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Swimming at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

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Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2010 Asian Games
VenueAoti Aquatics Centre
Date17 November 2010
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Medalists
gold medal    China
silver medal    China
bronze medal    Japan
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The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2010 Asian Games took place on 17 November 2010 at Guangzhou Aoti Aquatics Centre.

There were 12 competitors from 8 countries who took part in this event. 8 swimmers with the fast qualifying time were in the fast heat, the others were in the slow heat. The final ranking was arranged by the times from both heats.

Li Xuanxu and Shao Yiwen from China won the gold and silver medal respectively, Japanese swimmer Maiko Fujino won the bronze medal.

Schedule

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All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date Time Event
Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:13 Slow heat
19:14 Fast heat

Records

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

World Record  Rebecca Adlington (GBR) 8:14.10 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Asian Record  Chen Qian (CHN) 8:20.36 Jinan, China 23 October 2009
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  Li Xuanxu (CHN) 8:23.55 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2  Shao Yiwen (CHN) 8:24.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2  Maiko Fujino (JPN) 8:33.55
4 1  Seo Youn-jeong (KOR) 8:48.74
5 1  Benjaporn Sriphanomthorn (THA) 8:52.94
6 1  Erica Totten (PHI) 8:54.11
7 2  Khoo Cai Lin (MAS) 8:54.34
8 2  Rutai Santadvatana (THA) 8:55.93
9 1  Carmen Nam (HKG) 9:01.93
10 2  Lynette Lim (SIN) 9:02.60
11 2  Natasha Tang (HKG) 9:05.37
12 2  Kim Ga-eul (KOR) 9:13.16

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