2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Women's 800 metre freestyle

Women's 800 metre freestyle
at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships
VenueGold Coast Aquatic Centre
DatesAugust 21, 2014 (heats &
finals)
Competitors25
Winning time8:11.35
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    New Zealand
bronze medal    Canada
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The women's 800 metre freestyle competition at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 21 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[1] The last champion was Kate Ziegler of United States.[2]

This event was a timed-final where each swimmer swam just once. The top 8 seeded swimmers swam in the evening, and the remaining swimmers swam in the morning session.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

World record  Katie Ledecky (USA) 8:11.00 Shenandoah, United States June 22, 2014
Pan Pacific Championships record  Janet Evans (USA) 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan August 20, 1989

Results

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All times are in minutes and seconds.

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified CR Championships record NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

The first and final round were held on August 21, at 20:40.[1]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katie Ledecky  United States 8:11.35 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lauren Boyle  New Zealand 8:18.87
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Brittany MacLean  Canada 8:20.02
4 Becca Mann  United States 8:22.45
5 Cierra Runge  United States 8:25.17
6 Andreina Pinto  Venezuela 8:30.66
7 Haley Anderson  United States 8:30.87
8 Alanna Bowles  Australia 8:31.92
9 Leah Smith  United States 8:32.38
10 Jessica Ashwood  Australia 8:34.62
11 Kareena Lee  Australia 8:39.47
12 Kristel Köbrich  Chile 8:40.79
13 Tabitha Baumann  Canada 8:46.75
14 Emma Robinson  New Zealand 8:49.80
15 Chen Ziyi  China 9:06.04
16 Leonora Parmeleau  Canada 9:10.06
17 Hei Tung Cheng  Hong Kong 9:32.30

References

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  1. ^ a b "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Results of the 800-metre freestyle finals at 2010 Pan Pacific". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2014.