Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 1 and 2 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.

World record Janet Evans 8:16.22 Tokyo, Japan 20 August 1989Games record Tracey Wickham 8:24.62 Edmonton, Canada 5 August 1978

Schedule The schedule was as follows:

All times are local time Date Time RoundThursday 1 August 10:00 HeatsFriday 2 August 20:33 Final

Results Heats Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 8:33.31 Q 2 1 4 8:40.88 Q 3 1 3 8:41.91 Q 4 2 5 8:43.77 Q 5 1 5 8:46.51 Q 6 2 3 8:53.51 Q 7 2 6 8:54.11 Q 8 2 2 9:12.14 Q 9 1 6 9:12.71 10 2 7 9:38.16

Final Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 8:28.54 5 8:34.19 3 8:36.23 4 6 8:41.79 5 2 8:41.81 6 7 8:44.85 7 1 8:55.34 8 8 9:13.57

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