Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
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| Women's 800 metre freestyle at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
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| Swimming events at the 1988 Summer Olympics  |
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| Freestyle | ||||
| 50 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | women | |||
| 1500 m | men | |||
| Backstroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Breaststroke | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Butterfly | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| Individual medley | ||||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| Freestyle relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
| 4×200 m | men | |||
| Medley relay | ||||
| 4×100 m | men | women | ||
The women's 800 freestyle at the 1998 Summer Olympics, was contested on the morning of September 23 (preliminaries) and the afternoon of September 24 (finals).
Contents
Records
The existing World and Olympic records at the time of the event were:
| World record |  Janet Evans (USA) |
8:17.12 | Orlando, FL, USA | March 22, 1988 |
| Olympic record | Tiffany Cohen (USA) |
8:24.96 | Los Angeles, USA | August 3, 1984 |
Finals
| Place | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Janet Evans | United States |
8:20.20 | OR |
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Astrid Strauss |  East Germany |
8:22.09 | |
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Julie McDonald |  Australia |
8:22.93 | |
| 4th | Anke Möhring | East Germany |
8:23.09 | |
| 5th | Tami Bruce | United States |
8:30.86 | |
| 6th | Janelle Elford | Australia |
8:30.94 | |
| 7th | Isabelle Arnould |  Belgium |
8:37.47 | |
| 8th | Antoaneta Strumenlieva |  Bulgaria |
8:41.05 |
Preliminary heats
References
- Swimming World Magazine, November 1988.
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