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
VenueKL Sports City
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time8:42.23
Medalists
gold medal Rachel Harris   Australia
silver medal Joanne Malar   
bronze medal Sarah Collings   England
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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[]

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Sarah Collings  England 8:46.52 Q
2 Rachel Harris  Australia 8:43.96 Q
3   8:52.07 Q
4  Australia 8:52.24 Q
5 Joanne Malar   8:52.28 Q
6 Nadine Neumann  Australia 8:59.93 Q
7 Janelle Atkinson   9:01.78 Q
8 Andrea Schwartz   9:06.47 Q
9  Malaysia 9:14.46
10   9:45.34
11   9:48.72
12   9:55.27
13   10:24.37

Final[]

[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Rachel Harris  Australia 8:42.32
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Joanne Malar   8:43.96
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Sarah Collings  England 8:45.56
4 6  Australia 8:45.87
5 1 Janelle Atkinson   8:51.54
6 3   8:52.99
7 8 Andrea Schwartz   8:54.24
8 7 Nadine Neumann  Australia 8:55.36

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Women's 800m freestyle - heats". 2002 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Rankings". FINA.
  3. ^ a b "1998 Commonwealth Games". SwimNews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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