Swimming at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games took place at KL Sports City.

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
VenueKL Sports City
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning time8:42.23
Medalists
 Rachel Harris   Australia
 Joanne Malar   Canada
 Sarah Collings   England

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Commonwealth and Games records were as follows:

World record Janet Evans (USA)8:16.22Tokyo, Japan20 August 1989[1]
Commonwealth record Julie McDonald (AUS)8:22.93Seoul, South Korea24 September 1988[2]
Games record Tracey Wickham (AUS)8:24.62Edmonton, Canada5 August 1978[1]

Results

Heats

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Sarah Collings England8:46.52Q
2Rachel Harris Australia8:43.96Q
3Tamee Ebert Canada8:52.07Q
4Emily Pedrazzini Australia8:52.24Q
5Joanne Malar Canada8:52.28Q
6Nadine Neumann Australia8:59.93Q
7Janelle Atkinson Jamaica9:01.78Q
8Andrea Schwartz Canada9:06.47Q
9Teo Mui Nyee Malaysia9:14.46
10Kristina Abbott Cayman Islands9:45.34
11Anita Kruger Namibia9:48.72
12Alicia Mullan Bermuda9:55.27
13Sophie Li Mauritius10:24.37

Final

[3]

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Rachel Harris Australia8:42.32
2Joanne Malar Canada8:43.96
4Sarah Collings England8:45.56
46Emily Pedrazzini Australia8:45.87
51Janelle Atkinson Jamaica8:51.54
63Tamee Ebert Canada8:52.99
78Andrea Schwartz Canada8:54.24
87Nadine Neumann Australia8:55.36

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