The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place on 30 July at the Piscines Bernat Picornell in Barcelona, Spain.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Results
Heats Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final (Q).
Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 4 Janet Evans 8:32.69 Q 2 4 5 Hayley Lewis 8:33.04 Q 3 2 5 Jana Henke 8:35.11 Q 4 2 4 Erika Hansen 8:36.56 Q 5 3 3 Phillippa Langrell 8:38.43 Q, NR 6 3 5 Irene Dalby 8:38.58 Q 7 4 6 Isabelle Arnould 8:40.86 Q 8 2 6 Olga Šplíchalová 8:42.16 Q 9 3 6 Kerstin Kielgaß 8:43.52 10 4 3 Beatrice Câșlaru 8:44.17 11 2 2 Carla Negrea 8:48.36 12 2 3 Manuela Melchiorri 8:50.14 13 2 7 Samantha Foggo 8:50.17 14 4 1 Sandra Cam 8:50.91 15 3 4 Julie McDonald 8:51.59 16 4 7 Itziar Esparza 8:55.65 17 3 7 Elizabeth Arnold 8:56.04 18 3 1 Judit Kiss 8:58.16 NR 19 3 2 Jeanine Steenkamp 8:59.62 AF 20 3 8 María José Marenco 9:09.41 21 2 1 Laura Sánchez 9:10.31 22 1 4 Claudia Fortin 9:10.54 23 1 3 Thanya Sridama 9:10.58 24 4 2 Yan Ming 9:14.63 25 4 8 Erika González 9:17.18 1 5 May Ooi
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Janet Evans 8:25.52 5 Hayley Lewis 8:30.34 3 Jana Henke 8:30.99 4 2 Phillippa Langrell 8:35.57 NR 5 7 Irene Dalby 8:37.12 6 8 Olga Šplíchalová 8:37.66 7 6 Erika Hansen 8:39.25 8 1 Isabelle Arnould 8:41.86
References
External links Official Report