Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	6 December 2006
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Yurie Yano    Japan   Yang Jieqiao    China   Maiko Fujino    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games

The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 6 December 2006	11:06	Final 1
	19:08	Final 2

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Janet Evans (USA)	8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	20 August 1989
Asian Record	Sachiko Yamada (JPN)	8:23.68	Tokyo, Japan	23 April 2004
Games Record	Chen Hua (CHN)	8:25.36	Busan, South Korea	5 October 2002

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Yurie Yano (JPN)	8:29.51
	2	Yang Jieqiao (CHN)	8:38.35
	2	Maiko Fujino (JPN)	8:42.31
4	2	Jung Ji-yeon (KOR)	8:44.46
5	2	Li Mo (CHN)	8:52.42
6	2	Lee Ji-eun (KOR)	8:53.60
7	2	Quah Ting Wen (SIN)	9:01.01
8	1	Carmen Nam (HKG)	9:03.72
9	2	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)	9:05.88
10	1	Ong Ming Xiu (MAS)	9:12.26
11	1	Marichi Gandionco (PHI)	9:14.80
12	1	Tan Pei Shan (SIN)	9:21.10
13	1	Imara Fahim (SRI)	10:18.89

References

• Results