Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 19, 2004 (heats) August 20, 2004 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 8:24.54 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2004 Olympic Games was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 19 and 20.[1] The winning margin was 0.42 seconds which as of 2023 remains the narrowest winning margin in this event at the Olympics.
Japan's Ai Shibata became the first Asian swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal in long-distance freestyle swimming, outside the record time of 8:24.54. France's Laure Manaudou, who claimed the title in the 400 m freestyle, added a silver to her medal tally, with a time of 8:24.96. U.S. swimmer Diana Munz, on the other hand, edged out her teammate Kalyn Keller for the bronze medal by 0.36 of a second, clocking at 8:26.61.[2][3]
Records
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Janet Evans (USA) |
8:16.22 | Tokyo, Japan | 20 August 1989 |
| Olympic record |  Brooke Bennett (USA) |
8:19.67 | Sydney, Australia | 22 September 2000 |
Results
[edit]Heats
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Final
[edit]| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
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3 | Ai Shibata |  Japan |
8:24.54 | |
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4 | Laure Manaudou |  France |
8:24.96 | |
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6 | Diana Munz | United States |
8:26.61 | |
| 4 | 7 | Kalyn Keller | United States |
8:26.97 | |
| 5 | 1 | Erika Villaécija |  Spain |
8:29.04 | |
| 6 | 5 | Rebecca Cooke |  Great Britain |
8:29.37 | |
| 7 | 2 | Jana Henke |  Germany |
8:33.95 | |
| 8 | 8 | Simona Păduraru |  Romania |
8:37.02 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Swimming schedule". BBC Sport. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 17 June 2007.
- ^ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Japan's Ai Shibata Wins the Women's 800 With Back-Half Surge". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
- ^ "Shibata wins women's 800m freestyle". Reuters. ABC News Australia. 21 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
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