Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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{{Infobox sports competition event
|event = Women's 800 metre freestyle
|games = 2002 Asian Games
|venue = Sajik Swimming Pool
|date = 5 October 2002
|competitors = 11
|nations = 8
|gold = Chen Hua
|goldNOC = CHN
|silver = Sachiko Yamada
|silverNOC = JPN
|bronze = Zhang Yan
|bronzeNOC = CHN
|prev = 1998
|next = 2006
}}
{{Swimming at the 2002 Asian Games}}
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The women's 800 metre freestyle swimming competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 5 October at the Sajik Swimming Pool. It was a timed-final event, meaning that each swimmer only swam once, with the fastest eight (8) entrants swimming in the finals.
Schedule
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
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! width=220|Date ! width=50|Time ! width=100|Event | ||
| rowspan=2|Saturday, 5 October 2002 | 10:00 | Final 1 |
| 19:00 | bgcolor=ffffcc|Final 2 |
Records
{{Asian Games Record Swimming
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Janet Evans|USA}}
| world_mark = 8:16.22
| world_date = 20 August 1989
| Asian_athlete = {{flagathlete|Zhang Liang|CHN}}
| Asian_mark = 8:26.48
| Asian_place = Guangzhou, China
| Asian_date = 18 November 2001
| Games_athlete = {{flagIOC2athlete|Luo Ping|CHN|1994 Asian Games}}
| Games_mark = 8:31.57
| Games_place = Hiroshima, Japan
| Games_date = 7 October 1994
}}
Results
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!width=40|Rank !width=40|Heat !width=250|Athlete !width=80|Time !width=50|Notes | ||
| {{Gold1}} | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Chen Hua|CHN|2002 Asian Games}} |8:25.36 | {{AsianR|swimming}} |
| {{Silver2}} | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Sachiko Yamada|JPN|2002 Asian Games}} |8:28.77 | |
| {{Bronze3}} | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Zhang Yan|CHN|2002 Asian Games}} |8:44.80 | |
| 4 | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Madoka Ochi|JPN|2002 Asian Games}} |8:57.47 | |
| 5 | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Kim Mi-ryung|KOR|2002 Asian Games}} |9:01.89 | |
| 6 | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Pilin Tachakittiranan|THA|2002 Asian Games}} |9:05.22 | |
| 7 | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Sia Wai Yen|MAS|2002 Asian Games}} |9:10.56 | |
| 8 | 1
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Cho A-rum|KOR|2002 Asian Games}} |9:10.70 | |
| 9 | 1
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Võ Thị Thanh Vy|VIE|2002 Asian Games}} |9:11.74 | |
| 10 | 1
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|U-Nice Chan|SIN|2002 Asian Games}} |9:27.13 | |
| 11 | 2
|align=left|{{flagIOC2athlete|Lizza Danila|PHI|2002 Asian Games}} |9:27.92 |
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.busan.go.kr/data/01_cityhall/05/result.pdf 2002 Asian Games Report, Pages 214–215]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20021018020534/http://busanasiangames.org/Eng/ag/ba_scd_st.asp?Gm_Status=2&GM_ID=SWW05&Gm_Fg=SW02&Gm_No=542&Gm_Grp=&Language=ENG&GM_DATE=20021005 Results]
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