.66, Hannah Stockbauer (Germany), swum 26 July 2003 in Barcelona, Spain
Note: no new World or Championships records were set during this competition.
Results
editPreliminary heats
editFinal heat
editPlace | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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Kate Ziegler | USA | 8:25.31 | ||
Brittany Reimer | Canada | 8:27.59 | ||
Ai Shibata | Japan | 8:27.86 | ||
4 | Flavia Rigamonti | Switzerland | 8:28.74 | |
5 | Camelia Potec | Romania | 8:34.40 | |
6 | Erika Villaécija | Spain | 8:36.34 | |
7 | Rebecca Cooke | Great Britain | 8:37.98 | |
8 | Jana Henke | Germany | 8:38.23 |
References
edit- ^ Worlds 2005 results: Women's 800m Freestyle Prelims, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- ^ Worlds 2005 results: Women's 800m Freestyle Final Archived 7 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, from OmegaTiming.com (official timer of the 2005 Worlds); Retrieved 2010-01-23.