Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's 800 metre freestyle

The women's 800m freestyle swimming event at the 2006 Asian Games was held on December 6, 2006 at the Hamad Aquatic Centre in Doha, Qatar. This was a timed-final event, meaning that each entrant only swam it once, with the fastest 8 entrants swimming in the finals session and the remainder swimming in the preliminary session.

Women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Hamad Aquatic Centre
Date	6 December
Competitors	13 from 9 nations
Medalists
Yurie Yano    Japan   Yang Jieqiao    China   Maiko Fujino    Japan

Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 6 December 2006	11:06	Final 1
	19:08	Final 2

Records

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

World Record	Janet Evans (USA)	8:16.22	Tokyo, Japan	20 August 1989
Asian Record	Sachiko Yamada (JPN)	8:23.68	Tokyo, Japan	23 April 2004
Games Record	Chen Hua (CHN)	8:25.36	Busan, South Korea	5 October 2002

Results

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Time	Notes
	2	Yurie Yano (JPN)	8:29.51
	2	Yang Jieqiao (CHN)	8:38.35
	2	Maiko Fujino (JPN)	8:42.31
4	2	Jung Ji-yeon (KOR)	8:44.46
5	2	Li Mo (CHN)	8:52.42
6	2	Lee Ji-eun (KOR)	8:53.60
7	2	Quah Ting Wen (SIN)	9:01.01
8	1	Carmen Nam (HKG)	9:03.72
9	2	Nimitta Thaveesupsoonthorn (THA)	9:05.88
10	1	Ong Ming Xiu (MAS)	9:12.26
11	1	Marichi Gandionco (PHI)	9:14.80
12	1	Tan Pei Shan (SIN)	9:21.10
13	1	Imara Fahim (SRI)	10:18.89

References

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