Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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| 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
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
Heats
| 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
| 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
- ^ 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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