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

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2006 Asian Games
VenueHamad Aquatic Centre
Date6 December 2006
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Japan
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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

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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

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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

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Rank Heat Athlete Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2  Yurie Yano (JPN) 8:29.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Yang Jieqiao (CHN) 8:38.35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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